Stratocruiser Real-World ARTICLES and RESOURCES

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Scott,

I just tried the links in your original post. The first two under "Youtube:" have the following error when you get to Youtube; This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Just thought I'd let you know.

Thanks to everyone posting info on the Stratocruiser. I just purchased it with Accu-Sim and can use all the help I can get! :lol:

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cdu801 wrote:There is a very good book in the Airliner Tech Series (Volume 9) by Nicholas A. Veronico entiltled Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (available for a reasonable price from Amazon at least here in the US). For those who are enjoying this wonderful addon from A2A (I can't wait for more of the Silver Wings series--any Douglas DC-3 thru DC-7 would be fantastic) this book provides a very thorough history of the 377 including the individual histories on each of the planes. If you're interested in more detail on this plane, I can't recommend it enough.

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Thanks for the tip :-)
Ordered it from Amazon... estimated delivery in August :-(
Gets little while to get book from USA to here in Finland with standard shipping.
Anyway another great book to wait for so thanks for the tip :-)

I also ordered a book called: Douglas Propliners: DC-1 to DC-7" by Pearcy (got it hardcovered at 11$)
You might be interested in that, since you talk about DCs in your post :-)
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melendir wrote:
cdu801 wrote:There is a very good book in the Airliner Tech Series (Volume 9) by Nicholas A. Veronico entiltled Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (available for a reasonable price from Amazon at least here in the US). For those who are enjoying this wonderful addon from A2A (I can't wait for more of the Silver Wings series--any Douglas DC-3 thru DC-7 would be fantastic) this book provides a very thorough history of the 377 including the individual histories on each of the planes. If you're interested in more detail on this plane, I can't recommend it enough.

Christian Boe
Dumont, MN USA
Thanks for the tip :-)
Ordered it from Amazon... estimated delivery in August :-(
Gets little while to get book from USA to here in Finland with standard shipping.
Anyway another great book to wait for so thanks for the tip :-)
Thanks also from Germany for the hint, the "ship" seems to reach Germany two weeks earlier than Finland...
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I've recently read Graham White's "R-4350 Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle" published by Specialty Press. While not specifically a book about the Stratocruiser it does have a small and imformative section concerning the plane. This is a well written book and at just over 600 pages has a wealth of information for anyone interested in the development of this great engine. The only downside is it's somewhat pricey but I found it well worth the expense. Highly recommended!
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These charts are actually required to fly the b377 correctly, and I don't know what A2A was thinking in not including them in their own docs. :roll:

Folks,

AEHS - Airline Engine Historical Society have authorized me to share the following Boeing B-377-10-33 performance charts with you:

1. General Performance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... alPerf.pdf

2. Cruise Performance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... sePerf.pdf

3. Climb Performance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... mbPerf.pdf

4. Takeoff and Landing Perfromance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... dgPerf.pdf

5. Range Performance data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... gePerf.pdf

6. Power Plant Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... ntData.pdf

7. Weight Analysis:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... alysis.pdf

8. Operational Analysis:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... alysis.pdf

The AEHS web site has additional information regarding actual operation of the B-377 from the Flight Engineer's point of view that you may find valuable at: http://www.enginehistory.org/r-4360ops1.htm

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Here is a three part series by Pan Am about the B377 Stratocruiser

Views of interior, cockpit, engineers station, loading cargo, loading passengers, Heidi,...

These videos are no longer available. If anyone knows of new links please post or pm me and I will post here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD_8QzTD ... xA&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTMBHV- ... xA&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I4ZbtBq ... 4kosexy_xA

Enjoy.
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BraselC5048 wrote:These charts are actually required to fly the b377 correctly, and I don't know what A2A was thinking in not including them in their own docs. :roll:

Folks,

AEHS - Airline Engine Historical Society have authorized me to share the following Boeing B-377-10-33 performance charts with you:

1. General Performance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... alPerf.pdf

2. Cruise Performance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... sePerf.pdf

3. Climb Performance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... mbPerf.pdf

4. Takeoff and Landing Perfromance Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... dgPerf.pdf

5. Range Performance data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... gePerf.pdf

6. Power Plant Data:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... ntData.pdf

7. Weight Analysis:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... alysis.pdf

8. Operational Analysis:
- http://www.enginehistory.org/Misc/B377/ ... alysis.pdf

The AEHS web site has additional information regarding actual operation of the B-377 from the Flight Engineer's point of view that you may find valuable at: http://www.enginehistory.org/r-4360ops1.htm

Cheers,

- jahman.
I'm getting 403 errors for those documents. Are they available somewhere else?

thanks

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Real world charts uploaded again, since they are required the fly the plane correctly.

Required to fly the plane correctly:

Range Performance:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ckbk8riglhfc ... gePerf.pdf

Takeoff and Landing Performance:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o2nrenhoqit7 ... dgPerf.pdf

Climb Performance:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q1xe3pdk7ssye ... mbPerf.pdf

Cruise Performance:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2al95qdjx2kuh ... sePerf.pdf

Power Plant Data - page 3 is useful, the rest isn't needed:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w7qsrdb448mml ... ntData.pdf




General Performence - not actually needed:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/110cp18rw4xv0 ... alPerf.pdf

Weight Analysis - interesting to read, but not at all needed:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/72zxv5dy0h7wi ... alysis.pdf

Operational Analysis - not at all needed:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aeyyf6gtjudky ... alysis.pdf



Also useful - real world pilot's handbook:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uiapmj7j4xdrk ... ndbook.pdf

And of course, the BMEP and RPM to BHP table:

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BraselC5048,

How do you go about planning a flight for a given range and payload using these charts?

I get the climd, take-off and landing charts. I don't even know where to star with the rest.

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Dont know if this has already been posted or not but I thought you all might like it. Its a Pan Am promo film from 1950. https://youtu.be/v92U2F9gbUo
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Don[t miss this article about ditching a Stratocruiser, nor the website that is chock full of wonderful material

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... is-It.aspx
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Don''t know if this video already has been mentioned. The Boeing Stratocruiser landed for the first time on Schiphol in 1949.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mcpcgtlqtxpmw ... .mpg?raw=1

Just Dutch voice over.
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I was fortunate enough to be loadmaster on this flight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNB0--RJ-Q&t=426s
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Thanks for sharing the video! I had to let her go earlier this year when I moved to P3Dv4, but she was well over a thousand hours of pure, challenging, immersive joy to fly.
My sincere congratulations to you and Tim and everybody who helped keep the dream of a flyable C-97 alive.


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