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{{Short description|Outsize cargo conversion of the 747–400}}
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{{Infobox aircraft 
| name = Boeing Dreamlifter
| image = Boeing, N780BA, B747-409(LCF) Dreamlifter - PAE (19833251496).jpg
| caption = Boeing 747-400 LCF Dreamlifter
| manufacturer = {{Indented plainlist|
* [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]]
* [[Evergreen Group#Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation|Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation]]
}}
| civil_registration = {{Hlist | N249BA | N718BA | N747BC | N780BA }} 
| aircraft_type = Boeing 747-400 LCF
| first_flight = September 9, 2006
| introduced = 2007 <!-- date introduced into regular cargo service -->
| status = In service
| primary_user = [[Atlas Air]] under contract with [[Boeing]]
| number_built = 4 (all converted aircraft)
| developed_from = [[Boeing 747-400]]
}}

The '''Boeing Dreamlifter''', officially the '''747-400 Large Cargo Freighter''' ('''LCF'''), is a [[Wide-body aircraft|wide-body]] [[cargo aircraft]] modified extensively from the [[Boeing 747-400]] airliner. With a volume of {{convert|65,000|cuft|-1}}<ref>[http://www.eaa.org/ehotline/issues/080711.html Boeing Dreamlifter leads unique aircraft at AirVenture] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130414144411/http://www.eaa.org/ehotline/issues/080711.html |date=April 14, 2013}}" ''[[Experimental Aircraft Association]]''. Retrieved: September 30, 2012.</ref> it can hold three times that of a [[747-400F]] freighter.<ref name="first_lcf">Hanson, Mary et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050219052831/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q1/nr_050218g.html "Boeing Selects EGAT for 747 Large Cargo Freighter Modifications"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, February 18, 2005. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> The outsized aircraft was designed to transport [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] parts between Italy, Japan, and the U.S., but has also flown medical supplies during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pallini |first=Thomas |title=Boeing's massive oversized cargo plane just flew its first COVID-19 mission from Hong Kong to South Carolina. Take a look at the 'Dreamlifter.' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-boeing-donating-three-747-dreamlifters-to-aid-distribution-2020-3 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Development ==
[[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]] announced on October 13, 2003, that, due to the length of time required by land and [[Shipping|marine shipping]], air transport would be the main method of transporting parts for the assembly of the [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] (then known as the ''7E7'').<ref name="Boeing13Oct2003PressRelease">{{Cite press release |title=Boeing 7E7 Will Use Air Transport for Component Delivery |date=October 13, 2003 |publisher=[[Boeing]] |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2003-10-13-Boeing-7E7-Will-Use-Air-Transport-for-Component-Delivery |last1=Leach |first1=Yvonne |access-date=May 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531165708/https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2003-10-13-Boeing-7E7-Will-Use-Air-Transport-for-Component-Delivery |archive-date=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Boeing 787 parts were deemed too large for standard marine [[shipping container]]s as well as the Boeing 747-400F, [[Antonov An-124]] and [[Antonov An-225 Mriya|An-225]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Wagner |first=Mark |title=Boeing 787 Dreamliner |pages=101–14 |year=2009 |publisher=MBI |last2=Norris |first2=Guy}}.</ref> Initially, three used passenger 747-400 aircraft were to be converted into an outsize configuration in order to ferry sub-assemblies from Japan and Italy to [[North Charleston, South Carolina]], and then to [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] state for final assembly, but a fourth was subsequently added to the program.<ref name="wsj_20070108">Lunsford, J. Lynn. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116822235075569896 "Ugly in the Air: Boeing's New Plane Gets Gawks, Stares"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517070947/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116822235075569896.html |date=May 17, 2013 }}. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', January 8, 2007.</ref> The Large Cargo Freighter has a bulging fuselage similar in concept to the [[Aero Spacelines Super Guppy|Super Guppy]] and the [[Airbus Beluga]] and [[Airbus BelugaXL|BelugaXL]] outsize cargo aircraft, which are also used for transporting wings and fuselage sections.

