Category:N911NA (aircraft)

**NASA 911**
	NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
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Instance of	Boeing 747-100SR; Shuttle Carrier Aircraft; exhibit;
Part of	Joe Davies Heritage Airpark (2014–);
Country of origin	United States of America;
Operator	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1990–2012);
Manufacturer	Boeing;
Aircraft registration	N911NA (1988–2015);
First flight	31 August 1973;
Service entry	May 1991;
Service retirement	8 February 2012;
Significant event	construction (1973); maiden flight (1973); delivery (Japan Airlines, 1973); service entry (1973); acquisition (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1988); modification (Wichita, Boeing Military Aircraft, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, 1988–1990); delivery (1990); service entry (1991); service retirement (2012); museum exhibition (Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, 2014–);
Powered by	JT9D-7J (4, 1988–);
Mass	322,050 kg (maximum takeoff weight);
Length	70.67 m;
Height	19.33 m;
Speed	360 kn (7,925 m, maximum speed);
Wingspan	59.64 m;
Duration	33,004 h (flight hours);
Maximum capacity	2 human (aircraft pilot); 2 human (flight engineer);
	34° 36′ 11.49″ N, 118° 05′ 22.02″ W
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Aircraft type: Boeing 747-100SR-46 (747-SR-46 or 747-146 SR)
First flight: 31 August 1973
Delivery: 26 September 1973 to Japan Airlines as JA8117; 15 April 1988 to Boeing Aircraft Holding as N747BL; 27 October 1988 to NASA as N911NA
Serial No: 20781
Line No: 221
Engines: Original: 4 × Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A; as SCA: 4 × Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J
Other registrations: N1795B (test registration)
Note: First 747SR (a short-range variant designed for Japanese domestic routes) ever built, and the first 747SR for JAL. Served JAL for 15 years before conversion to Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for NASA in 1988. Withdrawn from use on 8 February 2012. Displayed at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark.
References: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=911NA, https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/8-february-2012/, https://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-20781.htm

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Pair of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft‎ (5 F)

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Boeing 747 at Joe Davies Heritage Airpark‎ (19 F)

Media in category "N911NA (aircraft)"

The following 52 files are in this category, out of 52 total.

Atlantis Ferry Flight to Palmdale - GPN-2000-001842.jpg 3,000 × 2,040; 3.81 MB
Atlantis retourne au KSC.jpg 428 × 311; 73 KB
Boeing 747 SCA make an overfly of the Shuttle landing facillity.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 1.99 MB
Discovery Comes Home DVIDS854692.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 291 KB
Discovery sits atop a Boeing 747 as it touched down.jpg 2,008 × 3,000; 246 KB
Endeavour after STS-126 on SCA over Mojave from above.jpg 2,069 × 2,521; 1.48 MB
Endeavour Arrival - GPN-2000-000730.jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 8.78 MB
Endeavour is Delivered to the Kennedy Space Center - GPN-2000-001943.jpg 5,100 × 4,000; 2.02 MB
Endeavour on SCA dorsal view over Mojave.jpg 3,145 × 2,516; 1.09 MB
Endeavour on SCA over JSC starboard-ventral.jpg 4,256 × 2,832; 796 KB
Endeavour on SCA over JSC.jpg 3,000 × 2,250; 1.19 MB
Homecoming DVIDS860825.jpg 2,008 × 3,000; 209 KB
McMurtrySCA.jpg 2,000 × 1,606; 761 KB
Modified Boeing 747 carrying Discovery.jpg 3,000 × 2,200; 383 KB
N911NA Boeing 747 NASA (9077382539).jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 3.94 MB
NASA 911 Aircraft back winglet.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 652 KB
NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911 (front) and 905 (rear) - ED11-0237-24.jpg 3,024 × 2,016; 2.59 MB
One of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryden Flight Research Center.jpg 1,985 × 2,584; 2.19 MB
SCA and Endeavour at Ellington Field, 1991.jpg 623 × 478; 48 KB
SCA and Endeavour land at NAS JRB, Fort Worth, 2008.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 3.66 MB
SCA and Endeavour takes off from NAS JRB, Fort Worth, 2008.jpg 4,088 × 2,788; 5.44 MB
SCA and Endeavour taxies at NAS JRB, Fort Worth, 2008.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 6.29 MB
Shuttle Atlantis Mounted to Boeing 747 at DFRC (EC91-0659-03).jpg 3,999 × 3,999; 9.87 MB
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft beneath the Space Shuttle Endeavour.JPEG 2,820 × 1,880; 2.35 MB
Shuttle Endeavour Mated to 747 SCA Takeoff for Delivery to Kennedy Space Center, Florida.jpg 3,000 × 2,351; 4.91 MB
Shuttle mate demate facility.jpg 3,030 × 2,372; 6.38 MB
Shuttlecarrier3.jpg 3,000 × 2,395; 1.19 MB
Space Shuttle Atlantis on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Following the STS-125 Mission (28136831222).jpg 6,144 × 4,081; 1.57 MB
Space Shuttle Endeavour piggybacks aboard a specially modified jumbo jet -a.jpg 3,145 × 2,516; 2.4 MB
Space Shuttle Piggyback Arrival at KSC.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 2.62 MB
STS-125 Atlantis return KSC 01.jpg 3,000 × 2,071; 402 KB
STS-125 Atlantis return KSC 02.jpg 3,000 × 2,150; 800 KB
STS-125 DVIDS762420.jpg 3,000 × 1,993; 378 KB
STS-125 DVIDS762546.jpg 3,625 × 2,611; 446 KB
STS-125 DVIDS831326.jpg 3,000 × 2,170; 338 KB
STS-125 DVIDS838962.jpg 3,493 × 2,549; 349 KB
STS-125 DVIDS854767.jpg 4,079 × 2,671; 551 KB
STS-126 DVIDS836888.jpg 3,000 × 2,116; 432 KB
STS-126 DVIDS837601.jpg 3,000 × 2,031; 426 KB
STS-126 DVIDS843313.jpg 3,000 × 2,242; 407 KB
STS-126 Endeavour atop carrier aircraft.jpg 2,862 × 2,053; 1.03 MB
STS-128 Return to KSC 07.jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 1.21 MB
STS-128 Return to KSC 08.jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 660 KB
STS-128 Return to KSC 10.jpg 3,000 × 2,157; 1.85 MB
STS-128 Return to KSC 11.jpg 3,000 × 2,314; 922 KB
STS-128 Return to KSC 12.jpg 3,000 × 2,000; 3.75 MB
STS-128 Return to KSC 13.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 2.48 MB
STS-128 Return to KSC 14.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 3.25 MB
T-38 in front of Boeing 747 SCA.jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 3.76 MB
T-38 Support Aircraft Taxies Across the Ramp DVIDS750170.jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 595 KB
US Air Force 090601-F-7692M-064a Shuttle Stop.jpg 1,406 × 2,100; 1.99 MB
X-38 Arrival at NASA Dryden on June 4, 1997 DVIDS684645.jpg 3,030 × 2,335; 7.72 MB

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