Vliegboot ?

[jan wullink]

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[ruudvanom]

Hallo Jan.

Volgens mij een Boeing Stratoliner. Geen vliegboot dus.

Groet,
Ruud.

[jan wullink]

Hallo Jan.

Volgens mij een Boeing Stratoliner. Geen vliegboot dus.

Groet,
Ruud.

Dat klopt Ruud , maar wel in deze uitvoering

[ruudvanom]

Hallo Jan.

Ech nie... Wel boot maar weinig vliegen.
Aardige naam trouwens: Cosmic Muffin.
Mooi beginpunt voor een project, tenslotte zijn er slechts 10 van gebouwd.

Ruud.

[Kaasjager]

Boeing Stratofloater

[Classic]

A Special Model for Howard Hughes (construction number 1997)
A special model SB-307B for Howard Hughes was built with more powerful engines and extra fuel tanks for an around-the-world flight
that was cancelled due to the start of World War II. The flight was never made. It was the first Stratoliner delivered to a customer; its
initial flight (with experimental license NX19904) occurred on July 13, 1939. Postwar it was fitted with a luxury interior, including a
bedroom, and named The Flying Penthouse.
A 1964 hurricane severely damaged it and rendered it unflyable.
In 1969 it was purchased as scrap for $61.99 -- the fuselage was salvaged (the aft rounded pressure bulkhead formed the cabin
after end), then mounted on a boat hull and converted into a luxury yacht named The Londonaire. It was rebuilt beginning in 1994,
and is a Florida based, operating yacht named Cosmic Muffin, with N19904 painted on its sides.