The LCF conversion was partially designed by Boeing's Moscow bureau and [[Rocketdyne|Boeing Rocketdyne]] with the swing tail designed in partnership with [[Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica|Gamesa Aeronáutica]] of [[Spain]].<ref name="Boeing22Feb2005">{{Cite press release |title=Boeing's 747 Large Cargo Freighter Development on Plan |date=February 22, 2005 |publisher=[[Boeing]] |location=Seattle |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/photorelease/q1/pr_050222g-1.html |last1=Hanson |first1=Mary |access-date=January 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527040652/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/photorelease/q1/pr_050222g-1.html |archive-date=May 27, 2006}}</ref> The cargo portion of the aircraft is unpressurized.<ref>http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2005/june/ts_sf05.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107081644/http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2005/june/ts_sf05.html |date=January 7, 2007 }} Retrieved June 30, 2017.</ref> Unlike the hydraulically supported nose section on a 747 Freighter, the tail is opened and closed by a modified shipping container handling truck, and locked to the rear fuselage with 21 electronic actuators.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Modifications were carried out in [[Taiwan]] by [[Evergreen Group#Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation|Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation]],<ref name="first_lcf" /> a joint venture of [[Evergreen Group]]'s [[EVA Air]] and [[General Electric]].<ref name="rollout">Hanson, Mary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901095645/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q3/060817b_pr.html "Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Rolls Out; Prepares for First Flight"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, June 17, 2006. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> Boeing reacquired the four 747-400s; one former [[Air China]] aircraft,<ref name="airfleet_001">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070301081237/http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-25879.htm "Boeing N747BC (Ex B-2464)—Airfleets"]. ''Airfleets.'' Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> two former [[China Airlines]] aircraft,<ref name="airfleet_002">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060212140836/http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-24310.htm "Boeing N780BA (Ex B-162 B-18272)"]. ''Airfleets.''Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref><ref name="airfleet_003">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060212141356/http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-24309.htm "Boeing N249BA (Ex B-161 B-18271)"]. ''Airfleets.'' Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> and one former [[Malaysia Airlines]] aircraft.<ref name="airfleet_004">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060307192639/http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-27042.htm Boeing N718BA (Ex 9M-MPA)"]. ''Airfleets''. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref>

The first 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) was rolled out of the hangar at [[Taipei Taoyuan International Airport]] on August 17, 2006.<ref name="rollout" /> It successfully completed its first test flight on September 9, 2006, from this airport.<ref name="first_flight">Hanson, Mary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061206062552/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/news/2006/q3/060909a_nr.html "Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Completes First Flight"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, September 9, 2006. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref>

The 787 Dreamliner parts are placed in the aircraft by the DBL-100 [[Aviation Ground Support Equipment|cargo loader]], the world's longest cargo loader.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=Explore Records: Longest cargo loader |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/longest-cargo-loader/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313193919/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/longest-cargo-loader/ |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=September 24, 2011 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Glenday |first=Craig |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse/page/268 |title=Guinness World Records 2009 |publisher=Bantam |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-553-59256-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse/page/268 268] |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reinhardt |first=Karen |date=July 16, 2014 |title=Darn big loader |url=http://www.oemoffhighway.com/article/10166574/darn-big-loader |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208003623/http://www.oemoffhighway.com/article/10166574/darn-big-loader |archive-date=February 8, 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |website=OEM Off-Highway}}</ref> In June 2006, the first DBL-100 cargo loader was completed.<ref name="loader">Hanson, Mary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614080320/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q2/060612d_pr.html "First Cargo Loader Completed for Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, June 12, 2006. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref>

The 747 LCF's unusual appearance has drawn comparisons to the [[Wienermobile|Oscar Mayer Wienermobile]] and the [[Hughes H-4 Hercules]] ("Spruce Goose").<ref name="wsj_20070108" /> Due to its ungainly form—exacerbated in that the first airplane remained unpainted for some time, due to the need for immediate testing—Boeing Commercial Airplanes president Scott Carson jokingly apologized to [[Boeing 747|747]] designer [[Joe Sutter]] that he was "sorry for what we did to your plane."<ref name="wsj_20070108" />
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== Operational history ==
[[File:Boeing 747-400LCF.jpg|thumb|The first aircraft to be converted, N747BC, in 2006]]
[[File:N780BA PAE (23373867095).jpg|thumb|Boeing 747 LCF with its swing-tail open]]
[[File:Two Dreamlifters (5007048702) (2).jpg|thumb|Two Dreamlifters at the Boeing Everett Factory in [[Paine Field]]]]

