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Boeing Commercial Boeing 307 Stratoliner 

Role	Airliner
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boeing
First flight	December 31, 1938[
Introduction	July 4, 1940 with Pan American Airways
Status	Retired
Primary users	Transcontinental & Western Air Aigle Azur United States Army Air Forces Pan American Airways
Number built	10
Developed from	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud"

The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American service, or C-75 in USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing tailwheel monoplane airliner derived from the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, which entered commercial service in July 1940. It was the first airliner in revenue service with a pressurized cabin, which with supercharged engines, allowed it to cruise above the weather. As such it represented a major advance over contemporaries, with a cruising speed of 220 mph (350 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m) compared to the Douglas DC-3s 160 mph (260 km/h), at 8,000 ft (2,400 m) then in service

Development

In 1935, Pan American Airways, United Airlines, American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines and Transcontinental & Western Air (T&WA) had each signed a contract with Douglas to develop the 40 passenger DC-4 (later known as the DC-4E). Each company contributed $100,000 to development costs and agreed to not operate other aircraft with a maximum weight of 43,000 to 75,000 lb (20,000 to 34,000 kg) for revenue service. Due to development problems and poor performance, all of the airlines dropped out of the DC-4 program and cancelled their orders, but a requirement for a large 4 engine airliner remained.

Design

As built, the Stratoliner used the all-metal stressed-skin cantilever wings from the B-17C mounted low on the fuselage to a constant chord center section faired to the fuselage, with four 1,100 hp (820 kW) Wright GR-1820 Cyclone air-cooled radial engines. TWA examples used GR-1820-G105A engines fitted with two stage superchargers for high altitude performance, while the Pan Am examples used the GR-1820-G102 with a single stage superchargerWiki Link

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General characteristics

• • Crew: Five, including pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer and 2 flight attendants
  • Capacity: Daytime seating for 33, nighttime capacity 25, in 16 berths and 9 reclining chairs
  • Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
  • Wingspan: 107 ft 3 in (32.69 m) 
  • Wing chord: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m) at root and 9 ft 4.5 in (2.858 m) at tip rib^[ Height: 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) at rudder
  • Undercarriage track: 295 in (7.5 m)
  • Wing area: 1,486 sq ft (138.1 m²)

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Powerplant

• • Powerplant: 4 × Wright GR-1820-G105A Cyclone air-cooled radial engines with two-stage superchargers, 1,100 hp (820 kW) each at 2400 rpm for sea level takeoff, reduced to 900 hp (670 kW) at 2300 rpm at 17,300 ft (5,300 m)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard all-metal Hydromatic constant-speed propellers, 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) diameter

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Specifications

• • Maximum speed: 250 mph (400 km/h, 220 kn) at 16,200 ft (4,900 m)
  • Cruise speed: 222 mph (357 km/h, 193 kn) at 19,000 ft (5,800 m) and 75% power
  • Minimum control speed: 70 mph (110 km/h, 61 kn) with flaps
  • Takeoff run: 1,800 ft (550 m)
  • Landing run: 2,050 ft (620 m)
  • Range: 1,300 mi (2,100 km, 1,100 nmi) at 19,000 ft (5,800 m) & 75% power
  • Service ceiling: 23,800 ft (7,300 m) , reduced to 18,000 ft (5,500 m) when on three engines
  • Cruising altitude: 15,000–20,000 ft (4,600–6,100 m)

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Armament

• • de Havilland Albatross
  • Bloch MB.160
  • Douglas DC-4E
  • Fairey FC1 (project only)
  • Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
  • Junkers Ju 90

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