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  No. 1815: Super Guppy
Only 56 Stratocruisers were built, but they were the most comfortable of the propeller-driven airliners.
And that might have been the end of the Stratocruiser.
They cut a Stratocruiser in half, lengthened the body by sixteen feet, then grossly increased its diameter.
www.uh.edu /engines/epi1815.htm   (528 words)

  
  Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was the airliner version of the 367 Boeing Stratofreighter, which in turn was the transport version of B-50 Superfortress.
Despite serious design flaws and a marginal service record [1], the Stratocruiser was one of the great post-war propeller airliners.
The worst single accident occurred on April 29, 1952; separation of the number two engine and propeller from Pan Am Flight 202 caused it to crash in the jungle near Carolina, Brazil, killing all forty-one passengers and nine crew.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stratocruiser   (472 words)

  
 Boeing Stratocruiser
The result is the Boeing Stratocruiser, the most comfortable method yet devised by man of getting from one place on the earth's surface to another (if we do say so ourselves) — and getting there with a minimum of wasted time and lost motion.
Thus the Stratocruiser chair adapts itself to the occupant — the occupant does not have to adapt himself to the seat, with resultant fatigue.
A Stratocruiser passenger who has been amazed at the amount of room and comfort all around him will not be surprised if the meals he receives are the best he has ever eaten on any trip.
www.ovi.ch /b377/articles/boeingUnited/index.html   (2755 words)

  
 the stratocruiser in israeli service
The Stratocruisers were used for cargo and passenger transportation, parachuting, crew training, experimentation, photo reconnaissance and more.
During the Six Days War the Stratocruisers flew cargo missions in support of Israel's advancing ground forces, using the rear clamshell doors for paradrops on at least one occasion.
Another Stratocruiser was lost on November 11th 1970 at Ben Gurion Airport during a nocturnal IAF exercise.
www.geocities.com /skythe_99/c97.htm   (833 words)

  
 FlightSim.Com Celebrates The Centennial Of Flight
This was certainly the case with the Stratocruiser.
This all came together in the Stratocruiser that was safe and dependable, easy to navigate and control and brought to the market a level of passenger comfort never before imagined.
This FS2002/FS2004 BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser is a highly realistic challenge to fly and includes three versions of the British Overseas Airways Corporation livery: 1949 delivery scheme, 1951 white fin, final scheme with blue fin.
www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=fs2004/cent6.htm   (763 words)

  
 Zip Records - Artists: Stratocruiser
Stratocruiser's 2nd full length album and 1st with Zip, "Suburban Contemporary" is American Rock’n’roll that rocks ferociously and rolls with hooky melodies.
Stratocruiser is also frequenting the radio waves in Spain and Portugal.
Stratocruiser combine a blend of rock, power pop, garage, addicting melodies and a dollop of psychedelia into an album entitled “Suburban Contemporary”.
www.ziprecords.com /artists/stratocruiser/index.shtml   (303 words)

  
 Boeing: History -- Products - Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Commercial Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Stratocruiser set a new standard for luxurious air travel with its tastefully decorated extra-wide passenger cabin and gold-appointed dressing rooms.
As a sleeper, the Stratocruiser was equipped with 28 upper-and-lower bunk units.
The first was called the "Pregnant Guppy," followed by five larger "Superguppies" and three smaller "Miniguppies." In the process, one of the most elegant airplanes in the sky became one of the ugliest.
www.boeing.com /history/boeing/m377.html   (275 words)

  
 Christmastime Death at Prestwick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was one of several postwar airliners that traced their designs back to the Second World War.
The army took the first step toward the Stratocruiser in 1944 when it married the tail, wings and engines of the B-29 to a greatly enlarged, bulbous fuselage, calling it the C-97 Stratofreighter.
The postwar civilian Stratocruiser was promoted as a high-speed luxury airliner, and there is little doubt that both crew and passengers enjoyed their spacious, double-deck accommodations, which included sleeping berths and a bar.
www.ingraham.ca /bob/prestwick.html   (947 words)

  
 Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Boeing Stratocruiser Flight Times
This is not uncommon since airlines like to fly their planes at the most fuel efficient speed which is usually quite a bit lower than the maximum velocity.
Much like the LA to Bombay trip, the flight from London to NY is affected by headwinds since the aircraft is traveling east to west, which is against the prevailing winds.
Since the Stratocruiser only cruises around 300 mph (480 km/h), a head wind of 70 to 80 mph (110 to 130 km/h) would account for the decreased average speeds.
www.aerospaceweb.org /question/dynamics/q0057.shtml   (864 words)

