Boeing Model 6

Boeing Model 6

__NOTOC__ Infobox Aircraft
name=Model 6


caption=Model 6 on display at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle
type=utility flying boat
manufacturer=Boeing
designer=William Boeing
first flight=27 December 1919 [Bowers, 1989, pg. 48]
introduced=
retired=
status=
primary user=
more users=
produced=
number built=1
variants with their own articles=The Boeing Model 6, also known as the B-1 was a small biplane flying boat designed by William Boeing shortly after World War I. It was the first commercial design for Boeing (as opposed to military or experimental designs), hence the B-1 designation. Its layout was conventional for its day, with an engine driving a pusher propeller mounted amongst the cabane struts. The pilot sat in an open cockpit at the bow, and up to two passengers could be carried in a second open cockpit behind the first. The design was reminiscent of the Curtiss HS-2L that Boeing had been building under licence during the war.

Operational history

Only a single aircraft was built, as Boeing had trouble selling it in a market flooded with war-surplus aircraft. In 1920, it was purchased by Edward Hubbard, who used it to carry air mail between Seattle, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia. It flew until 1930 before being preserved and put on display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry in 1954.

pecifications

aerospecs
ref= [Bowers, 1989, pg. 51]
met or eng?=eng

crew=one pilot
capacity=2 passengers
length m=9.53
length ft=31
length in=3
span m=15.32
span ft=50
span in=3
height m=4.06
height ft=13
height in=4
wing area sqm=45.7
wing area sqft=492
empty weight kg=1,089
empty weight lb=2,400
gross weight kg=1,746
gross weight lb=3,850

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Hall-Scott L-6
eng1 kw=149
eng1 hp=200

max speed kmh=145
max speed mph=90
cruise speed kmh=
cruise speed mph=80
range km=640
range miles=400
endurance h=
endurance min=
ceiling m=4,050
ceiling ft=13,300
climb rate ms=
climb rate ftmin=

References


* Bowers, Peter M. "Boeing aircraft since 1916". London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-804-6.
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