Fleet of giant 204-passenger, land based clippers will be built for Pan American World Airways by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp; gross weight 320,000 lb; cruising speed 342 mph; service ceiling 30,000 ft; range 4200 mi; length 182 ft; span 230 ft; height 57 ft; six engines will produce power equivalent to 353 average automobile engines; new luxury airliner called Model 37. (See also Western Flying v 25 n 3 Mar 1945 p 72)


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    Title :

    Pan American orders world's largest planes


    Additional title:

    Aero Digest


    Published in:

    Aero Digest ; 49 , n 1


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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