=== Flight testing ===
On September 16, 2006, N747BC arrived at [[Boeing Field]], [[Seattle]] to complete the flight test program.<ref name="first_lcf" /> Swing-tail testing was done at the Boeing factory in Everett.<ref name="tail_test">[https://web.archive.org/web/20061110052537/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061023b_pr.html "Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Successfully Tests Swing Tail"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, October 23, 2006. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> The second airplane, N780BA, made its inaugural test flight on February 16, 2007. The third began modification in 2007.<ref name="shape">Hanson, Mary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060419185516/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q2/060413c_pr.html "Large Cargo Freighter Taking Shape"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, April 17, 2006. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> The first two LCFs entered service in 2007 to support the final assembly of the first 787s. Another [[Boeing 747-400|747-400]] came from [[Malaysia Airlines]], originally registered as 9M-MPA, before becoming N718BA.<ref name="shape" />

Delivery times for the 787's wings, built in Japan, was reduced from around 30 days to just over eight hours with the Dreamlifter.<ref name="Fact Sheet">"[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dreamlifter_fact.html Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218113757/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dreamlifter_fact.html |date=February 18, 2013 }}". ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080227080709/http://www.boeing.com/news/feature/paris07/assets/bgs-facts/Fact%20Sheets/fct%20Dreamlifter.pdf Archive]'' Boeing Commercial Airplanes, April 23, 2007. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> [[Evergreen International Airlines]] (unrelated to EVA Air or EGAT), a U.S. air freight operator based in [[McMinnville, Oregon]], operated the LCF fleet<ref name="wsj_20070108" /><ref name="selected">Hanson, Mary et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20051227061458/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/news/2005/q4/051214a_nr.html "Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. to Operate Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighters"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, December 15, 2007. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> until August 2010. Then [[Atlas Air]], which was awarded a nine-year contract for the operation of the aircraft in March 2010, took over LCF operation.<ref name="assume">{{Cite news |last=Ostrower |first=Jon |date=March 4, 2010 |title=Atlas to assume Dreamlifter control in September |work=[[Flightglobal]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/atlas-to-assume-dreamlifter-control-in-september-339104/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810090357/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/atlas-to-assume-dreamlifter-control-in-september-339104/ |archive-date=August 10, 2017}}</ref> Evergreen had achieved a 93% on flight schedule performance with the LCF,<ref name="dl deal">{{Cite news |last=Ostrower |first=Jon |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Sources: Dreamlifter deal part of 747-8 compensation to Atlas |work=FlightBlogger |publisher=[[Flightglobal]] |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2010/03/sources-dreamlifter-deal-part.html |access-date=March 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308225238/http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2010/03/sources-dreamlifter-deal-part.html |archive-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> and sued Boeing for $175 million,<ref name="aub">Cohen, Aubrey. "[http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2010/04/02/details-from-boeing-dreamlifter-lawsuit/ Details from Boeing Dreamlifter lawsuit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926101142/http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2010/04/02/details-from-boeing-dreamlifter-lawsuit/ |date=September 26, 2013 }}". ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', April 2, 2010. Retrieved: September 30, 2012.</ref><ref name="amh">Harris, Andrew M. "[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-04-07/boeing-sued-by-dreamlifter-airline-for-175-million-over-transport-deal.html Boeing Sued by 'Dreamlifter' Airline for $175 Million Over Transport Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925162150/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-04-07/boeing-sued-by-dreamlifter-airline-for-175-million-over-transport-deal.html |date=September 25, 2013 }}". ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]'', April 8, 2010. Retrieved: September 30, 2012.</ref> which the court mostly dismissed.<ref name="her">"[http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20100614/business/306149884/print/ Judge: Evergreen trade secret claims against Boeing stand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929025959/http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20100614/business/306149884/print/ |date=September 29, 2013 }}". ''[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)]]'', June 14, 2010. Retrieved: September 30, 2012.</ref><ref name="wagov">[[John C. Coughenour|Coughenour, John C]]. "[http://www.courts.wa.gov/content/Briefs/A01/670301%20Appellant's%20Reply.pdf Case 2:10-cv-00568-JCC Document 22] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217000209/http://www.courts.wa.gov/content/Briefs/A01/670301%20Appellant's%20Reply.pdf |date=December 17, 2011 }}" page 22. [[United States District Court for the Western District of Washington]], June 9, 2010. Retrieved: September 30, 2012.</ref>

=== Into service ===
In December 2006, Boeing announced the 747 LCF would be named ''Dreamlifter'', a reference to the 787's name, Dreamliner. It unveiled a standard livery for the aircraft that included a logo reminiscent of the 787's Dreamliner logo.<ref name="christen">[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=13&cat=31&page=4&item=553 "Boeing Reveals Livery, Name for 747 Large Cargo Freighters"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407055805/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=13&cat=31&page=4&item=553 |date=April 7, 2012}} Boeing Commercial Airplanes, December 6, 2006. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref>

