Stratoliner Goes to Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum welcomed the Boeing S-307 Stratoliner to its new home, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Originally built in the late 1930s, the four-engine Stratoliner was the world’s first pressurized passenger airplane, allowing it to fly at altitudes of 20,000 feet, which was unprecedented for that era. The sole survivor […]