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Two Women Posing with B-1 Replica
Two Women Posing with B-1 Replica 
Two Bathing Beauties Sitting on B-1 Replica
Two Bathing Beauties Sitting on B-1 Replica 
Reconstructed B-1 Placed on Display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry
Reconstructed B-1 Placed on Display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry 
B-1/Model 6 in Hangar
B-1/Model 6 in Hangar 
Rebuilt B-1 in Water
Rebuilt B-1 in Water 
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Man on B-1/Model 6 Mail Plane 
B-1 Civil Flying Boat on Water
B-1 Civil Flying Boat on Water 
Two Men Hard at Work Assembling B-47 Stratojets
Two Men Hard at Work Assembling B-47 Stratojets 
Model Airplane of B-1, Model 6
Model Airplane of B-1, Model 6 
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay
Men Inside B-29 Superfortress Bomb Bay 
B-1 Mail Plane on Lake Union
B-1 Mail Plane on Lake Union 
Model 40A Mailplane Assembly
Model 40A Mailplane Assembly 
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, 1924
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, 1924 
Body, F3B-1
Body, F3B-1 
Renton Factory Workers Begin Construction of the Dash 80
Renton Factory Workers Begin Construction of the Dash 80 
Partial Assembly, F3B-1
Partial Assembly, F3B-1 
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, circa 1919
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, circa 1919 
Building the XB-47 Stratojet Prototype
Building the XB-47 Stratojet Prototype 
William M. Allen with Models of Jet Transport
William M. Allen with Models of Jet Transport 
Men and Woman Work on B-47 Stratojet Landing Gear
Men and Woman Work on B-47 Stratojet Landing Gear 
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Two Men Building a B-1 Replica

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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Unique identifier BI211388 
Boeing ID p10914 
Type Image 
Size 5100px × 3950px   19MB 
License type RM 
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