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
A Pan Am Stratocruiser over San Francisco Bay
The Boeing 377 production line
Berths and seating aboard a 377
A United Airlines 377 over the Golden Gate Bridge
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a retired American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the USAAF and USAF during World War II and the Korean War. Nam
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
…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 8 July 1947. Design features included passenger decks and a pressurized cabin. It could carry up to 100…
Boeing B-29-70-BW Superfortress 469972 Doc – one of only two surviving airworthy models
YB-29 Superfortresses in flight
The length of the 141-foot (43 m) wing span of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress based at Davis-Monthan Field is vividly illustrated here with the cloud-topped Santa Catalina Mountains as a contrasting background.
Boeing assembly line at Wichita, Kansas (1944)