BOEING 377 STRATOCRUISER AIRCRAFT -- TOMORROWS AIRPLANE TODAY 70942

this peaceful village does not seem greatly different from tens of thousands all over America to preserve them and the way of life they represent our nation went to war but this is not just an ordinary town as its street markers indicate highways and houses look like others everywhere and so they were planned but during the global conflict they camouflaged a giant factory where men and women work 24 hours each day building one of our most potent weapons for victory from this factory have come our leaders of airplanes that have made world history Boeing just a six-letter name but it represents administration and engineering buildings acres and factories here in Seattle in Wichita and Vancouver it stands for engineering skills and manufacturing know-how gained from the broad experience of many years it means that intangible spirit and will to anticipate tomorrow's needs design the best and build it better more provided the ultimate test of design and production skills Boeing b-29 Superfortresses prove themselves invincible in the air conflict in the Pacific around these mighty bombers was built the entire final plan of warfare against Japan never before had an aircraft manufacturer been given such tremendous responsibility challenge was meant and the success of the Boeing b-29 set new standards in reduction of drag and increased efficiency new design relationships between the wing area horsepower and airplane wait for introduced and the boy 117 airfoil was proved in 100 million miles of combat flight from these wartime developments have come tremendous advancements for peacetime flying earlier in the conflict the b-17 Flying Fortresses spearheaded aerial assaults in Europe the b-17 was America's first four-engine bomber back in 1935 it was the world's most advanced sky weapon crew members everywhere posted that the flying ports could be trusted to get them to their targets and home again and again Boeing built for the future when in 1938 it created the Stratoliner America's first for engine commercial transport with its revolutionary pressurized cabin the Stratoliner brought new luxury and comfort for passengers open the smooth weather free upper levels for transport use and established new speed standards commercial practicability of over ocean flying was proved by the sturdy Boeing Clippers which in 1939 pioneered transatlantic service and extended Pacific air routes the Clippers made thousands of ocean crossings during the war with high-priority cargo and passenger loads they're dependable performance is traditional back in 1933 America's first twin-engine all-metal low wing transport was the Boeing 247 its basic design has been followed by all transport planes since yes Boeing has always built tomorrow's airplanes today by exhaustive study in aerodynamics metallurgy structures power plants electronics acoustics and related fields into each new project for the correlated efforts ingenious of more than two thousand engineers each a specialist in modern design this blowing wind tunnel producing air flows in excess of 700 miles per hour is one of the most advanced in America exact scale models of complete airplanes or sections are placed in the tunnel dials and gauges record on automatic printers lifts drag moments all the things engineers must know and it was here that the Boeing 117 airfoil was developed the most efficient yet devised it was proved on the b-29 and is incorporated in the strata Cruiser in another of Boeing's many research laboratories engineers test equipment for subzero operation conditions looking like men from Mars they study the effects of low temperatures for blowing equipment must function perfectly at all altitudes and under all weather conditions using the finest machinery obtainable Boeing workmen fabricate and assemble the new aircraft units which hundreds of experiments have proved thoroughly efficient in the final assembly huge wing sections of a strata cruiser are carefully lowered into place wings which soon will sweep through the skies carrying passengers of cargo at hundreds of miles per hour blueprints and templates are translated into fuselage sections which fit together with the precision that results from master craftsmanship and here it is the 377 strata cruiser bringing entirely new concepts of speed passenger comfort and luxury payload capacity and low operating cost to forward-looking Airlines the strata Cruiser is a short-range medium-range and long-range airplane all incorporated in one efficient basic design it meets all demands of the most varied passenger and cargo operations from domestic short distance high-density traffic to long-range over ocean luxury travel and it has the same rugged construction as the b-17 and b25 as these passengers are checked through the peeled gates many recall that in January 1945 the strata cruisers set a new transcontinental speed record for all types of airplanes one more Boeing first in a proud list on that flight the strata Cruiser had reached 30,000 feet altitude and covered 250 miles in 56 minutes in two hours 650 miles out three hours nearly half waved for hours Chicago just ahead five hours south of Toledo in six hours three minutes and 50 seconds Washington DC an average of 383 miles an hour because of its to deck three cabin design the splatter Cruiser may be adapted to all types of operation whether cargo high-density passenger traffic or the ultimate in luxury travel this chart illustrates the standard arrangement for low fare transportation with 3:2 seating to accommodate 81 passengers for this staggered arrangement each individual seat is easily accessible from the aisle and there is no crowding even with 81 passengers 900 cubic feet of cargo space is available another interior arrangement provides seats for 60 passengers by day and night berth accommodation sleeping 30 singly to as many as 58 with double occupancy his close-up shows berths arrangement note day position of seats this cross section shows position of the seats in daytime and this the night with lower and upper berths ready for occupancy both berths are a full 44 inches in width have Apple Headroom and will sleep two persons in comfort for all cargo operation the strata Cruiser has a volume of five thousand seven hundred twenty feet a maximum payload of thirty-nine thousand pounds note the large volume and spaciousness of the upper cabin which means more space for passenger greater freedom to move about this wide full height doorway to the main cabin provides easy entrance and exit for the passengers located at mid cabin it speeds loading as passengers go both forward and aft to their seats as the passengers are being seated and all cargo version of the strata Cruiser is loaded in another section of the airport loading is greatly simplified because of the airplanes truck bed level doors also an important design feature of cargo compartments in the passenger version with three openings for quick loading larger units are handled through these rear double doors of the cargo strata cruiser Chuck's can be backed under these doors the power hoist lifts loads up to 5,000 pounds directly from the bed or out pre-loaded pallets no handling by hand is required energy for this unit comes from an electric power source independent of the main engines cargo is travis on the overhead rail to any position in the main cabin while overall dimensions of the strata cruiser are only slightly