Originally Posted by
The Ancient Geek
Was there a -200 with the stretched upper deck ?.
There was indeed a B-747-200 SUD (Stretched Upper Deck) variant operated by KLM, and perhaps later by Corsair (or was it UTA?).
Boeing 747-206BM(SUD) - KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines Aviation Photo #0514462 Airliners.net
JAL operated a B-747-100SR SUD
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...473400794).jpg
These -200 SUD's were all conversions and led to the production B-747-300's with the similar upper deck. Seems like Singapore Airlines used to run a print advertisement about how if you could discern the differences in the pictured B-747-300 instrument panel, they wanted you to apply for a DEC position. I couldn't tell the difference, so I didn't apply.
As far as I know, the B-747-300 was never operated in pax service by U.S. carriers (possibly due to lack of an evac demo) but I'm thinking I've seen one in freighter livery somewhere.