747 historical events 1990-1993 - Boeing 747 | information center

I collected all the important milestones of the mighty  BOEING 747  in the past 50+ years. I tried to do my best to recall every important moment of more than fifty-year. I hope my efforts serve your reading enjoyment.

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747 milestones | 1990-1993

• 1990: Boeing offers the US Air Force a 747-400 model dubbed the C-33; USAF doesn't buy.
  

• Aug. 1990 - March 1991  747s participate in Operation Desert Storm, carrying 644,000 troops and 220,000 tons of equipment to and from the Middle East as part of a United Nations effort to restore peace in the region.
  

• In January 1990  Boeing announces plans for a 747-400F freighter to replace the 747-200F on the Everett production line.
  

• 1990.03.28 N7470 First 747-100 enters semi-retirement at Seattle's Museum of Flight.
  

• 1990.05.30 The last 747-200F order placed by Air China
  

• 1990.08.23 82-8000 Boeing delivers first of two presidential 747-200s to the U.S. Air Force.  
  

• 1990.09.06 tail number 82-8000 The VC-25A, a modified Boeing 747-200B, enters service as presidential transport Air Force One, replacing the modified 707s that had served for the previous 30 years.
  

• 1990.09.25 OO-SGD the last 747-300M delivered to the Belgian SABENA
  

• 1991 CRAF (Civil Reserve Air Fleet) 747s fly 3,700 missions carrying 644.000 troops and 220.000 tons of supplies in support of Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm.
  

• 1991.05.24.  EL AL 747-200C Combi 4X-AXF specially converted to passenger configuration with normal seating for 454, carrying 1087 passengers. The rest of the operation was carried out using four 767s, two 757s, and eight Israeli Air Force 707s. This operation took place in May 1991. In a record-breaking airlift, the Israeli Air Force, aided by El Al, brought 14,000 Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa to Israel within 33 hours just days before the capital fell to rebel troops. The top-secret "Operation Solomon" began on 24 May 1991 when an air force C-130 Hercules brought the first group of high-ranking Israeli officers and experts to Addis Ababa International Airport. The airlift was completed a few hours before the first rebel units reached the airport area. The 747 flight set the record for most people on a plane – a record that it still holds to this day. A Boeing 747-200C (4X-AXF) was the first aircraft to depart on the rescue operation, lifting off from Tel Aviv at 12:58 PM on Friday, the 24th. Previously used for cargo, the 747 had been converted to passenger configuration within 24 hours. By using a 29in (74cm) pitch, and having no galleys and only four toilets, no less than 760 seats were installed.
  

• 1991.02.18  First 747-400D Domestic rolls out of the factory.
  

• 1991.03.18  First flight of the first 747-400 Domestic.
  

• 1991.10.10  first 747-400D Domestic delivery to JAL Japan Airlines, also FAA certification issued same day
  

• 1991.10.22 JA8083 747-400 Domestic enters commercial service with Japan Airlines.
  

• 1991.10.14 JA8194 Last classic series rollout for NCA
  

• 1991.11.19  JA8194 The last 747-200F and also the last dash 200 delivered to Nippon Cargo Airlines. Only dash 400 was produced at the Everett FAL (Final Assembly Line) from this date.
  

• Dec. 1992 - Jan. 1993  747s participate in "Operation Restore Hope", transporting 13,609 troops on a United Nations mission to Somalia.
  

• 1992.02.05 N7470 Boeing uses the first 747-100 to flight-test engines for the 777.
  

• 1993.08.03. First 747-400 Freighter rolls out of the factory.
  

• 1993.05.04. Maiden flight of first 747-400F freighter, - for Cargolux  
  

• 1993.09.10 9V-SMU Roll out of the 1,000th 747 (for Singapore Air Lines) at Everett, a 747-412, c/n 27068, delivered to Singapore Airlines and assigned civil registration 9V-SMU.
  

• 1993.10.12 9V-SMU Boeing delivers line No. 1,000 to Singapore Airlines and the 747-400F certified by FAA same day.
  

• 1993.11.04 B-165 First loss of a 747-400: a new China Airlines 747-400 makes a bad landing and comes to rest of the runway's end at Kaitak harbor, Hong Kong; all 269 on board survived.
  

• 1993.11.17 LX-FCV first 747-400 Freighter delivered to Cargolux Airlines.