  
 Boeing 377 Stratocruisers
However, total production of the Stratocruiser only came to 56, with most airlines shying away from the complex Wasp Major engines with their twin General Electric turbos and Hamilton Standard hollow-steel square-tipped props.
There were indeed many problems with the "Strat" as it was placed into service, but the competing Connies and DC-6's also had problems that even lead to their temporary grounding.
The Stratocruiser was typically used in first class transatlantic service (except for the United and Northwest planes), and other international routes.
www.calclassic.com /b377.htm   (820 words)

  
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The crash of an airliner is usually the final event in a what crash investigators call a "cascade" of related events, one leading to another until the unthinkable becomes inevitable.
Although some Stratocruiser crashes resulted from engine failure and collapsing landing gear, the crash at Prestwick apparently had nothing directly to do with mechanical problems.
The Stratocruiser was high on the approach to Prestwick.
www.ingraham.ca /bob/prestwickcause.html   (802 words)

  
 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Stratocruiser had the same B-29 parts married to a bulbous fuselage.
This was certainly the case with the Stratocruiser, for only 55 were produced.
It had the same B-29 parts married to the bulbous fuselage, and had accommodation for between 55 and 100 passengers or 28 sleeping berths and five seats.
www.aviation-history.com /boeing/377.html   (298 words)

  
 TRANSOCEAN STRATOCRUISER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Boeing Stratocruiser was distinctive in appearance and was one of the great pioneering classic piston-engined airliners of the late 1940's and '50s.
BOAC had a fleet of 17 Boeing Stratocruisers and 10 of these were sold to Transocean on the completion of their ten years of service.
Transocean, an airline companny based at Oakland, California was a major US operator of the Stratocruiser.
www.aikensairplanes.com /corgi/c48106.htm   (245 words)

  
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www.bombayaircraft.com /index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5   (369 words)

  
 Stratocruiser - Copyshop Girl EP :: Not Lame Recordings - power pop and melodic rock record label, music and CDs
Stratocruiser - Copyshop Girl EP This is the first release from Stratocruiser since 2003`s self-titled debut.
Stratocruiser has re-tooled with a new singer and have been working with some high-profile "ringers" since the debut CD.
There is scant evidence of the psychedelic musings from the first CD, but all the pop and all the rock remain in their full glory.
www.notlame.com /Stratocruiser/Page_1/CDSTRA7.html   (303 words)

  
 Boeing Stratocruiser Aircraft Spares, Parts and Information
This page is specifically for parts and information on the Stratocruiser, for other Boeings please see the main Aircraft parts adverts page.
Elsewhere on this aircraft website you'll find a large gallery of photographs (I can't guarantee any photos of the Stratocruiser, but if you have any by all means email them over!) and stories sent in by pilots and aircrew of yesteryear.
Please check the validity of the seller before purchasing or selling any items, and we recommend that purchases made of items offered in these ads, are only made in person and after inspection of the item(s) in question to ensure their condition.
www.classicaircraft.co.uk /boeing_stratocruiser.htm   (464 words)

  
 Social Spaces: Page 6
The plane re-entered the market as a luxury craft that included a downstairs lounge with sofas and a bar that could be reached by an elegant spiral staircase and 28-lower and upper sleepers.
From the outside the Stratocruiser was noticed not for it’s beauty, but because it was the ugliest of all the commercial fleet, however the interior rivaled the most luxurious experience that travel in general had to offer.
While the Stratocruiser lived a short commercial life because of it’s cost ineffieciency, it did help to usher in a more popular era of flight on into the 1950s and 1960s with the birth of the jumbo jet.
chnm.gmu.edu /cabinandcrew/essays/spaces/page6.html   (342 words)

  
 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Named the Stratocruiser, this four-engine passengerliner bridged the gap for Boeing from wartime production to the introduction of the 707 jetliner in the late 1950s.
The Stratocruiser, which set the standards for luxury air travel, represents a romantic airliners of the golden age of commercial aviation.
This "Boeing 377 Stratocruiser" product is an example of this collection of auto enthusiast books, videos, and manuals, plus other topics for those interested in powerful machines used in both war and peace.
www.thingsworthhaving.com /mot-books/book/133302.html   (153 words)

  
 Stratocruiser Airliners In Detail Index Page
In late 1960 Aero Spacelines acquired a number of Stratocruisers for conversion to outsize cargo aircraft in the famous "Guppy" series.
The last unmodified airliner Stratocruiser, an ex-Northwest example, was scrapped at Tuscon in the early 1990s.
In 1954 the surviving United Stratocruiser fleet was sold to BOAC.
members.tripod.com /~aravm98/reference/377AIDindex.html   (532 words)

