Douglas DC-7 (1944)
| Douglas DC-7 | |
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| Type: | Long-haul passenger aircraft |
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| First flight: |
Never happened |
| Number of pieces: |
0 |
Douglas DC-7 was the planned name for a passenger aircraft in 1944, which was ultimately never built because of its high costs. From 1953 the designation Douglas DC-7 was used for another aircraft.
In early 1944, the Douglas Aircraft Company began negotiations with Pan American World Airways over a civilian passenger version of the Douglas C-74 . This version should be named DC-7 or Clipper Type 9 . The cell of the C-74 including the separate cockpit canopies for the commander and copilot should be retained. PanAm ordered 26 single cabin machines for 108 passengers at a unit price of $ 1.125 million. Delivery of the sample was to begin in October 1946.
As development progressed, however, the unit price rose to $ 1.41 million and PanAm canceled the order in October 1945 to introduce the Boeing 377 instead. In 1946 Douglas planned to equip the model with Wright T35-1 propeller turbines. With this modification, it would have had a cruising speed of 566 km / h and a range of 4185 km, but the price of 4.1 million US dollars was too high and Douglas finally abandoned the project.
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