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The aircraft proved costly to operate when compared to newer subsonic airliners available at the time. With little market for high-priced supersonic travel in the Soviet Union, Aeroflot’s passenger service was intermittent and brief, and ended in June 1978. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
The aircraft’s four 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney radial engines enabled the Stratocruiser, as its name asserted, to cruise in the stratosphere at over 300 miles per hour. With a range of just over 4,000 miles, the B-377 was ideally suited for transoceanic routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
The all-metal Ford Tri-Motor, or “Tin Goose,” had a huge impact on commercial aviation in the late 1920s and 199 were produced. Shown here is a 4-AT Tri-Motor from Maddux Air Lines, a short-lived airline from the late 1920s based out of southern California. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 20, 2021.
The coach section of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar featured a full-service bar surrounded by small alcoves for socializing and was equipped with twin passenger seats that TWA claimed were the “finest coach seats in the world.” #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
The first Boeing aircraft to incorporate fly-by-wire controls, the 777 is also the first to use a fiber optic avionics network on a commercial airliner. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 777? #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The first commercial airliner with an airframe primarily made of composite materials, the Boeing 787 features larger windows than any other aircraft in service, as the composite materials do not require reinforcements like aircraft constructed of aluminum. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
The first production aircraft were requisitioned for the war effort as C-69 military transports. Following the war, Constellations were converted to civilian passenger configurations and were introduced into commercial service in 1946. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
The first wide-body jumbo-jet to be introduced, the Boeing 747 revolutionized long-distance, transoceanic commercial aviation and set the standard for all other wide-body designs that followed. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on August 18, 2021.
The fuselage of the Airbus A300 was wide enough to seat eight across in economy, which was arranged in a two-four-two configuration with two aisles. The first-class cabin seated six across, also with two aisles, in a two-two-two arrangement. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
The fuselage of the L-1649 was similar to the L-1049, but the wings were redesigned. Lengthened, squared-off, and capable of carrying a large reservoir of fuel, the L-1649 had a range of 4,000-6,000 miles and offered an efficient low-drag, high-altitude airfoil. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 09, 2021.
The largest and most luxurious of all of the flying boats, the Boeing 314 was called a flying hotel by journalists of the day. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 17, 2021.
The medium-to-long-range aircraft had a narrow body, sharply swept-back wings, and a capacity for up to 110 passengers. The aircraft was claimed to be the fastest commercial jetliner in service at the time with a maximum cruise speed of 615mph. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
The one and only flight of the "Spruce Goose," which lasted only a minute and hit an altitude of 70 feet, took place on Nov. 2, 1947, off the coast of San Pedro, CA, with Howard Hughes at the controls, David Grant as copilot, and members of the press on board. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
The only tri-jet developed by Boeing, the 727 was equipped with 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 turbofan engines mounted in a triangular configuration at the tail-end of the aircraft—two attached with extended mounts and the middle mounted within the vertical stabilizer. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
The passenger versions could feature luxuriously appointed cabin interiors with options for a lounge in the tail section and sleeper berth accommodations. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
The program called “Working Together” used computer-aided three-dimensional interactive applications, making the Boeing 777 the first completely digitally designed airplane. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The service aboard the British Airways Concorde was all one class: Concorde Class. Considered comparable or a step above most airlines’ first-class services, it included premium spirits and gourmet meals, served on dishes designed specifically for the Concorde. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.
The slightly larger DC-7C (Seven Seas) variant, preceded by the DC-7B, was designed to fly transatlantic routes. Upgraded engines, increased fuel capacity, and a greater wingspan gave it slightly better range and speed compared to TWA’s L-1049. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.
The twin-engine Boeing 247 was a revolutionary airliner when it entered into service with United Air Lines in 1933. Often hailed as the first modern airliner, it featured advancements like wing flaps, autopilot, and semi-retractable landing gear. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 03, 2021.
The unpressurized 2-0-2 had a capacity of 40 passengers and a maximum speed of 311 miles per hour, much faster than the DC-3. With a range of just over 600 miles, it was designed to compete with the Convair 240 on short domestic routes. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
The world’s largest twin jet, the Boeing 777 has the capacity to seat between 317 and 396 passengers in a 2 class configuration and has a range of 6,000 to 8,400 miles. With a cruising speed of 554 mph, some variations of the 777 can operate long-haul polar routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
These days, it's common for planes to cruise at altitudes of 35,000 feet. But back in 1940, when the first pressurized commercial airliner, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, was introduced, it was a marvel to fly above most weather disturbances at 20,000 feet. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
Though only 47 were built, the Martin 2-0-2 was flown by airlines such as Northwest Airlines, Pacific Air Lines, Trans World Airlines, and Allegheny Airlines. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
Upgraded variants were introduced during the 1960s, including a stretched version that was the largest capacity airliner until the introduction of the widebody Boeing 747 in 1970. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
While Lockheed's Model 14 Super Electra performed admirably, its larger competitor, the Douglas DC-3, was less expensive to operate. Elongating the Electra allowed for two more rows of seats and the revised aircraft, the Model 18 Lodestar, first flew in Sept. 1939. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 24, 2021.
With a maximum cruising speed of Mach 2.15, the Tupolev Tu-144 was the fastest production SST ever produced. Four Kuznetsov NK-144 afterburning turbofan engines powered the aircraft. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
With a transcontinental range of almost 4,000 miles, the DC-8 could easily fly nonstop from San Francisco to New York in just over five hours. The transcontinental flight time for the piston-powered Douglas DC-7 it replaced was around eight hours. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
With its long range and capacity of up to eighty-six passengers, the DC-4 was crucial to advancing trans-ocean commercial aviation in the immediate postwar era. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
With nineteen windowpanes, the cockpit of the Boeing 377 offered one of the highest degrees of visibility of any airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
With the introduction of faster mid-range turbojets, the L-188 Electra was primarily relegated to regional airlines and cargo carriers. One of its more recent uses is as a large capacity air tanker used in the control of wildfires. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.
Within the frame were seventeen bays for hydrogen gas cells, within twelve of these bays, located below the hydrogen bags, were storage bags for Blau gas. The gas extended the range of the craft by nearly thirty hours of flying time. #WingWednesday #WinglessWednesday This tweet was posted on December 08, 2021.
World War II circumvented the DC-4's civilian use, and most were appropriated for use as C-54 Skymaster military transports. After the war, Douglas converted many to airliners and continued production until 1947. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.