Key facts
- Type
- Passenger airliner
- National origin
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Status
- Retired
- Primary user
- Boeing Air Transport
- Introduction date
- May 22, 1933
- First flight
- February 8, 1933
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- Image
- Boeing 247 1933.jpg
- Height
- 3.8
- Length
- 15.7
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- first flight
- 1933-02-08
- service entry
- 1933-05-22
- Commons category
- Boeing 247
- maximum operating altitude
- 7620
- total produced
- 75
- wingspan
- 22.6
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The Boeing Model 247 is an early American airliner, and one of the first such aircraft to incorporate advances such as all-metal (anodized aluminum) semimonocoque construction, a fully cantilevered wing, and retractable landing gear. Other advanced features included control surface trim tabs, an autopilot and de-icing boots for the wings and tailplane. The 247 first flew on February 8, 1933, and entered service later that year.
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