Pan Am´s Boeing 377 Stratoclipper - The rebirth of a legend!
General characteristics
- Capacity: Up to 100 passengers on main deck plus 14 in lower deck lounge; typical seating for 63 or 84 passengers or 28 berthed and five seated passengers.
- First Flight: July 8th 1947
- Length: 110 ft 4 in (33.63 m)
- Wingspan: 141 ft 3 in (43.05 m)
- Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.66 m)
- Wing area: 1769 ft² (164.3 m²)
- Empty weight: 83,500 lb (37,876 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 148,000 lb (67,133 kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-B6 Wasp Major 28-cylinder radial engines four-bladed propellers, 3,500 hp (2,610 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 375 mph (603 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 301 mph (483 km/h)
- Range: 4,200 mi (3,650 nmi, 6,760 km)
- Service ceiling: 32,000 ft (9,800 m)
- Max cruise: 340 mph (547 km/h)

PAN AM - B-377 Stratocruiser in Germany in the fifties
56 civil Stratocruiser have been built and all are scrapped. One military C-97 Stratofreighter was converted to a civil Stratocruiser - and with your support this one and only B-377 will fly again!