N1352B

last modified September 19, 2019
955 being refueled by N1352B on July 6, 1972.  This was a "dry" refueling test flight to prove that the proposed KC-33A could be used with the SR-71 (among other aircraft) - Boeing photo via Tony Landis

Also known as RA-001, N1352B was the first Boeing 747 ever built.  It was retained by Boeing and used as a test aircraft, and as a research platform for ongoing system developments with the 747 series.

In the above photo, the 747 is being demonstrated as a potential refueling tanker.  The USAF decided to pass on the proposed KC‑33A.  Only four were ever sold, all to the same foreign government.


refueling station in N1352B
The boom operator's station in N1352B, just as it was in 1972. - David Allison/www.habu.org

N1352B was later re-registered as N7470, before being retired to the Boeing Museum of Flight, also the home of the only remaining M-21.

refueling station in N1352B

RA-001 on display in the Boeing Hangar at the Museum of Flight, September 2019. - David Allison/www.habu.org

refueling station in N1352B

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