Your browser does not support this video.Permalink: http://www.boeingimages.com/archive/Restored-Boeing-Model-247-2JRSXLJ8FLRB.htmlCopyright © Boeing. All Rights Reserved.View Photo/Video onlyConceptually similarBoeing Model 247 Number 5 Test FlightTesting the 747-100 Prior to First Flight, 1969Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner First Flight, September 2014Boeing Model 247 Airline Service, 1930sBoeing 767-2C First Flight B-roll, December 28, 2014Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Returns for Restoration, 1994Boeing KC-46A Pegasus First Flight B-rollBoeing Model 307 Stratoliner Development TestingFirst Flight of the 747-100, February 9, 1969View AllRestored Boeing Model 247Select usageWhat Type of Order?Usage:The revolutionary Boeing Model 247, developed in 1933, was an all-metal, twin-engine airplane and the first modern passenger airliner. Model 247 had a gyro panel for instrument flying, an autopilot, pneumatically operated de-icing equipment, a variable-pitch propeller and retractable landing gear. Seventy-five 247s were built. Boeing Air Transport flew 60 Model 247s. United Aircraft Corp. flew 10, and the rest went to Deutsche Lufthansa and a private owner in China. With its powerful engines and its single cantilevered wing, the 247 gave United Air Lines the ability to offer 10 round trips daily between New York and Chicago. The 247s remained in airline service until World War II, when several were converted into C-73 transports and trainers. Some were still flying in the late 1960s.BI44338 (BIV14_Model247_02)Maximum size:720px × 480px (~85 MB)License type:Rights ManagedDuration:4m0sKeywords:1930s-aerial views-air to air-Boeing-commercial airline livery-day-Everett-exteriors-flying-full body views-historic production status-landing-Model 247-Paine Field-propellers-Puget Sound-taxiing-vintage / retroRelated Photo/Videos:View AllRelated Virtual folders:Model 247