- 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...
- the
subsequent sole YC-97B, all
production C-97s, KC-97s and
civilian Stratocruiser aircraft.
Between 1944 and 1958, 888 C-97s in
several versions were...
- Boeing's 377
Stratocruiser and
later 7x7
families of
commercial aircraft until 2016.
Boeing first used
customer codes for the 377-10
Stratocruiser. In 2016...
-
Boeing 377
Stratocruisers in
favor of the
newer jet-engined airliners.
Aircraft broker Leo
Mansdorf was
stockpiling surplus Stratocruisers at Van Nuys...
- the
evening of
October 15 the
flight left
Honolulu on a
Boeing 377
Stratocruiser Clipper named Sovereign Of The
Skies (Pan Am
fleet number 943, registered...
-
Corporation Boeing 377
Stratocruiser crashed on
landing at
Prestwick Airport, Scotland; 28 of the 36 on
board were killed. The
Stratocruiser was on a flight...
-
followed in 1947 by its
commercial airliner variant, the
Boeing Model 377
Stratocruiser. In 1948,
Boeing introduced the KB-29 tanker,
followed in 1950 by the...
- 1960s, the
Israeli Air
Force (IAF)
opted to
utilize its
Boeing 377
Stratocruiser cargo transports,
which were
capable of long-range flights, to serve...
- by Pan
American World Airways. On
November 8, 1957, the
Boeing 377
Stratocruiser 10-29
serving the flight,
named Clipper Romance of the Skies, crashed...
-
still only 8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) wide, as
necessitated by the use of the
Stratocruiser fuselage. In
addition to the
fuselage modifications, the
Super Guppy...
