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 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947. [3]

2023年11月15日 · Trippe wanted to offer luxury travel with a new semi-double deck airliner that Boeing president William Allen proposed in 1945 and called the Model 377 Stratocruiser. It had a distinctive stepless, glazed-beachball nose and a 14-seat “downstairs” cocktail lounge, accessed via a tight spiral staircase.

As of February 2025, the United Airlines fleet consists of 1,004 mainline aircraft, the largest of any commercial airline worldwide. [1] United Airlines operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and all Boeing wide-body aircraft with more wide-body …

2 天之前 · United Airlines (then United Air Lines) also operated the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. United briefly operated seven Boeing 377 Stratocruisers between 1950 and 1954. ... While the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was largely a failure as a passenger aircraft, it enjoyed a very remarkable and successful career as an oversized cargo transport. By 1960, the ...

2023年6月21日 · Boeing, which developed iconic heavy bombers like the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29 Superfortress, adapted its large aircraft technology to create the 377 Stratocruiser airliner. The B-29 is the only aircraft to drop nuclear weapons in combat (U.S. Air Force)

2020年3月16日 · It is coming up to 75 years since Pan Am signed a contract for 29 units of the new Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The double-decker plane could fit up to 100 passengers inside one of the first pressurized cabins and was a truly innovative aircraft for its time.

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 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947.

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 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947.

The Boeing Stratocruiser inherited a hefty bomber frame and the spacious and comfortable interiors of the pre-war glamourous Boeing flying Boats. The end result was a jumbo luxury liner flying above the weather at 30,000 feet with a 4,000-mile range and a speed of 340 mph.

Newest chapter in an old, old story at United Air Lines is the Stratocruiser: progress spurred on bay many Boeing airplanes. On July 1, 1927 — little more than a month after Lindbergh0s Paris flight — a Boeing 40-A took off from Chicago, San Francisco-bound, to inaugurate the first transcontinental airline service.