Boeing 247

Boeing Model 247 adalah pesawat awal sayap rendah (low wing) Amerika Serikat, dianggap sebagai pesawat yang pertama untuk sepenuhnya menggabungkan 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.

Referensi

• Bowers, Peter M. Boeing aircraft since 1916. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-804-6.
• Bryan, C.D.B. The National Air and Space Museum. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8109-0666-X.
• Fernandez, Ronald. Excess Profits: The Rise of United Technologies. Boston, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1983. ISBN 978-0-201-10484-4.
• Gould, William. Boeing (Business in Action). Bath, Avon, UK: Cherrytree Books, 1995. ISBN 0-7451-5178-7.
• Mondey, David, The Concise Guide to American Aircraft of World War II. London: Chancellor, 1996. ISBN 1-85152-706-0.
• Pearcy, Arthur. Douglas Propliners: DC-1–DC-7. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-85310-261-X.
• Pedigree of Champions: Boeing Since 1916, Third Edition. Seattle, Washington: The Boeing Company, 1969. No ISBN. WorldCat.
• Seely, Victor. "Boeing's Grand Old Lady." Air Classics, Vol. 4, No. 6, August 1968.
• 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