Aircraft encyclopedia: Civil

Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

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Airliner · 1933
Boeing 247
First flown on February 8, 1933, the Boeing 247 is regarded as the first modern airliner: an all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, an autopilot and de-icing equipment. Only 75 were built, because its very success drove the…
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