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Douglas DC-7

450 PlaneGuyRemembered  one month ago
Auto Credit Based on ZerkkOtakuGuy's Douglas DC-7 Pan American World Airways

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About the aircraft from Wikipedia:

The Douglas DC-7 is an American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6, it was the last major piston engine-powered transport made by Douglas, being developed shortly after the earliest jet airliner—the de Havilland Comet—entered service and only a few years before the jet-powered Douglas DC-8 first flew in 1958. Unlike other aircraft in Douglas's line of propeller-driven aircraft, no examples remain in service in the present day, as compared to the far more successful DC-3 and DC-6

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General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.001
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.099
  • Wing Loading 23.7lbs/ft2 (115.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,115.5ft2 (196.5m2)
  • Drag Points 6168

Parts

  • Number of Parts 177
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 937