21649 / 373 – Production List
747SP Production list
AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21649
Chronological order of events
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
Date | Reg | Airline | Livery | Name | Event | Airport | Notes |
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1979-05-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | First Flight | ||||
1979-05-11 | N540PA | Pan Am | Old c/s | Clipper White Falcon | Delivered | ||
1979-07-03 | N540PA | Pan Am | Clipper White Falcon | Seen | SFO | ![]() ![]() | |
1979-08-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | Clipper Flying Arrow | Other | New name | ||
1980-01-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | Clipper Star of the Union | Other | New name | ||
1980-12-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | Old | China Clipper | Seen | JFK | Plane had recently been renamed "China Clipper" to honor the 45th anniversary of the original Pan Am China Clippers from 1935. In front of hangar 19 at JFK
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1981-01-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | China Clipper | Seen | ZRH | New name | |
1982-07-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | China Clipper | Seen | JFK | ![]() | |
1986-01-01 | N540PA | Pan Am | China Clipper | Seen | ZRH | ![]() | |
1986-02-01 | N540PA | United | Pan Am Cheatline, UA titles in middle | Seen | |||
1986-02-12 | N540PA | United | Bought | ||||
1986-02-13 | N149UA | Reg Changed | |||||
1987-01-01 | N149UA | United | Old colours, small titles | Seen | |||
1987-03-19 | N149UA | United | Incident | ORD | Second officer passed out en route. Aircraft diverted and ambulance transported crew member to the hospital.![]() ![]() | ||
1987-07-20 | N149UA | United | Incident | LAX | Encountered severe nose wheel shimmy on landing, cause undetermined.![]() ![]() | ||
1989-02-26 | N149UA | United | Old colours, small titles | Seen | MEL | ![]() | |
1989-06-26 | N149UA | United | Incident | HNL | Nbr 3 engine fire warning light on. Diverted to HNL (Honolulu). Nbr 15 stage pneumatic coupling loose and near sensors.![]() ![]() | ||
1990-06-01 | N149UA | United | Old colours, large titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1991-01-08 | N149UA | United | Old colours, large titles | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1991-06-01 | N149UA | United | Old colours, large titles | Seen | SFO | ||
1993-12-01 | N149UA | Tajik Air | Snow Leopard | Leased | |||
1993-12-15 | N149UA | Tajik Air | Snow Leopard | Seen | LFR | ||
1994-02-14 | N149UA | United | Reposessed | ||||
1994-03-01 | N149UA | Tajik c/s | Ferried | LAS | LHR-LAS. Put into storage at LAS upon arrival | ||
1994-03-10 | N149UA | Tajik Air | Snow Leopard | Seen | LAS | ![]() | |
1995-08-29 | N149UA | Tajik Air | Snow Leopard | Ferried | HAM | LAS-HAM Ferry #9489-28 | |
1995-08-30 | N149UA | Brunei Government | Bought | ||||
1995-08-30 | N149UA | Tajik Air | Snow Leopard | Seen | HAM | ![]() | |
1995-09-01 | N149UA | Reg Cancelled | |||||
1995-11-01 | V8-JBB | Brunei Gvmt | Reg Changed | ||||
1995-11-15 | V8-JBB | No Titles | All metal with registration applied as a decal | Seen | HAM | In hangar. | |
1996-01-05 | No titles | All white with no registration | Seen | HAM | |||
1996-01-25 | V8-JBB | No titles | All white | Other | HAM | Test flight series, Jan 25-29 | |
1996-02-01 | V8-JBB | No titles | Ferried | ACT | HAM-ACT for VIP outfitting | ||
1996-03-01 | V8-JP1 | Reg Changed | |||||
1996-04-01 | V8-AC1 | Reg Changed | |||||
1996-06-01 | Brunei Gvmt | Other | ACT | Undergoing conversion to B747-400 all-glass cockpit conversion. | |||
1997-01-29 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Green belly, white top, two thin black cheatlines | Seen | JFK | ||
1997-01-31 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Green belly, white top, two thin black cheatlines | Seen | LHR | ||
1997-04-04 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Seen | HAM | ![]() | ||
1998-03-01 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Seen | BWN | Landing![]() | ||
1998-06-01 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Seen | BWN | Performing touch 'n go's![]() | ||
1998-12-23 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Seen | HAM | Arrived at HAM | ||
1998-12-24 | Bought by Bahrain Amiri Flight (Bahrain Gvmt) | Bought | |||||
1999-02-01 | V8-AC1 | No Titles | Seen | HAM | ![]() | ||
1999-03-26 | V8-AC1 | Rolled In | HAM | Entered Lufthansa Technical paintshop | |||
1999-03-27 | A9C-ISA | Bahrain | Other | Registration NTU following the recent death of Sheik of Bahrain (his first name was ISA - Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa) the aircraft received the reg A9C-HHH | |||
1999-03-28 | A9C-HHH | Bahrain | Reg Changed | ||||
1999-04-13 | A9C-HHH | No Titles | Full c/s, but with no titles | Roll Out | HAM | ||
1999-04-14 | A9C-HHH | Bahrain | Full c/s with titles | Seen | HAM | ||
1999-04-20 | A9C-HHH | Bahrain | Full c/s with titles | Seen | GVA | ||
1999-12-12 | A9C-HHH | Bahrain | Seen | SHJ | ![]() | ||
2000-05-17 | A9C-HHH | Bahrain | Seen | GVA | ![]() | ||
2000-08-19 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | NCE | ![]() | ||
