Boeing took a gamble and built 50 Stratocruiser airliners based on the C-97, and Pan Am placed the largest-ever order for an aircraft. The Stratocruiser had two decks and air conditioning and was ...

On November 8, 1957, during a scheduled flight from San Francisco to Honolulu a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - a four engine ...

Brands like Pan Am have given way to Singapore Airlines ... While the Comet was dealing with its troubles, it was overtaken by the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8 as the jet-powered workhorses ...

The long routes that Pan Am pioneered required airplanes large enough ... With his purchase of Boeing 707s in 1955, a risky gamble at the time, Trippe also ushered the jet age into being.