From: "Bill Hough" <psa188@juno.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:30 AM <snip> Boeing built just 10 Stratoliners, the world's first commercial airplane with a pressurized cabin, and the first four-engine airliner to be in scheduled service in the United States. The plane entered service in 1940 with TWA and later with Pan Am, but World War II ended sales as Boeing switched almost entirely to wartime production. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm surprised to know that the Stratoliner (307?) made it into scheduled service before the DC4. No doubt about the priority on pressurization, though. Which post-war 4-engine went into revenue service first, Stratocruiser, DC6 or Connie? For some reason I can't recall, I preferred the Connie to the DC6. I think it may have been quieter, or maybe the engines didn't glow as brightly. Never rode in or even saw the Boeing. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/africar/africa.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/africar/africa.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html