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    The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter is a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft developed from the B-29 and B-50 bombers. Design work began in 1942, the...
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    The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It...
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    to build the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter for the United States Air Force. In all, 943 C-97s were built in the Renton plant. In 1952, Boeing began developing...
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    The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, itself a derivative of the B-29...
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    Clipper Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing C-127 Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing EC-135 Boeing KC-135...
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    The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter airlifter, which was first flown in 1944, was followed in 1947 by its commercial airliner variant, the Boeing Model...
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    refueling Related development Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing B-54 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Tupolev Tu-4 Aircraft of comparable...
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    and era Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Bristol Britannia Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan Convair C-131 Samaritan...
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    Globemaster Douglas C-132 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Saunders-Roe Princess Boeing 377 Stratocruiser...
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    Beverley Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Convair XC-99 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation (R7V-2/YC-121F) Lockheed C-141 Starlifter...
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    different Boeing aircraft). The KC-135 was the United States Air Force (USAF)'s first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter. The...
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    Fairchild C-123 Provider with a similar wing and cargo ramp layout. The C-123 had evolved from the Chase XCG-20 Avitruc first flown in 1950. The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter...
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    it was more appealing than 700. Boeing had studied developments of its existing Model 367 (the KC-97 Stratofreighter) incorporating swept wings and podded...
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    Pregnant Guppy Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Boeing B-50 Superfortress Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing XF8B Boeing XB-44 Superfortress...
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  • current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed...
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    fast jet-powered tanker aircraft rather than propeller-driven Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. In a demonstration of the B-52's global reach, from 16 to 18...
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  • Boeing 367 was a model number for aircraft within the Boeing Company and refers to two different aircraft: Boeing 367/C-97 Stratofreighter was a B-29 based...
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  • surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses Beechcraft L-23 Seminole Bell H-13 Sioux Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter...
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    Air Force Base, California until inactivating in 1960 when its Boeing C-97 Stratofreighters were retired. It was activated again in Germany early in 1966...
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    standard technique for military aircraft, with over 800 KC-97 Stratofreighters on order. The KC-97 was not ideally suited for operations with the USAF's new...
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    Antonov An-225 Mriya Antonov An-124 Ruslan Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Short Belfast Lockheed R6V Constitution...
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  • States aircraft manufacturer Boeing for use by the USAF. The Model 493-3-2 was similar to the baseline C-97 Stratofreighter but differed in having a gull-wing...
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    he painted Adam and Eve and the C-97 (1969), depicting the Biblical couple astonished by a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter cargo plane flying overhead. The...
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    ATL-98 Carvair Breguet Deux-Ponts/Sahara Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas C-133 Cargomaster Hispano-Aviacion HA-400, 1958...
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    both piston and jet engines. The Convair B-36, several Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, Fairchild C-123 Provider, North American AJ Savage, and Avro Shackleton...
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    from the F-89J jet interceptor to a large, heavy transport, the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, a double-decked, four-engine airplane. The new mission moved...
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    airline operated: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Fairchild C-82 Packet, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Lockheed C-130 Hercules...
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  • Tupolev Tu-75 (category Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
    development Boeing B-29 Superfortress Tupolev Tu-4 Tupolev Tu-70 Tupolev Tu-80 Tupolev Tu-85 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter...
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    as well. Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Consolidated B-24 Liberator Consolidated PBY Catalina Douglas C-54 Skymaster and Douglas DC-4 Douglas C-74 Globemaster...
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