Certification was initially planned for early 2007, but was pushed back to June 2007. The aircraft's [[wingtip device|winglets]] were removed to resolve excess vibration and other handling characteristics prior to final certification. In the meantime, as part of the flight test program, LCF delivered major sections of the 787 from partner sites around the world to the Boeing factory in [[Everett, Washington]] for final assembly.<ref name="delay">Wallace, James. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013605/http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/300744_boeingshares23.html "Boeing Can't Soothe Jitters"]. ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref> The 747 LCF was granted [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] type certification on June 2, 2007. From its first flight in 2006 until certification in 2007, the Dreamlifter completed 437 hours of flight testing along with 639 hours of ground testing.<ref>Hanson, Mary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070606173639/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q2/070604a_pr.html "Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Achieves FAA Certification"]. Boeing Commercial Airplanes, June 4, 2007. Retrieved: March 17, 2008.</ref>

Of the four 747 Dreamlifters Boeing acquired,<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dreamlifter_fact.html "Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Fact Sheet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218113757/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dreamlifter_fact.html |date=February 18, 2013 }}. ''Boeing.'' Retrieved: September 14, 2011.</ref> three were complete and operational by June 2008,<ref>Tinseth, Randy. [http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2008/06/three_of_four.html "Three of four"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726003616/http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2008/06/three_of_four.html |date=July 26, 2011 }}. ''Boeing Blog Randy's Journal'', June 12, 2008.</ref> and the fourth became operational in February 2010.<ref>Mecham, Michael. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/awx/2010/02/16/awx_02_16_2010_p0-204959.xml&headline=Boeing%20Puts%20Last%20Dreamlifter%20In%20Service&channel=comm "Boeing Puts Last Dreamlifter In Service"]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Aviation Week'', February 16, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1080 "Final Boeing 747 Dreamlifter Enters Service"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906035558/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1080 |date=September 6, 2011 }}. Boeing, February 16, 2010.</ref>

On July 1, 2020, a Dreamlifter arrived at [[Salt Lake City International Airport]], carrying 500,000 face masks to be used by Utah school children and teachers as part of the state's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The flight was a joint effort between Boeing, Atlas Air, H.M. Cole, Cotopaxi, [[Flexport]], [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] and the state of Utah.<ref name="Klopf 2020">{{Cite web |last=Klopfenstein |first=Jacob |date=July 1, 2020 |title=499 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death as 500K masks delivered to Utah students, teachers |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/46771987/499-new-covid-19-cases-1-death-as-500k-masks-delivered-to-utah-students-teachers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702061245/https://www.ksl.com/article/46771987/499-new-covid-19-cases-1-death-as-500k-masks-delivered-to-utah-students-teachers |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=July 2, 2020 |website=KSL.com}}</ref>

== Incidents ==
On November 20, 2013, Dreamlifter N780BA operated by [[Atlas Air]] inadvertently landed at [[Colonel James Jabara Airport]], a small [[general aviation]] airport in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. Its intended destination was [[McConnell Air Force Base]], 9 miles (14&nbsp;km) past Jabara Airport on the same heading. The aircraft was able to successfully take off again from Jabara's {{convert|6101|ft|m|adj=on}} runway the following day and landed at McConnell without incident.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTSB Identification: DCA14IA016 |url=https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/enwiki/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88465/pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506131740/https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20131122X05100&key=1 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=March 22, 2016 |website=National Transportation Safety Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LeBeau |first=Phil |date=November 21, 2013 |title='Wrong airport' Dreamlifter successfully takes off |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/11/21/uh-oh-dreamlifter-lands-at-wrong-airport.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707141043/http://www.cnbc.com/2013/11/21/uh-oh-dreamlifter-lands-at-wrong-airport.html |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2017 |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref>

On October 11, 2022, Dreamlifter N718BA operated by Atlas Air lost a wheel from its main landing gear while taking off from [[Taranto, Italy]]. The wheel bounced outside the airport perimeter and ended up in a vineyard. The plane continued on to North Charleston, South Carolina (CHS) and made a safe landing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaminski-Morrow |first=David |date=2022-10-12 |title=Boeing 747-400LCF Dreamlifter sheds wheel on take-off from Taranto |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/boeing-747-400lcf-dreamlifter-sheds-wheel-on-take-off-from-taranto/150509.article |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Flight Global |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-11 |title=Dreamlifter loses wheel en route from Italy to Charleston |url=https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/dreamlifter-loses-wheel-en-route-from-italy-to-charleston/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=WCBD News 2 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Specifications ==
[[File:Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter.jpg|thumb|Dreamlifter's perspective tables]]

