Beautiful Boeing 747-SP at Zürich-Kloten (ZRH)

[@jurgenschneller8478]

Schöne, nostalgisch anmutende Szenerie! Hervorragend eingefangen durch Zürichs Spotter-Gott !!Sandro!! Schmidt! Solch einen "Altvogel" sehen und hören zu dürfen verbreitet immer wieder gute Laune und weckt Erinnerungen an eine goldene Zeit der Fliegerei! Der Beweis des Könnens eines wahren Profis, welcher vielen Zuschauern große Freude bereiten wird!

[@SchmidBrosPictures]

Vielen Dank. Gefilmt aber weiterhin durch Sandro Schmid.

[@JupiterMan12.000]

Nice Video Beautiful Aircraft the 747SP is very uncommen its fading away The Minijumbo.

[@TravelWithJose]

Great camera work, and magnificent 747. What not to like. Huge thanks for sharing and for your hard work!!!

[@NorgesSpottingchannel]

A very rare plane! Nice to see it in Zürich! I've catched it in the summer in Hamburg! Keep up your great work!

[@GeminiJetsA350]

SchmidProductions Great footage! Those JT9D engines are nice.

[@gdsnuff]

Beautiful aircraft! I wish they were still in production.

[@AvgeekCarGeek]

Only produce 50 747sp :(

[@mountnman3609]

+Matt Gibby Only 13 left in operation.

[@SecsSells]

+Gd Snuff Three of the remaining are based in LAS.

[@JupiterMan12.000]

Aircraft Built in 1969 WOW back then it was 36 Years Old I wonder if it's still flying now 9 Years Later.

[@jcbascunan.aviacion]

Amazing visitor in Zurich!

[@debo8514]

This plane is now in Hamilton (YHM) and is up for sale as of Oct 3, 2018. I saw photos of the interior. Really nice.

[@bilalahmed2123]

Beautiful Classic ! Glad, this one isn't in a desert getting parted it out and then being crushed !

[@DanielSander]

Nice catch 😃

[@FLHDplanespotting]

Nice one ! Very nice aircraft !

[@seandonnelly8571]

Interesting aircraft. 47 feet shorter than its big brother but a much larger tail and of course a lot more range which is what every flight crew wants.

[@fatalerro4893]

Летающая яхта! Ещё бы самому пилотировать.

[@melvyncox3361]

Nice!

[@lovethatjumbo]

Nice, thanks !!

[@SchmidBrosPictures]

[@SchmidBrosPictures]

thanks for the comments and happy new year =)

[@MrFlyer53]

😍😍😍

[@technologic21]

The SP is the coolest body-style for the 747. Shame the demand was so low for them.

[@winni223]

I suppose it's some king of rarity these days :) If not mistaken SP was made for Japan and Iran at the time

[@AG-Consulting]

It was also made for long distance flight, they had to find a way to increase range, so they shortened the fuselage to reduce weight. :-)

[@winni223]

André Garcia not so sure, SPs were also used in Japan as a local shuttle between Tokyo/Osaka and the islands, where the requirements were high capacity on short range flight.

[@AG-Consulting]

SP - Special Performance en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747SP Japan did use some early 747-200 and 300 for a few domestic route, however the one that was designed specifically for the domestic market was the 747-400D which was "missing" the tail fuel tank and had smaller fuel tanks in other parts of the plane as well, since it was designed for Short Haul. :-) And yes the SP was used for short haul in Japan, but that was not the intention of the original design, PAM AM wanted a long haul plane as the 747-100 only had around 5k nm of range and the 747-SP could go almost to 7K nm.

[@saggo1712]

QANTAS had them too

[@an147]

Also United Airlines and American Airlines.

[@Ppetras23]

Why does the tail have to be so much larger/ and what is the range

[@peterashford7855]

Google 747 SP and it will tell you; there are reasons

[@markusbuhler2361]

Der Rumpf wurde gegenüber der 747-100 und -200 um 14,35 m gekürzt, wodurch ein neues Seitenleitwerk mit vergrößerter Fläche erforderlich wurde, um trotz des verkürzten Hebelarms die gleiche Gierstabilität zu erreichen. The fuselage was shortened by 14.35 m compared to the 747-100 and -200, requiring a new vertical tail with increased area to achieve the same yaw stability despite the shortened lever arm.

[@N221BP]

Goldy oldy

[@PaliAha]

Assuming they got the money, why would anyone buy the SP if they could just get the long version?

[@MrMajistic]

They have this plane for over 25 years now .

[@GH-oi2jf]

Pali Aha - Longer range and lower operating cost. Why would you want to fly a long fuselage around if you don’t need the room?

[@leroyybrown]

Aussie pilot in that SP

[@nhedrick100]

What is different about the tail fin?

[@GH-oi2jf]

Ned Hedrick The SP vertical stabilizer is a coupler of feet higher above the ground than on other 747s.

[@5455jm]

Higher, further and faster.........................I used to fly Pan Ams out of Sydney regularly and QANTAS.

[@SecsSells]

+jeff belli slack You mean you flew ON or actually flew?

[@5455jm]

DAM FLA Very sorry, and yes you are correct to question the context of my sentence. I was a Women's fashion buyer and I travelled out of Australia 26 weeks of the year for over 10 years. I was a Business passenger within in the early days of Business Class.

[@baderalbaz8164]

😍😉😆

[@MrMilanoLau]

I think of a dwarf when I see it.

[@ELGee1]

37 year old...

[@naardri]

Pity such a nice aircraft has become a garbage barge.

[@MooseKicks1066]

+Na Ardri That made me lol. But yeah, it's a shame.