- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Douglas DC-7
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph by Wikimedia
- Date of Original:
- 2011
- Subject:
- Airplanes--United States
Airlines--United States
Flight
Douglas DC-7 (Transport plane)
Douglas transport planes
Eastern Air Lines, inc. - Location:
- Puerto Rico, 18.22141715, -66.4132818505648
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Douglas DC-7 represented the most important development in airline technology since the DC-3, a pre-World War II plane. With its pressurized cabin, the DC-7 offered a high standard of comfort to air travel and was widely adopted among the major airline carriers for long-haul traffic. It held sixty-nine seats and cruised at 360 miles per hour.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/eastern-air-lines/eastern-airlines-dc7-on-tarmac_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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