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It's Wing Wednesday!
This image was posted on May 19, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #martin404
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft when introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1949.
This image was posted on May 12, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #boeing #boeing377
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the “Spruce Goose,” was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during World War II.
This image was posted on May 05, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #sprucegoose #howardhughes
Developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company, the Martin 2-0-2 was intended to supersede the DC-3.
This image was posted on April 28, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #martin202 #aviationhistory
The Douglas DC-6 was initially conceived of as a military transport but its design was changed to a civilian airliner following the end of World War II.
This image was posted on April 21, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dc6 #douglasdc6
In the late 1930s, Lockheed was developing a large, high-speed, pressurized airliner, designated the L-044 Excalibur.
This image was posted on April 14, 2021.
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It's Wing Wednesday, and today's plane is the Douglas DC-4!
This image was posted on April 07, 2021.
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It's Wing Wednesday, and today's plane is the Boeing 307 Stratoliner!
This image was posted on March 31, 2021.
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Although Lockheed's Model 14 Super Electra performed admirably, its larger competitor, the Douglas DC-3, was less expensive to operate.
This image was posted on March 24, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #lockheed #lodestar #airplane
The largest and most luxurious of all of the flying boats, the Boeing 314 was called a flying hotel by journalists of the day.
This image was posted on March 17, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #boeing #airplane
Introduced in 1925, and initially conceived by Fokker designer Walter Rethel as a single engine transport, the Fokker F.VII was later redesigned as a trimotor transport by Reinhold Platz for entry in the 1925 Ford Reliability Tour.
This image was posted on January 13, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #fokker #airplane
#Onthisday in 1969, the first Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France.
This image was posted on March 02, 2020.
#concorde #airfrance #avgeek #airplane