United Airlines prepares 747SP for SOFIA programme

The former United Airlines Boeing 747SP earmarked for conversion to NASA's SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) project has been ferried from United's San Francisco maintenance base to Waco, Texas, for modification by Raytheon E-Systems.

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