Flying Lawyer
15th Jul 2007, 23:05
An American friend sent me some pictures of the restoration of a B40, Boeing's first purpose-built commercial aircraft.
Thought they were worth sharing.
Boeing built the first Model 40 for a 1925 US Post Office competition as a replacement for converted military de Havilland DH-4s that had carried the airmail since 1918.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/boeing000.jpg
The Model 40A, which first flew May 20, 1927, used an air-cooled P&W Wasp engine, much lighter than the water-cooled engines used by its competitors. It was the first Boeing to carry passengers, with room for two people in a tiny cabin, as well as cargo space for mail.
The Model 40B-4, which first flew Oct. 5, 1928, was the major production model of the mail plane series. It used the larger Hornet engine and carried four passengers and 500 pounds of mail.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/boeing004.jpg
The restored aircraft, a B40C Pacific Air Transport mailplane no. 5339, crashed in 1928 into treetops in southern Oregon.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/hand_shake.jpg
The pilot, Grant Donaldson, survived: Contemporary reports of the Crash (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/biplane0/boeing40/CRASH.pdf)
(PDF link)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/boeing002.jpg
Boeing 40C, Pacific Air Transport, 1928. Sister-ship to the restored Boeing 40C, 5339.
December 2004
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/DCP_1544.jpg
April 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/wing1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/wing2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/cabin.jpg
Passenger Deck
November 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/tail.jpg
Continued ..........
Thought they were worth sharing.
Boeing built the first Model 40 for a 1925 US Post Office competition as a replacement for converted military de Havilland DH-4s that had carried the airmail since 1918.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/boeing000.jpg
The Model 40A, which first flew May 20, 1927, used an air-cooled P&W Wasp engine, much lighter than the water-cooled engines used by its competitors. It was the first Boeing to carry passengers, with room for two people in a tiny cabin, as well as cargo space for mail.
The Model 40B-4, which first flew Oct. 5, 1928, was the major production model of the mail plane series. It used the larger Hornet engine and carried four passengers and 500 pounds of mail.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/boeing004.jpg
The restored aircraft, a B40C Pacific Air Transport mailplane no. 5339, crashed in 1928 into treetops in southern Oregon.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/hand_shake.jpg
The pilot, Grant Donaldson, survived: Contemporary reports of the Crash (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/biplane0/boeing40/CRASH.pdf)
(PDF link)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/boeing002.jpg
Boeing 40C, Pacific Air Transport, 1928. Sister-ship to the restored Boeing 40C, 5339.
December 2004
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/DCP_1544.jpg
April 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/wing1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/wing2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/cabin.jpg
Passenger Deck
November 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/FlyingLawyer/tail.jpg
Continued ..........