Caught this #AsianaCargo #747-400BDSF being loaded at #LAX as I was passing through on my way home on a work trip last month. Both #Boeing and Israeli Aircraft Industries’ Bedek Division have their own supplemental type certificates for freighter conversions of the passenger 747-400. For sometime both companies were in competition with Boeing requiring a hefty annual fee for product support of aircraft converted according to Bedek’s STC. This ended on 15 October 2013 when Bedek signed a licensing agreement with Boeing. 747-400s modified by Boeing or it’s approved contractors are designated 747-400BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter). Bedek’s aircraft like this Asiana Cargo bird are designated 747-400BDSF (Bedek Division Special Freighter). Unlike purpose built 747 freighters, the freighters converted from passenger 747-400s do not have the distinctive nose door, only a main deck cargo door. The reason that the purpose-built 747-400F (and the 747-8F as well) have the short hump is that the overhead clearance under the hump is two feet lower than the rest of the main deck. When passenger 747-400s are converted to freighter configuration by either Boeing or IAI Bedek, the floor of the aft part of the extended upper deck is removed to increase the overhead clearance on the main deck. This #aircraft , #HL7421, was originally delivered to #Asiana as a combi 747-400 in 1996 before being ferried to Tel Aviv in 2016 for conversion by the IAI Bedek Division for Asiana Cargo. #avgeek #aviation #planeporn #KLAX #LosAngeles #California #airport #planespotting #instaplane ⠀ #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight ⠀ #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Los Angeles International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwj-OsBJ_D/?igshid=t3m1jp1m7j3w