The 747 LCF main cargo compartment has a volume of {{convert|65,000|cuft|-1}} and the maximum payload capacity is {{convert|250,000|lb|kg|-1}}.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2006/november/mainfeature.pdf "Flight Test Program is under way for 747 Large Cargo Freighter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201330/http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2006/november/mainfeature.pdf |date=March 3, 2016 }}. Boeing, November 2006. Retrieved: September 14, 2011.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="text-align: center" 
|-
!Model
! 747 Dreamlifter
! 747-400
|-
! Cockpit crew
| colspan="2" | Two
|-
! Length
| {{cvt|235|ft|2|in|m}} || {{cvt|231|ft|10|in|m|1}}
|-
! Wingspan
| colspan="2" | {{cvt|211|ft|5|in|m}}
|-
! Height
| {{cvt|70|ft|8|in}} || {{cvt|63|ft|8|in|1}}
|-
! Fuselage width
| {{cvt|27|ft|6|in}} || {{cvt|21|ft|4|in}}
|-
! Spec Operating Empty Weight
| {{convert|180530|kg|lb|abbr=on}} || {{convert|179015|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|-
! Maximum take-off weight
| {{convert|364235|kg|lb|abbr=on}} || {{convert|396890|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|-
! Cruising speed
| {{convert|0.82|Mach|altitude_ft=38,500|knots km/h mph}} ||{{convert|0.855|Mach|altitude_ft=38,500|knots km/h mph|0}}
|-
! Takeoff run at MTOW
| {{cvt|9,199|ft|m}} || {{cvt|9,902|ft|m}}
|-
! Range fully loaded
| {{convert|4200|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} || {{convert|7260|nmi|abbr=on}}
|-
! Max. fuel capacity
| {{convert|52609|USgal|L|abbr=on}} || {{convert|57285|USgal|L|abbr=on}}
|-
! Engine models (×4)
| [[Pratt & Whitney PW4000|PW 4056]] || [[Pratt & Whitney PW4000|PW 4056]]<br />[[General Electric CF6|GE CF6-80C2B5F]]<br />[[Rolls-Royce RB211#RB211-524 series|RR RB211-524G/H]]
|-
! Engine thrust (per engine)
| {{convert|63300|lbf|kN|lk=on|abbr=on}} || PW: {{convert|63300|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}<br />GE: {{convert|62100|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}<br />RR: {{convert|59500|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}
|}
Sources: ''Boeing 747-400 specifications'',<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/pf/pf_400_prod.html 747-400 "Technical Information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524131608/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/pf/pf_400_prod.html |date=May 24, 2011 }}. ''Boeing.'' Retrieved: September 14, 2011.</ref> ''Boeing 747 Airport Report'',<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/747.htm "Boeing 747 Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning"]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524114323/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/airports/747.htm |date=May 24, 2011}} ''Boeing''. Retrieved: September 14, 2011.</ref> 747 LCF fact sheet<ref name="Fact Sheet" />

== See also ==
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|related=
* {{annotated link|Boeing 747-400}}
* {{annotated link|Boeing 787 Dreamliner}}
|similar aircraft=
* {{annotated link|Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy}}
* {{annotated link|Aero Spacelines Super Guppy}}
* {{annotated link|Conroy Skymonster|Conroy CL-44-0 ''Skymonster''}}—Outsize cargo version of the [[Canadair CL-44]]
* {{annotated link|Antonov An-225 Mriya|Antonov An-225 ''Mriya''}}
* {{annotated link|Airbus Beluga|Airbus A300-600ST ''Beluga''}}
* {{annotated link|Airbus BelugaXL|Airbus A330-743L ''BelugaXL''}}
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}}

== References ==
;Notes
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;Bibliography
* {{Cite book |last=Norris |first=Guy |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759839564 |title=Boeing 787 Dreamliner |last2=Wagner |first2=Mark |date=2009 |publisher=Zenith Press |isbn=978-1-61673-227-1 |location=Minneapolis, MN |oclc=759839564}}

== External links ==
{{commons category inline|Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter}}
{{external media
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| video1 =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_GLUCvGG7s Areo-TV video]
| video2 =[http://videos.kansas.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=11446174 Loading video]
}}
* [http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dreamlifter_fact.html Boeing fact sheet]

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