larger than comparable for engine aircraft its work capacities are substantially greater here is the outline of a well-known contemporary airplane it's dimensions are only slightly less than the strata Cruiser this is another contemporary four-engine aircraft strata cruiser carries a much greater payload than either of these airplanes and flies it faster farther and at lower cost the combination of high wing loading aerodynamic cleanness and to deck use a large design helps give the strata cruiser its marked superiority for the 19 thousand five hundred pound payload the cargo plane taxis after start at 2,500 mile non-stop flight this graph shows the payload and range possibilities of the strata crews are under actual airline operating requirements including three-hour reserved for ranges up to 2050 miles the strata cruiser has twenty three thousand six hundred pounds payload 81 passengers and nine thousand eight hundred 30 pounds of baggage and cargo for example at 2,500 miles of payload is 19 thousand five hundred pounds a standard loading of 67 passengers and eight thousand 110 pounds of baggage and cargo at 3,000 miles payload is 15 thousand 100 pounds 60 passengers plus four thousand nine hundred pounds at three thousand five hundred miles 40 passengers plus four thousand two hundred pounds of baggage and cargo can be carried even at four thousand miles the strata cruiser has a seven thousand pound payload with all passengers aboard the stewardess closes the pressure sealing door switch on and the number one engine with 3,500 horsepower roars into action note the convenient overhead location of switches number 3 thunders its power in the soundproof control cabin pilots converse easily and so the sky Leviathan moves toward another flight through the stratosphere today's standard transport looks small indeed by comparison destined to play a dominant role in global air transportation the strata Cruiser embodies all the outstanding qualities of earlier Boeing aircraft the engineer sits between pilot and co-pilot by using the same controls and instruments operation and maintenance are greatly simplified steerable nose gear the static looser makes Braun handling easy roubles open and fourteen thousand horsepower leap to their test with a ground roll of less than 2002 reverse props and big efficient brakes mean equally short landings when require the product may climb the ship at any desired rate but the strata Cruiser is pressurized and air conditioned no longer need rate of climb or descent be restricted because of gear and sinus discomforts of passengers the automatic hot wall no draught cabin heating and cooling system operates both in the air and on the ground independent of the main engines no unpressurized airplane can provide the travel comfort of the strata cruiser here is a typical airplane and pressure flight plan while the strata cruiser climbs quickly to 15,000 feet the cabin pressure is held at sea level at 15,000 feet the strata cruiser levels off the passengers still at sea level then as a higher altitude stop is approached the cabin pressure is reduced at a very slow rate the part of the Spree to descend the airplane at whatever rate he wishes and the passengers step out of the ship a climate it to the airport altitude continuing its flight the airplane again climbs quickly to 15,000 feet while pressure is held constant the entire airplane is pressurized as comfortable for the crew as for the passengers then as the destination is approached pressure is gradually increased to sea level the passengers deplaned without having been aware of altitude change on the entire flight another flight might operate at 25,000 feet the white line shows flight path yellow the pressure pad at 25,000 feet cabin pressure is 5500 again climbing the cabin pressure holds constant like two airplanes one manoeuvring freely one keeping passengers at low comfortable altitude with inside cabin conditions set for maximum comfort this passenger decides to really relax and the alert stewardess adjusts the new siesta type si when cruising through space at 340 miles per hour Drozd Oh passengers can descend the circular stairs to the lounge on the lower deck at intermediate stops passengers can be loaded through the lower aft cargo compartment which leads directly into this lounge the door of this compartment has self-contained loading steps 14 passengers are accommodated in the lounge pay space on short trips where maximum loading it indicated or lounging space for passengers on long runs for the first time travelers have freedom to move about in flight an inner communication system links all portions of the ship even high in the stratosphere life follows a familiar pattern passengers get hungry and the gallery ports to the stewardess that lunch is ready this is the galley a real kitchen in the sky there's plenty of room for storage of food and equipment and everything's handy for rapid service the lounge steward doubles in the galley during meal service food like this adds to the pleasure of flight you with such facilities every passenger is afforded a hot tasty meal at all times so as the passengers enjoy themselves in the lounge take naps read or dime the strata cruiser annihilates distance its high wing loading smooths out bumps and cuts through turbulent air when encountered in the calm stratosphere the plane is far above rain clouds and storm up front the crew has exceptional visibility ahead into the rear on both sides and up and down flat glass panes at correct angles eliminate Distortion the instrument panel is below the line of normal forward vision pilots who have flown the strata cruisers say it's a pilot's airplane a sweet airplane to fly data cruiser can be flown with several crew combinations due to simplicity of instrumentation and controls wide operations can determine size of crews pilot and co-pilot alone or with an engineer radio operator and navigator spacious soundproof cabins give crews maximum comfort and reduce fatigue fourteen thousand horsepower drives the spinning propellers our from war tested Pratt & Whitney wasp major engines Thermal anti-icing is provided for main wing and enfin eyes the stability which made the Boeing Flying Fortress since super fortress such excellent bombing platforms is in here it in the strata cruisers aerodynamic design its stall characteristics are highly superior another safety factor simplicity of controls and extremely low control forces inspire pilot confidence soon over all the world skyways the bowing strata cruiser will be flying bringing the nations closer together playing an important part in building international understanding because it incorporates the same advancements that made the Boeing b-29 the outstanding airplane during the war the splendor cruiser offers higher all-round performance higher profit potentials than any competitive transport the airline that operates strata cruisers will be in a commanding competitive position for the strata cruiser is truly tomorrow's airplane today

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Keywords: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, Boeing (Spacecraft Manufacturer), Airplane (Product Category), Aircraft (Type Of Fictional Setting), Stratocruiser

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Length: 19min 3sec (1143 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 06 2015

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B-29 with a fatter fuselage.