Boeing 377 Stratocruiser

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Latest revision as of 13:13, 23 April 2011

The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser is an early aircraft in av8.
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Introduction 1948
Withdrawal 1983
Aircraft Type Small
Cruising Speed 340mph
Capacity 84 pax & 20 mail, or 90 crates of express cargo, or 45t of industrial cargo (Oversize refit available from 1960).

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The Boeing Stratocruiser was the passenger version of the Stratofreighter, itself an adaption of the WWII Superfortress bomber. Large, fast, and luxurious, it was a very uneconomical aircraft to operate and was quickly displaced by turbine-powered aircraft.

The Stratofreighter/cruiser's most-produced and longest-lived variant was the USAF's KC-97 freighter/tanker. A few were also converted to oversized transports with turbine engines, the so-called "Guppies".

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