1948. First flight test of the Pan Am Boeing Stratocruiser

 

Pan American World Airways new Clipper America, first of an order of 20 Boeing Stratocruisers to be delivered in November, is shown in flight. The Clipper America will cut the San Francisco-Honolulu flight time to eight and one-half hours and New York-London flight time to twelve hours. Craft carries 75 passengers and has a lounge and bar on the lower of its two decks. 

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Aviation Week | July 26, 1948