BOEING 247 CIVIL PASSENGER/CARGO

MODELS: 247D/E PRODUCTION: 76 UNITS BUILT FIRST FLIGHT 8 FEB. 1933	SPECIFICATIONS: SPEED-max 200 mph                    cruise 189 mph  RANGE - 745 miles   CEILING - 25,400 ft  POWER-2 P&W 500 hp               Wasp engines
The 247 is assured of a place in aviation history, despite the fact that it sold in comparatively small numbers and had a suprisingly short service life with the airlines. By today's standards it may look small and unremarkable, but in the 1930s it heralded a major advance in aircraft construction technique

 

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