PHOTO AEROPLANE BOEING 747SP PAIR 'VQ-BMS' AND 'VP-BLK' THE VERY RARE SITE OF T

Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO AEROPLANE BOEING 747SP PAIR 'VQ-BMS' AND 'VP-BLK' THE VERY RARE SITE OF TWO OPERATIONAL 747SPS! WHILE THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT HISTORIES BOTH ARE NOW OPERATED BY THE LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. NEAREST IS SP-31 'VP-BLK' C/N 21961 L/N 415. BUILT IN 1979 AS N58201 FOR TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) IN 1985 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE UAE GOVERNMENT AND WAS OPERATED BY THEM AS A6-SMR UNTIL 2007 WHEN SHE JOINED LAS VEGAS SANDS. BEHIND IS SP-21 'VQ-BMS' C/N 21649 L/N 373. SHE WAS ALSO BUILT IN 1979 BUT THIS TIME FOR PAN AM AS N540PA. SHE FLEW WITH THEM UNTIL JOINING UNITED AIRLINES AS N149UA IN EARLY 1986. IN LATE 1993 SHE MOVED TO TAJIK AIR OF TAJIKISTAN BECOMING THE ONLY 747 THEY EVER OPERATED. IN 1995 SHE MOVED AGAIN NOW BEING OPERATED BY THE BRUNEI GOVERNMENT. INITIALLY REGISTERED AS V8-JBB SHE ALSO WORE V8-JP1 AND V8-AC1 UNTIL IN 1998 BECOMING A9C-HHH WITH THE BAHRAIN AMIRI FLIGHT. REREGISTERED AS A9C-HMH IN 2002 SHE REMAINED IN SERVICE UNTIL 2008 WHEN SHE WAS BRIEFLY STORED BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE LAS VEGAS SANDS FLEET AS VQ-BMS. VISIBLE BEHIND THEM IS AIRBUS A340-541 'VP-BMS' C/N 0560. ONE OF FIVE -500 MODELS OPERATED BY SINGAPORE AIRLINES SHE FIRST FLEW IN 2004 AS 9V-SGD JOINING LAS VEGAS SANDS IN 2014. MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAS VEGAS NV USA. 3RD MARCH 2016. COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSO PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO AWILSON-3281 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Alan Wilson obtained from FLICKR and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY

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Type: Photographs

Theme: Transportation

Sub-Theme: Aeroplane

Number of Items: Single

Period: 1945 - Present

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