Photo Funday — Boeing 307 Stratocruiser
Photo Funday — photos and an informative caption for the weekend
Boeing 307 Stratocruiser — photo by Joe May
The Stratocruiser was the first pressurized airliner to be manufactured, although only ten were produced. One can tell the fuselage was likely designed to be pressurized by its round cross section. In modern times we take this for granted, perhaps, but a pressurized cabin allows an aircraft to fly above most troublesome weather and in a short sleeve environment. There is only one remaining Boeing 307 and it is located in the National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Complex. It is an elegant looking aircraft even if a bit stout looking, probably due to the four engines and the windshield blending with the fuselage, I think.
Boeing 307 Stratocruiser — photo by Joe May
All I can think about is the gleam this bird must make when the sun strikes it. Beautiful.
Yes, back in the day this would have been the way to travel and to be seen traveling