Boeing Model 40

The Boeing Model 40 was a United States mail plane that became the first aircraft built by the Boeing company to carry passengers. It was of conventional biplane configuration with a combination of standard and warren-truss style interplane struts. Originally designed to compete for a US Mail contract in 1925 it was rejected in favour of the Douglas M-2. The design was revived in 1927 as part of Boeing's tender for newly-privatised airmail routes.

The 1928 Boeing Model 40 C was the first commercial type aircraftdesigned to carry multiple passengers.1
The 1928 Boeing Model 40-B was lowered from its position in the East (or Transportation) Gallery (avoiding the 727 on the balcony level and the steam locomotive on the floor) 2
1928-vintage Boeing Model 40, which Boeing said was its first production commercial airplane, with the 787 near Mount Rainier south of Seattle.3
787 Dreamliner Arrives in Arizona Boeing Model 40 Meets the 787 Dreamliner ANA Pilots First Customer Crew to Fly Boeing 787 Dreamliner Boeing Completes First 787 GEnx Engine Run Boeing 4
Addison Pemberton’s meticulous Boeing Model 40 restoration soars over eastern Washington.5
As if finding a ghost among the cumulus, The Boeing Company's latest addition to its lineage of pioneering commercial airplanes, the 787 Dreamliner, on May 8 caught up to its ancestor, a Boeing Model 40, in the skies over Mount Rainier south of Seattle.6
Boeing Model 40 Meets the 787 Dreamliner Boeing's newest airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, rendezvoused with the company's first one, a 1928 Boeing Model 40, last month in 7
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Boeing released a photo today of a Boeing Model 40 which caught up with a 787 Dreamliner in the skies over Mount Rainier.9
FS2004 Boeing 40 Updated: The Boeing Model 40 was Boeing's first airliner. The 40's first flight was on May 20 1927, It was capable of carrying 2 passengers and 1200 lbs of mail.10
I summarized the history of the Boeing Model 40 series in the First Looks review of CMR's earlier kit of the Boeing Model 40B-4 in the May 2008 issue of this magazine.11

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Not withstanding that the two passengers of the Boeing Model 40 were in an enclosed cabin with leather seating, the pilot was still in an open air flight deck above and to the aft of the 12
Staggerwing, Addison Pemberton’s Boeing Model 40 and the Mueum of Flight’s DC-2 to just name a few of the airplanes that flew in for the event.13
The Boeing Model 40 featured an open cockpit for the pilot and a small enclosed cabin for two passengers, whose fares allowed the airplane to be more competitive than other mail planes of 14
The Boeing Model 40 was a United States mail plane that became the first aircraft built by the Boeing company to carry passengers.15
The Boeing Model 40 was designed to compete for a 1925 US mail plane contract and was Boeing’s first passenger plane, but it lost out to the Douglas M-2.16
The Boeing Model 40 was the first aircraft built by the company that was designed to carry paying passengers.17
The worlds only flying Boeing Model 40 in flight.18
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With owner Addision Pemberton flying the Boeing Model 40 at as fast as it would go, the Boeing test pilot was able to slow down and position the 787 long enough to get this 20
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Height Main
373.38
Height Alt
3.73 m
Length Alt
10.12 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
6000.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
650mi
Max Speed Alt
206.0
Introduced
1
Max Speed Main
128 mph
Capacity
2
Cruise Speed Main
105 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
2722.0
Ceiling Main
14500.0
Number Built
ca. 80
Crew
1
Cruise Speed Alt
169.0
Area Main
547.0
Span Alt
13.47 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
313.0
Engine(prop)
Pratt & Whitney Wasp
Manufacturer
Boeing
First Flight
20
Span Main
1346.2
Power Main
420 hp
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
1602.0
Length Main
1010.9200000000001
Area Alt
50.82 m²
Range Alt
1046.0
Empty Weight Main
3531.0
Ceiling Alt
4420 m
Category
Biplane aircraft
Boeing aircraft
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft
United States mailplanes 1920-1929

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