What an amazing machine. The Boeing 307 Stratoliner.
"The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner to enter service anywhere in the world. Being able to fly 20,000 feet higher than the 5,000 to 10,000 foot-altitude unpressurized airplanes a that time, it was said that it could "fly above the weather." It carried five crew members and 33 passengers and had a nearly 12-foot wide cabin for overnight berths. The Stratoliner was also the first land-based airplane to have a flight engineer as a member of the crew."
You can read the Press Release here about the decision by Boeing to restore it:
www.boeing.com/news/releases/2002/q2/nr_02061 4h.html
18 November, 2008
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