Airlines soon abandoned it for jet airliners. A groundbreaking aircraft, the spacious and innovative Boeing 377 Stratocruiser promised to change the world of passenger aviation. However ...

and the 'Guppy' aircraft derived from Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser. These outsize cargo planes – also named after an aquatic animal – eventually found their way into the Airbus fleet and ...

This produced too much drag, so Boeing extended the aft portion of the hump to form a teardrop. Then, in a deliberate echo of the below-deck lounge on the model 377 Stratocruiser, Boeing’s 1940s ...