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History- Boeing Model 247 First Commercial Transport

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Audience/Grade: 8th Grade - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Aerospace Engineering
History of Science and Technology
Special Topic(s): History of Technology
Learning Resource Type: Teaching - Case Study
Media Type:

 Document
Author(s): Boeing
Description: "The revolutionary Boeing Model 247, developed in 1933, was an all-metal, twin-engine airplane and the first modern passenger airliner. It had a gyro panel for instrument flying, an autopilot, pneumatically operated de-icing equipment, a variable-pitch propeller and retractable landing gear."
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Use of Resource: Brief history on the making of and specification of the airplane.
Difficulty: Easy
Interactivity Level: Very Low

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/m247.html
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS