One such derivative was the 747SP (Special Performance). This version of the wide-body jumbo jet entered commercial service ...

featuring museum-vintage aircraft like a 39-year-old Boeing 747SP, the only passenger aircraft of its type still in service. Blocked from ordering Western-built jets for three decades, Iran Air ...

The Boeing 747SP was built as a stocky version of the ... as it was designed to meet a request from Pan Am and Iran Air for a high-capacity airliner with sufficient range to cover Pan Am’s ...