[
  {
    "reg": "N7470",
    "displayName": "RA001",
    "type": "Boeing 747-121",
    "msn": "20235",
    "lineNumber": "1",
    "firstFlight": "9 February 1969",
    "delivery": "Never delivered — retained by Boeing",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A",
    "operatorHistory": "Boeing flight test",
    "operator": "Boeing (flight test)",
    "role": "The first 747 built, preserved in flight-test configuration.",
    "venue": "The Museum of Flight, Seattle",
    "country": "United States",
    "url": "https://www.museumofflight.org/Exhibits-and-Events/Aircraft/boeing-747-121",
    "publisher": "The Museum of Flight",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "N661US",
    "displayName": "N661US",
    "type": "Boeing 747-451",
    "msn": "23719",
    "lineNumber": "696",
    "firstFlight": "29 April 1988",
    "delivery": "1989",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney PW4056",
    "operatorHistory": "Northwest Airlines 1989–2009; Delta Air Lines 2009–2015",
    "operator": "Northwest Airlines",
    "role": "The first production 747-400; now the Delta Flight Museum's outdoor 747 Experience.",
    "venue": "Delta Flight Museum, Atlanta",
    "country": "United States",
    "url": "https://deltamuseum.org/experiences/exhibits/aircraft-on-view-outside/outside-exhibits/boeing-747-400",
    "publisher": "Delta Flight Museum",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "N747GE",
    "displayName": "N747GE",
    "type": "Boeing 747-121",
    "msn": "19651",
    "lineNumber": "25",
    "firstFlight": "3 March 1970",
    "delivery": "March 1970 (as N744PA, Pan Am)",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D",
    "operatorHistory": "Pan Am 1970–1991; General Electric flying testbed 1992–2017",
    "operator": "General Electric",
    "role": "The 25th 747, later used by General Electric as an engine testbed.",
    "venue": "Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson",
    "country": "United States",
    "url": "https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/boeing-747-121/",
    "publisher": "Pima Air & Space Museum",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "N747NA",
    "displayName": "SOFIA (N747NA)",
    "type": "Boeing 747SP-21",
    "msn": "21441",
    "lineNumber": "306",
    "firstFlight": "25 April 1977",
    "delivery": "6 May 1977 (as N536PA, Pan Am)",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D",
    "operatorHistory": "Pan Am 1977–1986; United Airlines 1986–1995; NASA and DLR 1997–2022",
    "operator": "NASA and DLR",
    "role": "The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, flown by NASA and DLR.",
    "venue": "Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson",
    "country": "United States",
    "url": "https://pimaair.org/open-airplane/",
    "publisher": "Pima Air & Space Museum",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "N905NA",
    "displayName": "NASA 905 (N905NA)",
    "type": "Boeing 747-123",
    "msn": "20107",
    "lineNumber": "86",
    "firstFlight": "1970",
    "delivery": "29 October 1970 (as N9668, American Airlines)",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J (as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft)",
    "operatorHistory": "American Airlines 1970–1974; NASA 1974–2012",
    "operator": "NASA",
    "role": "Shuttle Carrier Aircraft displayed with the shuttle replica Independence.",
    "venue": "Space Center Houston",
    "country": "United States",
    "url": "https://spacecenter.org/independence/",
    "publisher": "Space Center Houston",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "N911NA",
    "displayName": "NASA 911 (N911NA)",
    "type": "Boeing 747SR-46",
    "msn": "20781",
    "lineNumber": null,
    "firstFlight": "31 August 1973",
    "delivery": "1973 (as JA8817, Japan Air Lines)",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J (as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft)",
    "operatorHistory": "Japan Air Lines 1973–1989; NASA 1989–2012",
    "operator": "NASA",
    "role": "NASA's second Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.",
    "venue": "Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale",
    "country": "United States",
    "url": "https://www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov/205/Joe-Davies-Heritage-Airpark",
    "publisher": "City of Palmdale",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "PH-BUK",
    "displayName": "PH-BUK",
    "type": "Boeing 747-206B",
    "msn": "21549",
    "lineNumber": "336",
    "firstFlight": null,
    "delivery": "1 September 1978",
    "engines": "4× General Electric CF6-50E2",
    "operatorHistory": "KLM 1978–2004",
    "operator": "KLM",
    "role": "Former KLM 747-200, named Louis Blériot, displayed as part of the museum collection.",
    "venue": "Aviodrome, Lelystad, Netherlands",
    "country": "Netherlands",
    "url": "https://www.aviodrome.nl/en/discover/what-to-do/collection/boeing-747",
    "publisher": "Aviodrome",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "D-ABYM",
    "displayName": "D-ABYM",
    "type": "Boeing 747-230",
    "msn": "21588",
    "lineNumber": null,
    "firstFlight": null,
    "delivery": "1978",
    "engines": null,
    "operatorHistory": "Lufthansa 1978–2002",
    "operator": "Lufthansa",
    "role": "Former Lufthansa classic 747 mounted above the museum site.",
    "venue": "Technik Museum Speyer, Germany",
    "country": "Germany",
    "url": "https://www.technik-museum.de/en/discover/exhibits/boeing-747-jumbo-jet/",
    "publisher": "Technik Museum Speyer",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "VH-OJA",
    "displayName": "VH-OJA",
    "type": "Boeing 747-438",
    "msn": "24354",
    "lineNumber": "731",
    "firstFlight": "3 July 1989",
    "delivery": "9 August 1989",
    "engines": "4× Rolls-Royce RB211-524G",
    "operatorHistory": "Qantas 1989–2015",
    "operator": "Qantas",
    "role": "Qantas's first 747-400 and a former London-Sydney record holder.",
    "venue": "HARS Aviation Museum, Illawarra, Australia",
    "country": "Australia",
    "url": "https://hars.org.au/aircraft/boeing-747-438-vh-oja/",
    "publisher": "HARS Aviation Museum",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "ZS-SAN",
    "displayName": "ZS-SAN",
    "type": "Boeing 747-244B",
    "msn": "20239",
    "lineNumber": "160",
    "firstFlight": null,
    "delivery": "22 October 1971",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D",
    "operatorHistory": "South African Airways 1971–2004",
    "operator": "South African Airways",
    "role": "Preserved South African Airways 747-200, named Lebombo.",
    "venue": "South African Airways Museum Society, Germiston",
    "country": "South Africa",
    "url": "https://saamuseum.co.za/day-trips/",
    "publisher": "South African Airways Museum Society",
    "status": "Preserved"
  },
  {
    "reg": "ZS-SPC",
    "displayName": "ZS-SPC",
    "type": "Boeing 747SP-44",
    "msn": "21134",
    "lineNumber": null,
    "firstFlight": null,
    "delivery": "16 June 1976",
    "engines": "4× Pratt & Whitney JT9D",
    "operatorHistory": "South African Airways 1976–2003",
    "operator": "South African Airways",
    "role": "One of the comparatively rare shortened 747SPs, named Maluti.",
    "venue": "South African Airways Museum Society, Germiston",
    "country": "South Africa",
    "url": "https://saamuseum.co.za/day-trips/",
    "publisher": "South African Airways Museum Society",
    "status": "Preserved"
  }
]