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Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
| DATE | REG | AIRLINE | LIVERY | NAME | EVENT | AIRP | NOTES |
| 1978-06-30 | N538PA | Pan Am | First Flight | ||||
| 1978-07-12 | N538PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Fleetwing | Delivered | ||
| 1978-08-24 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | LHR |  Photo | |
| 1978-11-20 | N538PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | SYD | Photo |
| 1979-01-16 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | JFK | Photo | |
| 1979-09-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | SYD | Photo |
| 1980-01-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Plymouth Rock | Other | Renamed | ||
| 1981-10-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | SFO | ||
| 1983-01-20 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | LAX | Photo | |
| 1985-05-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Billboard c/s | Clipper Princess Grace | Seen | ||
| 1985-11-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Billboard c/s | Seen | ZRH | Photo | |
| 1986-02-12 | N538PA | United | Bought | ||||
| 1986-02-25 | N538PA | United | All white, UA titles and logo | Seen | HKG | Photo | |
| 1986-07-01 | N538PA | United | All white, UA titles and logo | Seen | SFO | Photo | |
| 1986-09-01 | N147UA | United | Reg Changed | ||||
| 1987-07-01 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | SFO | Photo | |
| 1988-01-28 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Friendship One | Other | PAE | Departed for around the world flight. Read the story: Friendship One |
| 1988-01-30 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Friendship One | Seen | PAE | Returned from around the world flight. Read the story: |
| 1988-03-01 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Friendship One | Seen | MEL | Photo |
| 1989-04-08 | N147UA | United | Incident | SYD | Firm landing with a crosswind. Landed with slight crab. Gear moved aft. Corrosion in right landing gear trunnion.Read Report (pdf) | ||
| 1991-07-02 | N147UA | United | Old, Large titles | Seen | LHR | Photo | |
| 1991-07-05 | N147UA | United | Old, Large titles | Seen | LHR | Photo | |
| 1992-07-06 | N147UA | First Trust of California | Bought | ||||
| 1992-07-06 | N147UA | United | Leased | ||||
| 1993-05-22 | N147UA | United | Old, large titles, white engines | Seen | Photo | ||
| 1993-06-25 | N147UA | United | Old, large titles, white engines | Seen | IAD | Photo | |
| 1994-10-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Seen | LAS | In storage | |
| 1995-05-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Seen | LAS | StoredPhoto | |
| 1995-11-12 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Seen | LAS | Stored | |
| 1996-01-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Ferried | MZJ | LAS-MZJ Ferry #9506-30 | |
| 1997-01-01 | N147UA | Status | MZJ | 71476.13 Hours, 9197 cycles | |||
| 1999-02-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Seen | MZJ | ||
| 2000-07-16 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Seen | MZJ | ||
| 2001-04-18 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Ferried | ACY | MZJ-ACY Ferry #9174 | |
| 2001-04-19 | N147UA | Federal Aviation Administration | Bought | ||||
| 2001-05-30 | N147UA | Reg Cancelled | To be used for center fuel tank testing as a result of TWA 800 accident. Two phases of research are planned; The first phase will be to examine the use of ground-supplied, nitrogen-enriched air to inert a large commercial airplane fuel tank and to study what conditions affect the ability of the fuel tank to stay inert. The second phase will involve soliciting proposals for on-board inert gas generating systems and testing them as they relate to commercial operations. Both phases will be ground-based with no flight tests planned. | ||||
| 2003-03-15 | No Titles | Faded UA cht | Seen | ACY | No registration visible on fuselagePhoto | ||
| 2003-10-16 | No Titles | Seen | ACY | Photo | |||
| 2005-03-15 | No Titles | Seen | ACY | Photo | |||
| 2005-03-16 | No Titles | Faded UA cht | Seen | ACY | Aircraft is pushed back about once a month and is taxied around the airport. Sensors are wired to the landing gear for high speed taxi test. | ||
| 2006-03-28 | No Titles | Blue cht | Seen | ACY | Photo | ||
| 2008-06-03 | No Titles | New cheatline | Seen | ACY | |||
| 2008-09-02 | No Titles | Seen | ACY | Photo | |||
| 2013-01-08 | No Titles | Other | ACY | On remote stand deep inside airport perimeter. Still used by FAA. Very low probability of seeing it from outside the airport. | |||
| 2016-11-28 | N147UA | No Titles | Seen | ACY | Stored at the far side of the airportPhoto |