Boeing 247

Boeing Model 247 adalah pesawat awal sayap rendah (low wing) Amerika Serikat, dianggap sebagai pesawat yang pertama untuk sepenuhnya menggabungkan[1][2] kemajuan seperti semua logam (aluminium anodized) konstruksi semi-monocoque, sayap kantilever dan landing gear tarik. Fitur canggih lainnya termasuk kontrol permukaan memangkas tab, autopilot dan deicing sepatu untuk sayap dan tailplane.[3]

Referensi

1. "Model 247 Commercial Transport." boeing.com, 2009. Retrieved: June 14, 2010.
2. van der Linden 1991, pp. xi–xii.
3. Bryan 1979, p. 110.

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• Serling, Robert J. Legend & Legacy: The Story of Boeing and its People. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. ISBN 0-312-05890-X.
• van der Linden, F. Robert. The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1991. ISBN 0-295-97094-4. Retrieved: July 26, 2009.
• Yenne, Bill. Boeing: Planemaker to the World. New York:, Crescent Books, 1989. ISBN 0-517-69244-9.

Pranala luar

• Gallery: Boeing 247 Images, including two of the interior and one of the retracted main gear
• Boeing Model 247: First modern airliner
• "From Mock Up To Latest Airliner," Popular Mechanics, October 1932, early article on future Model 247
• "Keeping Them In The Air" Popular Mechanics, July 1935 photos and colored artwork of 247 pp.9-16