Boeing 247 - Wikipedia Boeing introduced a host of aerodynamic and technical features into a new commercial airliner building on work with the earlier Monomail (Models 200, 221, 221A) mailplanes and B-9 bomber designs The Boeing 247 was faster than the best U S fighter of its day, the open- cockpit biplane Boeing P-12 [7]
Boeing 247-D - National Air and Space Museum With its sleek, low-wing, all-metal construction; retractable landing gear; and supercharged, air-cooled engines, the Boeing 247 was 50 percent faster than its competitors Its innovative design launched a new generation of commercial airliners, notably the Douglas DC-2
Boeing 247D - The Museum of Flight The Boeing 247 is considered to be the first modern airliner Its sleek, low-wing, all-metal, retractable-gear, twin-engine design marked the beginning of a new era in air transport
Boeing 247D: Pioneer of Passenger Air Travel - HistoryLink. org On April 5, 1933, less than two months after the first flight, the Boeing 247 entered service and made its inaugural commercial flight, a round trip between Seattle and Portland with a full complement of 10 passengers each way
Boeing Model 247 - Aviation History Although later developments of the Douglas aircraft were to become the most widely used of the early modern airliners, the Boeing 247 pioneered a whole new generation of transports
Boeing 247 - Military Wiki Winner of the 1934 US Collier Trophy for excellence in aviation design, the first 247 production orders were earmarked for William Boeing's airline Boeing Air Transport
Boeing 247D - Canada Aviation and Space Museum - Ingenium The Boeing 247D was an aircraft designed and built from 1933 to 1934 in the U S , it could carry up to ten passengers and two crew members This aircraft is one of four complete 247s still existing; the others are located in the United States and the United Kingdom
Boeing 247D American Twin-engine low-wing cabin passenger monoplane The Boeing Model 247 was an early United States airliner, considered the first such aircraft to fully incorporate advances such as all-metal (anodized aluminum) semi-monocoque construction, a fully cantilevered wing and retractable landing gear