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Boeing 747SP Trans World Airlines

117k Inuyasha8215  2 months ago

Had this stored in the designer for a year, so I've brought it out and updated it with the TWA livery and a few more details.

The Boeing 747SP (for Special Performance) is a shortened version of the Boeing 747 wide-body airliner, designed for a longer range. It is the highest flying subsonic passenger airliner, with a service ceiling of 45,100 feet (13,700 meters). Boeing needed a smaller aircraft to compete with the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar tri-jet wide-bodies, introduced in 1971/1972. Pan Am requested a 747-100 derivative to fly between New York and the Middle East, a request also shared by Iran Air, and the first order came from Pan Am in 1973. As of September 2022, there were just three Boeing 747SPs still in active service, with 18 more stored and one preserved. The remaining 23 were either scrapped, otherwise destroyed, or abandoned.

The 747SP was the longest-range airliner available until the 747-400 entered service in 1989. Despite its technical achievements, the SP never sold as well as Boeing hoped. Increased fuel prices in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, the SP's heavy wings, high cost, and reduced capacity, and the increased ranges of forthcoming airliners were some of the many factors that contributed to its low sales. Only 45 were built, and, of those remaining, most are used by operators in the Middle East. However, some of the engineering work on the 747SP was reused with the development of the 747-300. In the 747SP, the upper deck begins over the section of fuselage that contains the wing box, not ahead of the wing box (as is the case with the 747-100 and 747-200). This same design was used in the 747-300 and newer 747-400, resulting in a stretched upper deck.

Controls:
AG1: Navigation lights
AG2: Beacon lights
AG3: Strobe lights
AG4: Reverse thrust
AG5: Landing lights
AG8: Nose gear lights
VTOL: Flaps
Trim: Adjust trim

Credits to @RealSavageMan for the 747 classic cockpit from his 747-100
Credits to @Tristar for the TWA logo

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s) +21 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 205.0ft (62.5m)
  • Length 185.7ft (56.6m)
  • Height 65.5ft (20.0m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 138,949lbs (63,026kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.963
  • Wing Loading 31.4lbs/ft2 (153.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 4,426.0ft2 (411.2m2)
  • Drag Points 26727

Parts

  • Number of Parts 829
  • Control Surfaces 17
  • Performance Cost 3,309
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    Omg trans

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    @Mal0ne aw ok

    2 months ago
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    @Boeig
    Also :
    Sorrows of tomorrow, Farewell life, bleak and the longest road.
    I'm an air crash kids 😎
    (At before lmao💀)

    +3 2 months ago
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    19.9k intruder72

    @DeadlyDialga then posts it on youtube with young girl a, kerosene or washing machine heart playing in the background while using the worst screen recorder known to man with flashy capcut effects

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    Boeing-747PDW

    2 months ago
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    10.1k DeadlyDialga

    You hear that?
    That’s the sound of white ranks on their way to add detachers to the nose despite being the complete wrong variant

    +12 2 months ago
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    Baby 747

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    44.9k Mal0ne

    @JuliaAircraft no :( dress him up as a lil bumblebee instead

    2 months ago
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    @asteroidbook345 Yes

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    @Mal0ne i wanna squish him

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    44.9k Mal0ne

    @JuliaAircraft hes just a baby

    2 months ago
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    aww hes so cute ❤️

    +1 2 months ago
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    @LM0418 I know right

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    17.2k LM0418

    So good
    Btw watch out for those pesky plane crash kids who will ignore the fact that this even isn’t the same 747 let alone the same type for flight 800

    +11 2 months ago
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    @Inuyasha8215 oh darn, i don't really noticed and know about that. >~<)7
    And no wait! I just remembered that you have made a car with interior as well before

    2 months ago
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    @LunarEclipseSP Read my reply to Cereal

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    802 LuisMe

    @Inuyasha8215 is the best plane I seen ever, 10/10 but is not mobile friendly

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    FIRST IN HISTORY

    Inu finally made a cockpit!

    +2 2 months ago
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    @Cereal I previously did a 3D cockpit for my JAS MD-87, so its not my first aircraft with 3D cockpit.

    2 months ago
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    25.6k Cereal

    Finally you add the cockpit

    +2 2 months ago