Boeing 367-80 Scale Model (Free Shipping)

Item#: KB367T

MSRP Price: $211.95

Factory Direct Price: $149.95

Wing Span: 15.50
Length: 15.38

Manufacturer: The Boeing Co.

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This Ready to Ship Boeing 367-80 Wooden Model Airplane was handcrafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this Boeing 367-80 into an amazingly detailed display model that you can display at your home, office, museum, tradeshow or any place you desire.

This Boeing 367-80 Mahogany Airplane Model is a perfect gift for Aviation Enthusiasts, Pilot, Aviator or people who took part in developing this Airplane.

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Boeing 367-80 History:

The Boeing 367-80, or "Dash 80" as it was called within Boeing, was an American prototype jet transport built to demonstrate that high speed jet transport was no longer the sole preserve of military aircraft.

Considered to be the prototype for the Boeing 707 airliner, the C-135 (including the best known variant, the KC-135 air tanker used by the United States Air Force) and the Airborne Early Warning series aircraft, the Dash 80 was built in less than two years from project launch in 1952 to rollout on 14 May 1954 for a cost of US$16 million. This was at the time an enormous risk for the Boeing Company, since they had no committed customers for the project.

By early 1952 the designs were complete, and in April 1952, the Boeing board approved the program to build the jet. Construction of the Dash 80 took place at Boeing's Renton, Washington plant, but as a prototype there was no production line and most of the parts were custom built. The aircraft's interior was not fitted with an airline cabin; rather it consisted of a basic plywood lining that was used to house the test instrumentation required for the flight test program.

The Dash 80 was rolled out of the factory on 15 May 1954.[6] The 367-80 then undertook a series of taxi trials although the port landing gear collapsed on the 22 May causing damage to the airframe which was quickly repaired. and the maiden flight took place 15 July 1954. A series of test flights followed during which the most significant issue discovered was a marked propensity to "Dutch roll" - an alternating yawing and rolling motion. Boeing already had considerable experience with this on the B-47 and B-52, and had developed a yaw damper system on the B-47 that could be adapted to later swept wing configurations like the Dash 80. Other problems were found with the engines and brakes, the latter failing completely during landing on one occasion causing the aircraft to overshoot the runway and suffer damage.