A320, A330, A340, A350 XWB & A380 Families of passenger and freighter aircraft. Products - Boeing 747 Commercial Transport. During the late 1960s, some 50,000 Boeing people belonged to a group called "The Incredibles.
" These were the construction workers, mechanics, engineers, secretaries and administrators who made aviation history by building the 747 -- the largest civilian airplane in the world -- in less than 16 months. The incentive for creating the giant 747 came from reductions in air fares, a surge in air-passenger traffic and increasingly crowded skies. Following the loss of the competition for the gigantic military transport, the C-5A, Boeing set out to develop a large advanced commercial airplane to take advantage of the high bypass engine technology developed for the C-5A.
The design philosophy behind the 747 was to develop a completely new plane, and other than the engines, the designers purposefully avoided using any hardware developed for the C-5. The 747's final design was offered in three configurations: all passenger, all cargo and a convertible passenger/freighter model. 747 home page. Celebrate Concorde videos. MiG-15. Products - Boeing Model 314 Clipper Flying Boat.
As airplane travel became popular during the mid-1930s, passengers wanted to fly across the ocean, so Pan American Airlines asked for a long-range, four-engine flying boat.
In response, Boeing developed the Model 314, nicknamed the "Clipper" after the great oceangoing sailing ships. The Clipper used the wings and engine nacelles of the giant Boeing XB-15 bomber on the flying boat's towering, whale-shaped body. The installation of new Wright 1,500 horsepower Double Cyclone engines eliminated the lack of power that handicapped the XB-15. With a nose similar to that of the modern 747, the Clipper was the "jumbo" airplane of its time. The Model 314 had a 3,500-mile range and made the first scheduled trans-Atlantic flight June 28, 1939. Boeing built 12 Model 314s between 1938 and 1941. Spirit of St. Louis. The Spirit of St.
Louis Spirit of St. Louis name Download technical preparation of the airplane - Spirit of St. Louis- PDF File Given here is a brief history of the design and construction of the - Spirit of St. Paris to New York or New York to Paris In 1919 Raymond Orteig, a Frenchman who owned the Brevoort and Lafayette hotels in New York City, made the fledgling flying world an extraordinary offer. Why shouldn't I fly from New York to Paris? As a youth, Lindbergh studied with fascination the World War I flying exploits of French ace Rene Fonck who had shot down 75 German planes in the war. A budget of $15,000 Lindbergh's reputation as an ace pilot was unassailable in St.
A single-engine plane With his backers entrusting in him their full confidence, Lindbergh set off to find the right plane. Ryan Airlines Corporation In February, 1927, Lindbergh's luck improved. Designed with one thought "The Spirit of St.