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1949
1949 - 0162.PDF
io8 FLIGHT January 27th, 1949 SPEEDBIRD STRATOCRUISER A true flight deck accommodates the flying crew. The navigator's position is aft of the radio operator on the port side. eft. The main entrance on the upper deck is immediately forward of Jte stairway which leads to the cocktail lounge on the lower deck, seen in the drawing on the right. A full freight may be loaded simultaneously through two lower- deck doors, and galley supplies through a service door. In contrast with the majority of current designs, the nose of the Stratocruiser is of the same cross-section as the widest on of the upper deck and full use of this width has been to provide the crew with adequate accommodation, in is 15ft long and 11ft wide, includes separate lava- facilities, and has been named in some quarters '' the rts' parlour." A commendable feature is the excellent through 19 windows above and below eye-level, ahead h side. Those in the forward eye-level panels are of non-icing Nesa glass, whereas hot-air anti- icing is used on the remainder of the cockpit windows. The normal crew for a B.O.A.G. Stratocruiser would consist of a pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, radio operator and navi- gator, with one head steward, two stewards and a stewardess. Static tests and analyses have substantiated for the Boeing Stratocruiser an eventual take-off weight of 147,000 lb, but the present certificated weight is 142,500 lb. At this maxi- mum all-up weight the take-off run is just over 2,000 yards. The maximum range, with zero wind, no fuel reserve, and a 10,500 lb payload, is estimated at 4,600 miles. Cruising speed at 25,000ft is given as 300-340 m.p.h. mot of 75 passengers lined up alongside Pan American Clipper America, which is expected to be the first to land in England. ;iivd^«L*^ iiiuiMlV farf.U
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