Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12

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Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12

M.O'Leary - Clipper of the Clouds /Boeing Stratoliner/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Inbound to Oshkosh, Clipper Flying Cloud looks as if it has come off the production line only recently, rather than five decades ago.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Firing up the Wright Cyclones at Holman Field, St Paul, Minnesota, before the photo sortie.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
From this angle, the Stratoliner’s “wide-body” fuselage is apparent.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
The Pan American markings were faithfully replicated on NC19903.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Sleek, silver perfection: the last flying Boeing Stratoliner

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Polished to perfection, N19903 is the most thorough airliner rebuild in preservation history.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Looking pretty tired after more than a decade on show at the Pima Air Museum in Arizona, NC19903 prepares to leave Arizona for Seattle in June 1994.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NX19903 [12], N9307R [12], NC19903 [12]
Sixty years before its rebirth, NC19903 receives a varied group of well-heeled passengers.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
A superb study of NC19903 on test over Mount Rainier, south of Seattle, before delivery to Pan Am on March 22, 1940.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Three of Pan American’s new Stratoliners pose for the cameras in early 1940, with the survivor, NC19903, in the centre.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NX19901 [2]
Prototype Stratoliner NX19901 makes a high-angle-of-attack take-off for its maiden flight at Seattle on December 31, 1938. Eddie Allen was at the controls for the 42min flight.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Unrivalled luxury came with a high price tag. The cost of a one-way New York - Los Angeles ticket at today’s values would be $13,500.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
The bathroom in a Stratoliner would not have looked out of place in a five-star Art Deco hotel.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
Considering that it was designed in the mid-1930s, the cockpit of the Stratoliner looks remarkably modern.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NX19901 [2]
The wreckage of NX19901 in woods near Seattle on March 18, 1939. All ten on board were killed after the airliner stalled and entered a flat spin during a simulated asymmetric double engine failure.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Colourful and patriotic TWA artwork from the early war years, when TWA crews flew requisitioned Stratoliners on behalf of the military.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
A Pan Am advert featuring the Stratoliner, from the Saturday Evening Post of November 30, 1944.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
The tone of magazine advertising inevitably changed with America’s entry to the war, as seen in this page which features a B-17 with a 307.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935 Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
A 1938 magazine advert, heralding the new age of speed and comfort.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19903 [12], N9307R [12], NX19903 [12]
A period cutaway illustration, showing the interior of Stratoliner NC19903.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 307 Stratoliner - СШАUSA - 1938

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