Boeing 747-8



June 10, 2011

Plain vanilla 747-8KZF N6009F made a touch-and-go landing at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport at 11:07 AM on Friday June 10. It will be delivered to Nippon Cargo Airlines as JA13KZ. Its construction number is 36138. N6009F is a standard Boeing test registration that has been applied to many Boeing jetliners.

Boeing 787-8 N6009F, Mesa-Gateway, June 10, 2011 N6009F on approach to land on Runway 30 Center. It took off from Paine Field at 7:58 AM PDT and flew down the Pacific Coast to San Diego. A planned side trip to Tucson was skipped on its way to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway. Smoke from several wildfires has produced a thick haze and reduced visibility.

Boeing 787-8 N6009F, Mesa-Gateway, June 10, 2011 N6009F lifts off from Runway 30 Center.

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Boeing 787-8 N6009F, Mesa-Gateway, June 10, 2011

Boeing 787-8 N6009F, Mesa-Gateway, June 10, 2011

Boeing 787-8 N6009F, Mesa-Gateway, June 10, 2011

Boeing 787-8 N6009F, Mesa-Gateway, June 10, 2011 The 747-8F rapidly climbed to cruising altitude and headed north to Wichita, Kansas, Miot Air Force Base, North Dakota and Alberta, Canada. It returned to Paine Field at 4:00 PM PDT.

September 2, 2010

The third Boeing 747-8 prototype N50217 returned to Mesa Gateway Airport for hot weather testing on Saturday, August 28, 2010. It made on etest flight on Wednesday, September 1 and departed for Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale, California on Thursday, September 2 when the air temperature was 107 degrees F. The 747-8 is the largest airplane made in the United States.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway Boeing 747-8F N50217 preparing for departure at 2:45 PM MST on September 2.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway Boeing 747-8F N50217 kicked up a cloud of dust as it started rolling down Runway 30 Center at 3:04 PM.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway Boeing 747-8F N50217 lifted off about 5,000 feet along the runway.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

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Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway At 250 feet long, the 747-8 is the longest airplane other than the Antonov An-225 Mriya.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway Boeing 747-8F N50217 circled to the right and headed for W291 in the Southern California Offshore Complex before returning to Palmdale.

June 21, 2010.

The third Boeing 747-8 prototype N50217 made its first visit to Mesa Gateway Airport for hot weather testing on Monday, June 21, 2010.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway N50217 made four touch and go landings and then parked on the back side of the airport. It was at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport for eight days and was scheduled to make two flights.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

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Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway 747-8 N50217 parked on the back side of the airport to test its systems in the Arizona heat.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway Northrop T-38A 68-8204 bsaed at Holloman Air Force Base took off shortly after the arrival of the 747-8.

Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

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Boeing 787-8 N7874, Mesa-Gateway

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Giant Jet Airplanes

  First Flight Wing Span Length Wing Area (ft2) Gross Weight (lbs) Engines
Boeing 777-9

2018

235ft 5in

251ft 9in

5,025

775,000

2 × 105,000 lb General Electric GE9X-105B1A
Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch

2018

385ft

238ft

?

1,300,000

6 × 56,750 lb Pratt & Whitney PW4056
Boeing 747-8 Jumbo Jet

2010

224ft,07in

250ft,02in

5,960

975,000

4 x 66,500 GEnx-2B67
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

2009

197ft, 03in

206ft

3,501

545,000

2 x 71,000 lb General Electric GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

2009

197ft, 03in

186ft

3,501

502,500

2 x 64,000 lb General Electric GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
Airbus A380

2005

261ft,10in

239ft,06in

9,100

1,235,000

4 x 84,000 lb RR Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP-7200
Boeing 777-300ER

2003

212ft,07in

242ft,04in

4,700

775,000

2 x 115,300 lb GE90-115B
Airbus A340-600

2001

208ft,02in

247ft,01in

4,729

811,300

4 x 56,000 lb RR Trent 556
Boeing 777-200

1994

209ft,01in

199ft,11in

4,605

545,000

2 x 74,000 lb PW4074, GE90-75B, or RR Trent 875
Airbus A330-300

1992

197ft,10in

208ft,10in

3,892

507,000

2 x 51,590 lb GE CF6-80E, PW4000, or RR Trent 700
Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet

