@Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA
August 2018
First flown in 1938, the Boeing 307 was the first airliner with a pressurized fuselage. It could carry 33 passengers in comfort and cruise at 20,000 feet, enabling the Stratoliner to fly above most bad weather, thereby providing a faster and smoother ride. The Stratoliner incorporated the wings, tail, and engines of the Boeing B-17C bomber. The airplane displayed here was flown by Pan American as the Clipper Flying Cloud. Boeing restored this aircraft in 2001, only to have it ditch into Elliott Bay on a test flight six months later. Fuji X-E2s w/18-55mm.
