The first
prototype
747SP about to
depart Kabul on
No ember 18, 1975
destined for Bombay.
The 2,330 mile
f light to India took
4 hours 23 minutes
and senior executives
from Arian-Afghan
Airlines and Afghan
go ernment officials
were carried as part
of a sales drive in the
area.
Special Performance
Designed to exploit the gap between the
Boeing 707 and the new 380-seat ‘Jumbo
Jets’, the dumpy 747SP boasted remarkable
long range. As Michael Allsop reveals,
it also enabled a number of airlines to
enter the world of widebody jets
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