2002-08-01 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Reg Changed | ||||
2002-09-22 | A9C-HHH | Bahrain | Seen | SSH | ![]() | ||
2002-11-17 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | HAM | ![]() | ||
2005-01-27 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ZRH | |||
2005-03-10 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | MUC | ![]() | ||
2005-04-28 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | JFK | |||
2005-05-14 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | LHR | Parked outside BMI hangar. | ||
2005-05-23 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | NCE | |||
2005-06-20 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ORY | Crown prince | ||
2005-07-25 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | CDG | |||
2005-07-28 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | NCE | |||
2005-08-26 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | CDG | |||
2005-09-17 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | SWF | Aircraft parked at Stewart, NY (KSWF) for a few days during the United Nations meetings in NYC. Departed the evening of Sept 17th. | ||
2005-12-14 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ORY | |||
2006-01-31 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | LHR | Parked on the north side, near Terminal 5. | ||
2006-03-16 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ORY | |||
2006-03-26 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | JFK | Aircraft in excellent condition. The engine cowls and leading edges are polished. | ||
2006-04-21 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | GVA | Arrived the previous day from BAH. Back this day to BAH on a ferry flight. Departed at 10:00 local time. | ||
2006-05-15 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | HAM | In front of Lufthansa Technik hangar: | ||
2006-07-07 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | LHR | ![]() | ||
2006-07-09 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | MCO | Royal VIP to Orlando via London. Aircraft will leave MCO on July 10, 2006. | ||
2006-07-10 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | City of Bahrain | Seen | MCO | Aircraft parked on SFS West Ramp, KMCO. | |
2006-07-30 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | City of Bahrain | Seen | BOS | Parked on North Cargo Ramp | |
2007-01-20 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | LHR | Taking off around noon. | ||
2007-01-23 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ORY | arrived at around 7.30pm | ||
2007-01-24 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ORY | |||
2007-01-28 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | SZG | seen at salzburg departing after skiing holiday | |||
2007-02-16 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | ORY | |||
2007-05-05 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | BOS | Parked on the North ramp | ||
2007-05-06 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | CDG | arriving from BOS | ||
2007-05-11 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | CDG | Departure 13h20 | ||
2007-06-13 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | MUC | |||
2007-07-04 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Gulf of Bahrain | Seen | ORY | ||
2007-09-08 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | LIS | Brought the Prince of Bahrain. Due to a horse race in Portugal.![]() | ||
2008-02-22 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | CPT | |||
2008-02-23 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Other | CPT | Left Cape Town International Airport at 15h30 | ||
2008-02-23 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | CPT | Seen parked for 5 days 18-23 Feb 2008 on remote taxiway. | ||
2008-03-29 | A9C-HMH | Bahrain | Seen | GVA | ![]() | ||
2008-05-29 | A9C-HMH | Las Vegas Sands Corp | Bought | ||||
2008-06-01 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | partial Bahrain Amiri Flight c/s- no tail flag or titles | Seen | IAD | Arrived at IAD from LAS at 1905EST. Sitting on F/R ramp. White w/2 thin gold & 1 thin red cheatline. Partial red portion of the old flag still retained on the tail rudder. No titles. | |
2008-06-01 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Partial Bahrain colors | Seen | IAD | Seen at IAD on delivery flight from Bahrain. Arrived at 5pm and few hours later departed to LAS. ![]() | |
2008-08-04 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | FAI | Departed PAFA (Fairbanks, AK/USA) for BOS | ||
2008-08-16 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | New colours | Seen | LAS | ![]() | |
2008-08-30 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | ||
2008-09-01 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | ||
2008-09-30 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | MZJ | Aircraft in for a Heavy C-check. Estimated roll out on 2008-10-17 | ||
2008-12-21 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | NRT | |||
2009-05-16 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | Seen departing off 7L for IAD | ||
2010-02-15 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | Aircraft was flying | ||
2010-07-20 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | FLL | |||
