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DESIGNER UNKNOWN DOUBLE - DECKED "STRATO" CLIPPER / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS. 1951. 40 1/2x24 3/4 inches, 103x63 cm. Condition B+: extensive airbrushing in corners; minor restoration at edges. The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a modified version of two World War II bomber planes: the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The plane was designed to compete with the Lockheed Constellation and the Douglas DC-6. The result was a lumbering giant of an aircraft that lacked the streamlined, structural grace of her counterparts, but more than made up for that in comfort and ameneities. The double-decker aircraft had a lounge and bar, full-size bathrooms and sleeping berths, and was likened to a flying luxury hotel in magazine ads of the period. Only 56 of the aircraft were ever built, and Pan Am operated 26 of them. The airline flew the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser from 1949 until 1961. This is the English version. Pan Am p. 197.
