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Boeing 377

The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was the commercial version of the C-97 Stratofreighter. The two-level 377 was pressurized and could accommodate 50 to 100 passengers. On long flights the aircraft could accommodate 28 upper and lower bunk units. This led to the aircraft being referred to as the “Flying Hotel”. The 377 was larger and could fly further than the Constellation or the DC-6 but the engines and complexity of the aircraft proved to be too costly to operate bringing production to an end in 1950.

Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser" Pan American World Airways "N1022V"

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Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser" BOAC, G-AKGH "Caledonia", 1950s

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Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser" Northwest Airlines "N74606", 1950s

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Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter Military Air Transport Service "48-399"

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KC-97G Stratotanker s/n 52-2643, 509th Air Refuelling Sqn., Strategic Air Command, RAF Greenham Common, May 1956

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KC-97G Flying Boom Tanker s/n 52-2782, Strategic Air Command, 1954

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Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser" United Airlines "N31225"

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Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser" Israel Air Force, 4X-FPY "Massada", 1960s

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Boeing 377 Transocean Air Lines "N403Q", mid 1960s

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C-79 BALAIR HB-ILW "International Red Cross"

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C-97G "Angel of Deliverance" 45-59595, USAF

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C-97A Stratofreighter 49-2601, New York Air National Guard

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