2010-07-21 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | FLL | Parked on ramp next to Fedex facility. | ||
2010-07-21 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | FLL | Seen at Fort Lauderdale Airport. Parked on FedEx ramp. | ||
2010-07-22 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LYS | Eta 15h49 UTC etd 17h59 UTC, probably FLL-LYS-SXF. | ||
2010-07-22 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | SXF | On a flight from LYS to SXF arr at 9:20pm!!! And Now stay some days here! | ||
2010-08-01 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LBG | Arrived July 31st | ||
2010-11-26 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | HKG | |||
2011-01-05 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | Watched the plane depart runway 25R. | ||
2011-06-14 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | Took off on 25R, no doubt headed to pickup some serious gamblers for the Sands Corp. | ||
2011-06-17 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | OLB | At 5PM local time, a stretch limo pulled over to pick up a passenger. | ||
2011-07-19 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | BFI | Landing![]() | ||
2011-07-28 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | parked | ||
2011-10-24 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | DUR | Parked outside Dube TradePort Cargo Terminal. | ||
2012-02-23 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | BOS | Parked with crew service vehicles, rear baggage compartment open for baggage. | ||
2012-05-16 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | Departed from runway 19L at 9:50am. | ||
2012-07-15 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | ATH | Arrived from LAS 12.35L. Departed 15.15L to DBV. | ||
2012-07-22 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | BDS | Seen in LIBR (BDS) airport at United Nation base for 3 hours. Dispatchers told us it was humanitarian help, Then it lined up RW31 for departure, waited 4 minutes, rolled out on the first taxiway and backtracked for another takeoff about 14 minutes later. | ||
2012-08-16 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | ANC | Departed, flew over NOPAC route into Japan, then to it's destination. | ||
2012-10-05 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | TPE | It park for return. | ||
2012-10-15 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | OSC | Flew in this afternoon. Presently undergoing scheduled maintenance | ||
2012-10-24 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Other | OSC | A/C having all landing gear changed for CPCP requirements | ||
2012-12-05 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | IAD | Was parked at Dulles ramp during morning hours.![]() | ||
2013-04-02 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | TLV | Departed from Tel Aviv airport. | ||
2013-05-12 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | BOS | Seen parked on North ramp, no activity | ||
2013-06-25 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | DAL | Layover. | ||
2013-08-08 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | Arrived and parked: Terminal 3 E2. Left at 20:15 | ||
2013-10-31 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | HKG | Departing HKG for LAS![]() | ||
2013-11-05 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | EWR | Parked up on the North side. | ||
2013-12-30 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAX | 1303L to OGG | ||
2015-06-17 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | LAS | I was at LAS everyday from 17 June to 07 July. Aircraft parked by Sands Hangers never saw it move. It looked in fine condition.from where I was on Sunset Road Viewing area. | ||
2017-12-08 | VQ-BMS | Seen | TPE | Departed , bounding for NGO | |||
2018-03-03 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | SIN | Arrived at SIN | ||
2018-03-04 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | LAS | Flew SIN-LAS. Departed SIN at 06 in the morning. Arrived LAS shortly after midnight 2018-03-05. | ||
2018-10-10 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | CWF | To Citadel Completions for major interior upgrade. | ||
2019-01-11 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | LAS | Flight CWF-LAS![]() | ||
2019-04-03 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | LAS | 40 mins testflight | ||
2019-05-08 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | RNO | Flight LAS-RNO | ||
2019-05-09 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Flight | CWF | Flight RNO-LAS-CWF | ||
2019-05-11 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | CWF | Static display during Chennault International Airshow with public interior tours of the amazing aircraft | ||
2019-05-12 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Seen | CWF | Static display during Chennault International Airshow with public interior tours of the amazing aircraft | ||
2019-06-14 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Maintenance | CWF | Minor modification and maintenance at Citadel Completions. | ||
2020-08-27 | VQ-BMS | No Titles | Incident | CWF | Damaged during maintenance in hangar by hurricane Laura. Probably written off.![]() | ||
2021-03-04 | VQ-BMS | Scrapped | CWF |