Saha Airlines Boeing 747-2J9F, EP-SIH (c/n 21487), has recently been overhauled in Tehran and been returned to commercial service
KEYVAN TAVAKKOLI
In total, 1,574 Boeing 747s were manufactured, including 489 pure cargo examples. Among these, 656 are known as Classic models, consisting of 117 747- 100s, one -100C (combi), 50 -100Fs (freighter), 14 -100Bs, 186 -200Bs, 66 -200B SCDs (side cargo door), seven -200Cs, six -200C SCDs, three -200Fs, 125 -200F SCDs, 60 -300s, 14 -300 SCDs and seven -300F SCDs. Now, just 19 Classic jumbos are left worldwide and only eleven are maintained in an airworthy state as of February 2024.
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