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Old 01-13-2009, 10:34 AM   #1
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Default Oldest Boeing Airliner in Flying Condition.

This is as it should be -- passengers in closed cabin, pilot in open cockpit so he will stay awake. The airplane is in Spokane , WA and is the oldest flying Boeing in the world.

After 8 years of repair and rebuilding, and 8,000 hours of toil, the Boeing 40C rolled out last winter as a finished airplane, but it took a few weeks for the snow to melt before it was taken out of the hangar. Project personnel received the Standard Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA and completed the engine pre-oil and fuel flow tests for the first of the taxi tests.

Facts about the Boeing 40 project:

221 1/2 gallons of dope/reducer and 120 yards of 102 ceconite fabric.

12 gallons of poly urethane paint for the sheet metal.

The wings have 33,000 individual parts in them.

The airplane weighs 4080 lbs empty and has a gross weight of 6075 lbs.

It is 34 ft long and 13 feet tall with a wing span of 44 1/2 feet.

Wing loading is 10 lbs per sq ft and power loading is 10 Pounds per HP. It should cruise at 115 mph using 28 GPH, and 32 GPH at 120 mph. It carries 120 gallons of fuel in three tanks.

350 two-inch brushes were used to apply 6 gallons of West Systems epoxy, and 181 rolls of paper towels were used for cleanup.

A total of 62 volunteers worked on the project to some degree, 21 of whom performed a significant amount of work, and nine of them worked on the plane continuously throughout the 8-year project.









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Old 01-13-2009, 10:36 AM   #2
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Old 01-13-2009, 10:40 AM   #3
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Old 01-13-2009, 10:41 AM   #4
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Awesome machine, and great restoration. I hope everyone noticed the skin is FABRIC! That plane weighs about the same as a new Dodge Challenger.
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:23 AM   #6
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wow, those seat look confortable so what year was it made?
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fairly noisy I'd venture to guess in the passenger "cabin"....
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:41 AM   #9
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:42 AM   #10
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:43 AM   #11
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:43 AM   #12
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:45 AM   #13
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Wow!

Even comes with a stewardess.
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:49 AM   #14
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Talk about being blind as a bat during landing.

Nice airplane, but you could not see anything in front of you on the ground.
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fairly noisy I'd venture to guess in the passenger "cabin"....
The Ford Tri-Motor is famous for having the loudest passenger plane cabin, but this looks even louder.

It's a work of art. Great photos.
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Where's the beverage cart?

Movie screen?

Bathroom???

Am I being little spoiled a little bit???
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What pray tell is "DOPE REDUCER"??
Is it so they won't fly as "high"??
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Would have been nice if you said the plane originated in 1928 like it did
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What pray tell is "DOPE REDUCER"??
Is it so they won't fly as "high"??
Think paint thinner.
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