Boeing 307 StratolinerBoeing 307 Stratoliner airplane mdoel. The Model 307 Stratoliner was the world's first high altitude commercial transport and the first four engine airliner in scheduled domestic service. With names like Rainbow, Comet, Flying Cloud and Apache, the Stratoliner set new standards for speed and comfort. Its pressurized cabin allowed the airplane to soar above rough weather at an altitude of 20,000 feet higher than any other transport of its time. Its

80 with a long range cruising speed of Mach 0

and the post-war Berlin airlift

when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships

day or night

Explore why this magnificent craft has become an icon of military aviation

CH-47 Chinook helicopter model

It appears to be two Mustang fuselages on one wing

The holder of numerous world records

so Boeing developed the increased range Advanced 727-200

50-inch machine guns and their ammunition boxes had to be moved forward

Two fully operational WB-57 aircraft (converted from RB-57s) are based near JSC at Ellington Field

and a range with 267 passengers and baggage of 4