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    The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American service, or C-75 in USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing...
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  • Boeing Stratoliner may refer to: Boeing 307 Stratoliner, a 1930s high-altitude airliner, which was used as the C-75 by the USAAF in World War II. Boeing...
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    half of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, the Boeing 307 Stratoliners, the Boeing 377s, some of the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, Boeing B-50 Superfortresses...
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    at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center based in Virginia. "Historic Boeing 307 Stratoliner ditches into Elliott Bay on March 28". www.historylink.org. Retrieved...
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    trans-Pacific airline travel, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner which introduced cabin pressurization to airline operations, the Boeing 707 which started a new era...
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    nose sighting station was operated by the bombardier Boeing had previously built the 307 Stratoliner, which was the first commercial airliner with a fully...
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    291 m) Rate of climb: 1,150 ft/min (5.8 m/s) Related development Boeing 307 Stratoliner Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Douglas DC-2...
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    a living person. Hughes also had a role in the financing of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner for TWA, and the design and financing of the Lockheed L-049 Constellation...
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    from Boeing through April 2023 Boeing 7x7 series Boeing 707 Boeing 717 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Boeing 747 Boeing 757 Boeing 767 Boeing 777 Boeing 787 Dreamliner...
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    hour and 650 B-24s per month. During the crash investigation of Boeing 307 Stratoliner NX19901, it was found that two B-17s had already spun from lack...
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    Boeing 367-80 – 1954 American quadjet prototype aircraft Boeing C-135 Stratolifter – Military transport aircraft by Boeing Boeing C-137 Stratoliner –...
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    both received and began using the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first pressurized airliner to enter service. The Boeing 307's airline service was short-lived...
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    airliner, until other high-altitude airliners started operating: the Boeing 307 Stratoliner in 1940 and the Douglas DC-4 in 1942. The designation "Condor" was...
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    Douglas DC-7 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing 307 Stratoliner Lockheed Constellation Lockheed L-049 Constellation Related lists...
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    rose, Pan American and TWA withdrew their funds in favor of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, which was anticipated to be less costly. With a planned day capacity...
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    Lockheed XC-35 with a pressurized cabin was tested in 1937 and the Boeing 307 Stratoliner would be the first pressurized airliner to enter commercial service...
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  • a few years. On January 29, 1937, TWA contracted with Boeing for five Boeing 307 Stratoliners, which included a pressurized cabin. However, the TWA board...
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    last remaining model of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner ditched into Elliott Bay in 2002 during a final test flight from Boeing Field to Everett. The craft...
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    was the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, built in 1938, prior to World War II, though only ten were produced before the war interrupted production. The 307's "pressure...
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    completely new vertical stabilizer, originally developed for the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, and the addition of a tail gunner. Experience had shown the Flying...
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    improved relationship between the airline and Boeing since the 1939 crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner carrying KLM representatives on a demonstration...
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    venture intended to compete with the four-engined Douglas DC-4 and Boeing 307 Stratoliner by the introduction of a new standard in pressurized airliners....
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    C-137 Stratoliner Boeing 707 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Douglas DC-8 Citations Hopkins III, Robert S. (2017). The Boeing KC-135...
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  • Hawk Boeing 307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud Boeing 367-80 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Boeing FB-5 Hawk Boeing P-26A Peashooter Boeing-Stearman...
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    featured cabin pressurization. With the earlier introduction of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner and the experimental Douglas DC-4E, a second generation of propliners...
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    undergo extensive high-altitude flight tests, paving the way for the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, which would be the first aircraft with a pressurized cabin to enter...
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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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  • locomotive Boeing 307 Stratoliner airliner Oldsmobile 307, an engine 307 Nike, an asteroid .307 Winchester Cartridge Area code 307 HTTP 307, status code...
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  • George S. Schairer (category Boeing people)
    of the aerodynamics unit at Boeing, replacing Ralph Cram, who had been killed in the crash of the Boeing 307 Stratoliner prototype. In this position,...
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    DC-7 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Avro York Boeing 307 Stratoliner Lockheed Constellation Lockheed L-049 Constellation Related lists...
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