It’s their flying test bed - they can take one of the four engines off and replace it with an engine that they’re testing. GE Aerospace also uses a 747-400 for this purpose - there’s a bunch pictures and videos of its visit to Cincinnati last week.
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The SP reminds me of my childhood where Qantas would fly one to my local airport. We loved seeing the "jumbo" come it. I was years older before I found out the plane we saw wasnt even a proper jumbo.
SaturnSociety@reddit
What cool pictures!
NerveCreative1649@reddit
Boeing 747 SP.
fbdy1969@reddit
What year was this taken
ShadeLurk@reddit (OP)
It was in CYVR two days ago
FreeDwooD@reddit
Clown car ass plane xD
TheUnexpectedSleeper@reddit
Something feels wrong with this plane
crdpoker@reddit
It could be the missing 50 feet of body length and the extra 5 feet of tail height.
TheUnexpectedSleeper@reddit
Nah it's ok XD
StormTheDragon20@reddit
It kinda reminds me of dogs without necks.
Ok_Mathematician6075@reddit
This is actually funny. Thanks for the giggle!
JWE25@reddit
Drog
JoyousMN_2024@reddit
4 engines... For why? Do they transport only plus XXXL sized football players and/or sumo wrestlers?
mmccullen@reddit
It’s their flying test bed - they can take one of the four engines off and replace it with an engine that they’re testing. GE Aerospace also uses a 747-400 for this purpose - there’s a bunch pictures and videos of its visit to Cincinnati last week.
CalligrapherWooden43@reddit
Saw the old GE testbed 747-SP at Pima Air Museum last week. Even in the heat of the desert it wasn't any longer.
JoyousMN_2024@reddit
Thank you! That makes perfect sense. I suppose I could have googled, but thanks for your reply
TigerIll6480@reddit
It’s 747. They all have four engines.
DutchBlob@reddit
Was this specific plane built for 🌐PanAm ?
CalligrapherWooden43@reddit
I thought it was for JAL to serve short domestic high density routes.
Emotional_Rip2051@reddit
Looks like a Boeing 747-SP.
XKingGoliathx@reddit
Yes it is!
ElChinero@reddit
Flying test bed
XKingGoliathx@reddit
It look like FTB3. (Flying Test Bed 3)????
XKingGoliathx@reddit
C-FPAW FTB3? C check in Korea?
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SyrusDrake@reddit
Not a lot of length but plenty of girth
e28Sean@reddit
Was it in the pool? Or was it just a particularly cold day when this photo was taken?
Chapman1949@reddit
"Yes, significant shrinkage!"
Texas_Kimchi@reddit
747SP one of my favorite planes!
johnlewisdesign@reddit
Chumbode jet
Gositi@reddit
So beautiful I'm almost crying
turboj3t@reddit
747 - so
DeedsF1@reddit
I see what you did there.
DisappointingPlinker@reddit
Underrated comment.
Fluffy-Proof-5175@reddit
Very rare, only two left flying
DeedsF1@reddit
Ain't nothing wrong with a short and stubby plane...right?! 😏
Looks like a budget 747.
Pretend-Tourist8195@reddit
I wish they’d re-engine, or re-make these. Much more elegant than the stretched 777’s
luv2ctheworld@reddit
Flown in one years ago when I was a kid. Regret not taking pictures. Didn't know how special it was, just that she looked stubby for a 747.
sideswiped@reddit
Boeing 747SPs all look like clown car jumbos.
Airsofter599@reddit
That makes so much sense
Intelligent-Fan2410@reddit
The BMW M coupes of the aviation world
SentientSquid23@reddit
I got the reference, but for some reason it reminds me more of the E46 compact
USArmyAirborne@reddit
But shouldn’t it be the other way around since the 747-SP came first?
😜
Fun_Reference_270@reddit
Looks like it was washed too hot and it shrunk in the washing machine, like a wool sweater
Te_Luftwaffle@reddit
Boeing 74.7
itchygentleman@reddit
Ive seen that sticking out of their hangar at CYMX a number of times
Either_Eggplant_1289@reddit
Same here! CYMX, a post-apocalyptic looking airport if I’ve ever seen one!
itchygentleman@reddit
the abandoned hotel only adds to it lol but the cafe isnt bad,
crevulation@reddit
The only short bus I have ever wanted to ride.
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Babna_123@reddit
Where to provide
Babna_123@reddit
YVR?
AbleRelationship5287@reddit
SP = shorty performance 😜
bozoconnors@reddit
This is that meme with the guy looking over his shoulder, but he's holding hands with a BBJ.
LordVixen@reddit
That’s what my girlfriend called me.
JPAV8R@reddit
I love what happens with the rudder on chonky birds.
acrewdog@reddit
I need her in SkyCards! Fun phone game for aircraft nerds.
sjp1980@reddit
Aww the SP.
The SP reminds me of my childhood where Qantas would fly one to my local airport. We loved seeing the "jumbo" come it. I was years older before I found out the plane we saw wasnt even a proper jumbo.
It brings nice memories.
agha0013@reddit
and there are two of these beauties.
I occasionally see one doing their thing out of Mirabel but very rarely, they tend to go quite a ways up north to do their flights.
News-Royal@reddit
I remember those.
ChmeeWu@reddit
Wow. She’s THIC
TheodoreK2@reddit
Arctic testing… I swear!
wggn@reddit
one of the most inefficient passenger aircraft in existence
Less-Dinner7205@reddit
sucha a diva
windas_98@reddit
That's a PAWG I'd like to get inside.
mz_groups@reddit
r/planesgonewild
andrenoble@reddit
"If it says Pratt & Whitney on the engine, it better say Martin-Baker on the ejector seat"
And here it's the whole plane, damn it
PreparationHot980@reddit
Her expectation 747, reality- this
hollybroadway@reddit
SAT?
ShadeLurk@reddit (OP)
Nah, CYVR
TheDoctor813@reddit
SPs are so neat. I had a chance to see the Sands SP at Harry Reid Intl before it was retired.
No_Suit_9511@reddit
Looks like a scaled up Vision Cirrus G2
MelodicFondant@reddit
Finally,Bo 4
Appropriate-Ad-1988@reddit
Wow so pretty
VictoryReasonable430@reddit
Beautifull!!!! She is clean and polished, the real queen of the skies!
Flowech@reddit
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PHATT & WHITTY