  
 Stratocruiser
Teague was teamed with Boeing even before the jet age, starting in 1947 with the Stratocruiser.
Teague has created the interiors of all Boeing jets for 60 years, starting with the 1947 Stratocruiser.
The 707 flew almost twice as fast at 605 MPH as the Stratocruiser, the civilian version of the B29 it had replaced.
www.33beat.com /Stratocruiser.html   (205 words)

  
 Zivile Luftfahrt - Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Mit dem Stratocruiser meldete sich Boeing nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg in die Zivilluftfahrt zurück.
Der Stratocruiser war ein luxuriös ausgestattetes Langstreckenflugzeug, das für 55 bis 100 Passagiere Platz bot.
Mit dem Stratocruiser steigt Boeing nach dem Weltkrieg wieder in die Zivilluftfahrt ein.
www.sphynx.de /html/377.html   (160 words)

  
 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - passenger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser was a commercial transport development of the Model 367 (military C-97), and based on the improved-structure YC-97A with Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines.
The first flight of the prototype Model 377-10-19 was made on 8 July 1947, and it was delivered subsequently to Pan American World Airways, which was the biggest user of the Stratocruiser.
Of the total of 55 that were built, Pan Am was operating 27 at one period.
avia.russian.ee /air/usa/boeing-377.html   (275 words)

  
 Boeing 377-10-32 Stratocruiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Like the Superfortress, the new Stratocruiser has four engines- and even greater horsepower will be added.
Again, like the Superfortress, the Stratocruiser benefits from Boeing leadership in stratosphere research and the production of aircraft for high-level, over-weather operation.
Now that peace is here, Boeing principles of research, design, engineering and manufacture will bring you the Stratocruiser and other advances in air transport...
1000aircraftphotos.com /Transports/Boeing377-1.htm   (309 words)

  
 "Music Notes: Stratocruiser " : Stories : goTriad.com
Stratocruiser's classic rock sound stems from the band's history with the genre.
Stratocruiser has toured the Northeast in New Jersey and New York, but this summer it plans to tour more in the South and closer to home since all the members live in North Carolina.
Sticking with the big and sweet theme, Stratocruiser tries to play only at venues that can accommodate its style.
www.news-record.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060610/GTCOM01/60607023/-1/GTCOM01   (550 words)

  
 Boeing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the war, most orders of bombers were canceled and 70,000 people lost their jobs at Boeing.
The company aimed to recover quickly by selling its Stratocruiser, a luxurious four-engine commercial airliner developed from the B-29.
However, sales of this model were not as expected and Boeing had to seek other opportunities to overcome the situation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing   (4116 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/stratocruiser
Stratocruiser deliver the album that their previous one hinted at.
Stratocruiser combine a blend of rock, power pop, garage, addicting melodies and a dollop of psychedelia and surf to craft (and that is the operative here) superlative power pop.
Hey stratocruiser its Andy and Dean from Sunset Dreamers, Hope you are good.
www.myspace.com /stratocruiser   (1284 words)

  
 Aviation Worldwide: Airliner Tech: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Boeing's model 377 was developed from the World War II B-29 bomber.
Named the Stratocruiser, this four-engined passengerliner bridged the gap for Boeing from war time production to the introduction of the all-jet 707.
In typical Airliner Tech fashion, this book presents the Stratocruiser in technical fashion - all the detail you could want.
www.aviation-worldwide.com /products/7777.html   (104 words)

  
 Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Model Airplane News - Find Articles
When I arrived at the 2004 IMAA "Warbirds over Delaware" meet this past July, I thought I was seeing things and said to myself, "Surely that can't be what I think it is"but it was.
First flown on May 6, 2004, at the Fond du Lac (WI) flying club field, Carl's Stratocruiser took seven months to complete, and that includes the time it took to produce the working drawings using ModelCAD software.
The Stratocruiser handles very well at low- and high-throttle settings, but Carl admits that he needs more landing experience.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3819/is_200411/ai_n9462603   (604 words)

  
 United Postcards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
United's twin-deck Mainliner Stratocruiser —; "the World's Finest Stratocruisers" —; offer six spacious compartments, lower-deck Hawaiian Lounge, private stateroom and other exclusive features between California and Hawaii.
With a range of 4,000 miles, the Model 377 was a descendant of the B-29.
Mid-cabin location of electric galley on United's Mainliner Stratocruiser permits fast, efficient preparation and serving of complete hot meals to passengers between California and Honolulu.
www.ovi.ch /b377/pcs/united.html   (181 words)

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