| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Cologne / BonnMap |
| Country: | Germany |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EDDK IATA: CGN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik Sleutelberg |
| Photo ID: | 342955 |
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Starting push-back 45 minutes before departure, with many long checklists to be run. On 21 May 2007, shortly after its first flight as SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (following nearly 10 years on the ground) the aircraft was named Clipper Lindbergh. This in turn was 30 years and one day after the same happened for the first time, on the 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing. The name was not carried during its time with United. This photo is copyright © Erik Sleutelberg, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 9 March 2021, and has since been viewed 590 times. |