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Aircraft Types
Boeing 247
The Boeing 247 is a twin-engine, all-metal airliner that first flew on February 8, 1933, and is called the world's first modern airliner by the National Air and Space Museum. It entered service with United Air Lines in 1933, about 50 percent faster than its competitors, but only 75 were built, 60 of them for Boeing's own airline group. Shut out of the type, Trans World Airlines turned to Douglas, whose DC series soon made the 247 obsolete in its turn.
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was a six-jet strategic bomber that first flew in December 1947 and became Strategic Air Command's first large jet bomber fleet of the Cold War. Its 35-degree swept wing and pod-mounted engines set the layout that later bombers and jet airliners followed. Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed built 2,032 in bomber, reconnaissance and weather variants; the last Air Force Stratojet retired in 1969, and 23 airframes survive in American museums.