21933 / 455 – Production List
747SP Production list
AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21933
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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1980-06-06 | B-2444 | CAAC | First Flight | ||||
1980-06-26 | B-2444 | CAAC | Delivered | ||||
1981-10-26 | B-2444 | CAAC | Seen | CDG | ![]() | ||
1982-08-15 | B-2444 | CAAC | Seen | LGW | ![]() | ||
1983-04-03 | B-2444 | CAAC | Seen | FRA | ![]() | ||
1985-06-24 | B-2444 | CAAC | Seen | FRA | ![]() | ||
1987-09-01 | B-2444 | CAAC | Seen | SFO | ![]() | ||
1988-07-01 | Air China | Other | Transferred to Air China | ||||
1989-06-12 | B-2444 | CAAC | Seen | YYZ | ![]() | ||
1990-10-01 | B-2444 | Air China | Small tail logo | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1992-06-03 | B-2438 | Air China | Reg Changed | Registration changed because the last three digits (444) of the old registration was considered unlucky - In Chinese, the pronunciation of "4" is nearly identical to the prounciation of "death". | |||
1995-11-01 | B-2438 | Air China | Small tail logo | Seen | PEK | ![]() | |
1995-12-11 | B-2438 | Air China | Small tail logo | Seen | PEK | ![]() | |
1997-09-01 | B-2438 | Air China | Large tail logo | Seen | ![]() | ||
1999-12-03 | N136SW | UT Finance Corp. | Reg Changed | ||||
1999-12-30 | UT Finance Corp. | Bought | |||||
2000-01-04 | N136SW | UT Finance Corp. | Seen | VCV | No registration visible | ||
2000-04-03 | For Sale | Listed as for sale by Boeing. | |||||
2000-07-05 | N136SW | No Titles | ex Air China | Seen | VCV | Stored.![]() | |
2001-06-07 | N136SW | Ferried | PBG | ||||
2005-01-21 | N136SW | Pratt & Whitney | CAAC cheat line | Status | PBG | In the main hangar at Plattsburgh Flight Test, in the process of being parted out. Engines and two pylons are removed, interior gone, vertical stabilizer gone. Will be scrapped eventually. Final hours: 52889.6 Final cycles: 13528 | |
2006-07-29 | N136SW | Seen | PBG | Landing gear soon to be removed. Final scrapping should be complete in a week or two.![]() | |||
2006-08-04 | N136SW | Seen | PBG | ![]() | |||
2006-08-14 | N136SW | Seen | PBG | ![]() | |||
2006-09-08 | N136SW | Scrapped | PBG | Final scrapping. | |||
2018-01-11 | N136SW | Reg Cancelled |