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B-1/B-1E
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B-1 Civil Flying Boat on Water
B-1 Mail Plane on Lake Union
Model Airplane of B-1, Model 6
B-1/Model 6 in Hangar
Two Bathing Beauties Sitting on B-1 Replica
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, circa 1919
Rebuilt B-1 in Water
Two Women Posing with B-1 Replica
Boeing Flying Boat, Model B-1, 1924
Two Men Building a B-1 Replica
Reconstructed B-1 Placed on Display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry
PB-1 (Model 50) on Water
Model 40 Mail Plane with Women
William Boeing and Eddie Hubbard with Model C
William Boeing, and Others on Floating Model C
40A Mail Plane
B & W starting New Zealand Mail Run
Boeing B & W Takes Flight
B & W on the Water
Model 40 on Ground
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Man on B-1/Model 6 Mail Plane
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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BI211362
Boeing ID
11569b
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