Your browser does not support this video.Permalink: http://www.boeingimages.com/archive/Boeing-XB-15-First-Flight--October-15--1937-2JRSXLJB68GU.htmlCopyright © Boeing. All Rights Reserved.View Photo/Video onlyConceptually similarBoeing B-9 Bomber B-rollB-29 Superfortress at Boeing Field During World War IIBoeing YB-52 Stratofortress B-roll367-80 Aerial Refueling TestsBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress B-roll (Color)Boeing P-26 Peashooter B-roll (includes Boeing B-9)Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Development TestingBoeing Model 307 Stratoliner Returns for Restoration, 1994Boeing Model 247 Airline Service, 1930sView AllBoeing XB-15 First Flight, October 15, 1937Select usageWhat Type of Order?Usage:The mammoth Boeing XB-15 began in 1934 as a design study for the Army to see if it was possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000-mile range. When it made its first flight, it was the largest and heaviest plane ever built in the United States. It was so large that the crew could go through passages in the wing to make minor repairs while the airplane was flying. Because a long-range flight, powered by the engines of the time, took several days, the crew had bunks to sleep on between shifts. Because the lone XB-15 was an experimental airplane, it did not serve as a bomber during World War II. The military converted it into a cargo carrier, designated the XC-105.BI46596 (BIV15_XB-15_01)Maximum size:720px × 480px (~23 MB)License type:Rights ManagedDuration:1m5sKeywords:1930s-airfields-airplanes-automobiles-Boeing-Boeing Field-bombers-close-ups-clouds-day-exteriors-first flights-flaps-flight lines-flying-flying in formation-full body views-glare-ground shots-hangars-historic production status-landing-landing gears-military-monoplanes-motion blur-one of a kind aircraft-propeller planes-propellers-prototypes-tails-takeoffs-taxiing-unpainted-unpaved ground-XB-15 (Model 294)Related Photo/Videos:View AllRelated Virtual folders:XB-15 (Model 294)