Iran Air And The Boeing 747SP: How The World's Last Commercial 747SP Defied Retirement

The Boeing 747SP occupies a unique place in aviation history. While the standard Boeing 747 transformed international travel through sheer passenger capacity, the SP—short for Special Performance—was designed with an entirely different mission. Instead of carrying more passengers, it sacrificed cabin space to achieve extraordinary range, enabling airlines to operate nonstop flights that were previously … Read more