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Boeing 720 Braniff International

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About the B720:

The Boeing 720 was an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Announced in July 1957 as a 707 derivative for shorter flights from shorter runways, the 720 first flew on November 23, 1959. Its type certificate was issued on June 30, 1960, and it entered service with United Airlines on July 5, 1960. A total of 154 Boeing 720s and 720Bs were built until 1967.

About Braniff:

Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties. Braniff's routes were primarily in the midwestern and southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. In the late 1970s it expanded to Asia and Europe. The airline ceased air carrier operations in May 1982 because of high fuel prices, credit card interest rates and extreme competition from the large trunk carriers and the new airline startups created by the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978. Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1983–89, and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–92.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Boeing 720braniff international
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 142.4ft (43.4m)
  • Length 157.3ft (47.9m)
  • Height 41.9ft (12.8m)
  • Empty Weight 58,124lbs (26,364kg)
  • Loaded Weight 173,960lbs (78,907kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.24
  • Wing Loading 37.9lbs/ft2 (184.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 4,593.1ft2 (426.7m2)
  • Drag Points 61340

Parts

  • Number of Parts 308
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 1,608