Boeing Model 95
{{Short description|Mailplane by Boeing}}
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The Boeing Model 95 was a single engine biplane mailplane built by Boeing in the United States in the late 1920s to supplement the Boeing Model 40s being used on Boeing's airmail routes.
Development
File:Boeing 95 (front) and Boeing 40 (rear) in flight.jpg
While the Model 95 was of the same general configuration as the Model 40, it was larger and more sophisticated aerodynamically and structurally, and was optimized for freight instead of passengers. The fuselage was of far more advanced construction than its predecessor, building on what Boeing had learned about all-metal fuselages while developing the P-12 and F4B fighters, while the wing had stagger and a simplified structure.
Operational history
The majority of Boeing 95s spent their careers flying Boeing's airmail routes, however a small number did find their way to other operators.
At least one Boeing 95 was used by the Honduran Air Force as a bomber. Another Model 95 took part in Boeing-arranged inflight refuelling demonstrations in 1929 but was unsuccessful in either of the two attempts made to fly a round-trip across the continental United States without landing.
Variants
;Model 95: standard production version
;Model 95A: one aircraft built with Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine
Operators
Specifications (Model 95)
File:Boeing model 95 drawing.jpg
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Accidents and incidents
- On January 10, 1930, a Western Air Express Boeing Air Transport Boeing 95 "NC420E",while flying the US mail on CAM 4 routing from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City crashed in fog and snow south of Cedar City, UT. The pilot, Maurice 'Maury' Graham, survived the crash but died while attempting to hike out. He and the aircraft were found five months later.
- On May 24, 1931, a Pacific Air Transport Boeing 95, registration NC397E, crashed into a mountain near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania in poor visibility, killing the pilot.
See also
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Bowers|first=Peter M.|authorlink=Peter M. Bowers|title=Boeing Aircraft since 1916|publisher=Putnam Aeronautical Books|location=London|year=1989|edition=Third|isbn=0-85177-804-6}}
- {{cite magazine|last=Hagedorn|first=Daniel P.|title=From Caudillos to COIN|magazine=Air Enthusiast|issue=Thirty-one|date=July–November 1986|pages=55–70|issn=0143-5450}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |page=170 }}
- {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 890 Sheet 52 }}
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Category:1920s United States cargo aircraft
Category:1920s United States mailplanes