1988

211ft,05in

231ft,10in

5,650

833,000

4 x 45,000 PW4062 or GE CF6-80C2B1F
Antonov An-225 Mryia

1988

290ft,00in

275ft,07in

10,280

1,300,000

6 x 51,590 lb DT-18T
Antonov An-124 Ruslan

1984

240ft,00in

227ft,00in

6,760

890,000

4 x 51,590 lb DT-18T
Tupolev 160 Blackjack 1981 182ft, 09in 177ft, 06in 3,660 606,000 4 x 50,900 lb NK-321
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy

1968

222ft,08in

247ft,10in

6,200

769,000

4 x 50,000 lb GE TF-39
Boeing 747-100 Jumbo Jet

1968

195ft,08in

231ft,04in

5,500

850,000

4 x 50,000 lb P&W JT9D
Antonov An-22 Antheus

1965

211ft,04in

189ft,07in

3,713

550,000

4 x 15,000 shp Kuznetsov NK-12MV
North American XB-70A Valkyrie

1964

105ft,00in

189ft,00in

6,297

530,000

6 x 33,000,lb J-93
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

1952

185ft,00in

157ft,07in

4,000

450,000

8 x 8,000 lb J-57
Convair YB-60

1952

206ft,05in

175ft,02in

5,239

410,000

8 x 8,000 lb J-57




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367-80 Stratoliner N70700, MASDC, Arizona, November 12, 1973,
#1 747-121 N1352B, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, June 18, 1973,
#2 EC-137D Airborne Warning and Control System 71-1408, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, June 18, 1973,
#1 757-200 F-22 Avionics Testbed N757A, Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, February 13, 2006,
#1 767-200 Airborne Surveillance Testbed N767BA, Victorville, California, June 17, 2005,
#1 717-200 N717XB, Palmdale, California, September 24, 1999,
#1 737-900 Prototype N737X, Edwards Air Force Base, California, November 2, 2000,
#1 737-8EH Short Field N6067U, Santa Barbara, California, March 15, 2006,
YAL-1A Airborne Laser 01-0001, Boron, California, March 29, 2005,
#3 747-8F N50217, Mesa Gateway Airport, Arizona, June 21, 2010,
#3 787-8 N787BX, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Arizona, March 12, 2012,
#4 737-8 Max N8704Q, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Arizona, September 25, 2016.

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General Electric 727-63 Unducted Fan Testbed N32720, Mojave Airport, November 9, 1986,
NT-43A Radar Test Bed 73-1155, Death Valley, January 24, 2003,
U. S. Air Force YAL-1A Airborne Laser 01-0001, Boron, California, March 29, 2005,
U. S. Army 767-200 Airborne Surveillance Testbed N767BA, Victorville, California, June 17, 2005,
Australian Air Force 737-7ES N378BC Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control, Victorville, California, July 9, 2005,
757-200 F-22 Avionics Testbed N757A, Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, February 13, 2006,
Evergreen International 747-273C Supertanker N470EV, San Bernardino, May 31, 2006,
NASA 747SP-21 N747NA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrered Astronomy (SOFIA), Boron, California, May 31, 2007,
General Electric 747-121 Engine Testbed N747GE, Victorville, California, August 5, 2007,
Honeywell 720-051B Trent 1000 testbed N720H, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, December 27, 2007,
Rolls Royce 747-257B Engine Testbed N787RR, Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 2018,
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Coulson Flying Tankers Martin JRM C-FLYL Hawaii Mars, Lake Elsinore, California, October 27, 2007,
NASA Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA/Endeavour, Edwards Air Force Base, December 10, 2008,
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0032, Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997,
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Saudi Arabian Boeing 777-368ER HZ-AK17, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Delta Boeing 747-451 N668US, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 8, 2016,
Antonov An-225 Mriya UR82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
American Airbus A330-323 N273AY, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Virgin Atalntic Airbus A340-642 G-VWKD, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Asiana Airbus A380-800 HL7625, Los Angeles International Airport, May 3, 2016,
Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYK, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
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Antonov An-225 RA-82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
Boeing 747-8F N50217, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, September 2, 2010,
Cavok Air Antonov An-12B UR-CKL, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 2, 2015,
Volga-Dnepr An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin Il-76 RA76951, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, August 27, 2017,
Atlas Air Boeing 747-47UF N499MC, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Asia Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-223F N705AA, Phoenix Sky Harbor, July 22, 2018,
Fedex Express Airbus A300F4-605R N681FE, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 24, 2018,
Fedex Express Boeing 777-FS2 N868FD, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 24, 2018,
Fedex Express MD-11F N604FE, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 26, 2018,
UPS Boeing 767-34AF(W) N311UP, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 28, 2018,
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