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Two Women Posing with B-1 Replica
Two Bathing Beauties Sitting on B-1 Replica
B-1 Mail Plane on Lake Union
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, 1924
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, circa 1919
B & W on the Water by a Ramp
B-1 Civil Flying Boat on Water
B & W Wing Frame
B-1/Model 6 in Hangar
Mounted Engine of B & W
C-4, C-1F, and C-700 at Boeing Lake Union Hangar
Man on B-1/Model 6 Mail Plane
William Boeing, and Others on Floating Model C
B & W Pulled up a Ramp
B & W Launched from Ramp
Pulling a B & W up the Lake Union Hangar Ramp
Model Airplane of B-1, Model 6
Reconstructed B-1 Placed on Display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry
Boeing B-1E Model 204
Boeing Model C on Lake Union
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Rebuilt B-1 in Water
After the war, Boeing designed its first commercial airplane with the vast water areas of the Northwest in mind. The B-1 was a conventional pusher flying boat that could carry a pilot and two passengers as well as mail or cargo. The hull was laminated wood verneer, and the wing frames were spruce and plywood. Although a good airplane, the B-1 did not sell well because the market was overwhelmed with cheap war-surplus aircraft. The only B-1 built was sold to Eddie Hubbard, who was awarded one of the first airmail contracts. Flying more than 350,000 miles over a span of 8 years, the B-1 wore out six engines shuttling mail between Victoria, British Columbia and Seattle.
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BI211392
Boeing ID
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