Boeing C-97 Wallpapers

[br] [br]Boeing C-97 Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : C-97 Stratofreighter Aircraft; photo  wallpapers: The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter was a heavy-lift cargo aircraft. The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter was developed towards the end of World War II by fitting an enlarged upper fuselage onto a lower fuselage and wings which were essentially the same as the B-29 Superfortress. The prototype XC-97 was powered by the 2,200 hp (1,640 kW) Wright R-3350 engine, and even with this the performance was impressive — on January 11. 1945 the first prototype flew from Seattle to Washington, DC [br]in 6 hours 4 minutes, an average speed of 383 mph (616 km/h). For the [br]remaining models the powerplants were upgraded to the 3500 hp (2,610 [br]kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major. The military transport had a useful payload of 35,000 lb (16 t) and [br]could carry two normal trucks or light tanks. Loading was by a [br]retractable ramp into doors in the bottom of the fuselage, which was [br]pressurised in flight. About 60 C-97 transports were built, but the design really flourished in the guise of the KC-97 Stratotanker flight-refuelling tanker. The USAFStrategic Air Command had C-97 Stratofreighters in service from 1949 through 1978.The civilian derivative Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was highly influential in the post-war development of long-distance civil aviation. [br] [br] [br] [br]Country of origin: USA [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Engines: four 3500hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder radials [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Wingspan: 43 m (141ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Lenght: 33.6 m (110ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Height: 11.65 m (38ft 2in) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Weight loaded: 69,400 kg (153,000lb) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Cruising speed: 550 km/h (340mph) at 7620 m (25,000ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Service celling: 9755 m (32,000ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Range: 6760 km (4200 miles) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Passengers + crew: 100 + 4 [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________

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