[RRuger]

[color=cyan]Oldest Boeing Airliner In Flying Condition


This is as it should be - passengers in a closed cabin, pilot in open cockpit so he will stay awake. The airplane is in Spokane, WA and is the oldest flying Boeing in the World.

After 8 years of repair and rebuilding and 8,000 hours of toil the Boeing 40C rolled out last winter as a finished airplane. They had to wait a few weeks for the snow to melt to fly this baby. They received their Standard Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA and completed the engine pre-oil and fuel flow tests for the first of the taxi tests.

Facts for the Boeing 40 project:

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[328th*Col.Doodle]

Cool. I'll have to check this out. I only live about 60 miles from there.

[Guest]

Felts Field! I,m only 50 miles away.

[vxracer]

That is one of the most beautiful aircraft i have seen, and excellent photographs to boot! Thanks for sharing.

[si1va]

I especially like the interior, much better than the sterile aluminium tubes we have now.

[CUJO_1970]

Absolutely stunning.

[328th*Col.Doodle]

Do you think they'd put this in the Museum of Flight? Sure would seem like it.

[RRuger]

Do you think they'd put this in the Museum of Flight? Sure would seem like it.

I know I sure would! Here are a few links to the resto and the crash it's self...

http://www.vintageaircraft.org/news/200 ... Years.html

http://home.comcast.net/~biplane0/boeing40/