- 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...
- 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...
- 1960s, the
Israeli Air
Force (IAF)
opted to
utilize its
Boeing 377
Stratocruiser cargo transports,
which were
capable of long-range flights, to serve...
-
directly from the
fuselage of a C-97J
Turbo Stratocruiser, the
military version of the 1950s
Boeing 377
Stratocruiser p****enger plane. The
fuselage was lengthened...
-
Boeing 377
Stratocruisers in
favor of the
newer jet-engined airliners.
Aircraft broker Leo
Mansdorf was
stockpiling surplus Stratocruisers at Van Nuys...
- 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...
- maintenance.
April 29, 1952
Flight 202,
operated by
Boeing 377-10-26
Stratocruiser Clipper Good Hope, lost
control and
broke up in mid-air for reasons...
-
followed in 1947 by its
commercial airliner variant, the
Boeing Model 377
Stratocruiser. This bomber-to-airliner
derivation was
similar to the B-17/Model 307...
-
Clipper and
Short Sandringham, had two decks.
Following World War II the
Stratocruiser, a
partially double-decked
derivative of the B-29 Superfortress, became...
