Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-AKGL flew with BOAC from 1950 until 1958. Named “Cabot” it flew on the North American route for many years.
Known as "Flagship Great Britain"
Named "Clipper Queen of the Pacific"
The instantly recognisable fuselage shape of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. “Canopus” was one of the more famous BOAC Stratocruisers operating on the between 1950 and 1959. The aircraft used to fly HM The Queen on her first official tour to Bermuda in November 1953
N1022v was Pan Am’s first Stratocruiser delivered. It had been Boeing’s prototype. Pan Am flew it as “Clipper Nightingale” until 1960.
The end of life for an ex-North West Airlines Stratocruiser as it lies at its final resting place in the Mojave desert
BOAC Stratocruiser “Coriolanus” joined the fleet in 1954 flying the transatlantic route. In 1959 “Coriolanus” flew the final scheduled Stratocruiser service, a return trip to Accra via Barcelona and Kano.
Originally part of the United Airlines fleet servicing the Hawaii route, the Stratocruisers were sold to BOAC in 1954. This one was renamed “Clio” and became G-ANUC.
Stratocruiser “Washington” of North West Airlines was delivered in 1949. Initially used on the Honolulu route it eventually flew the long distance Tokyo route as well.
Ex BOAC Stratocruiser “Calypso” in West African Airways livery
Originally named “Clipper America” N1024V was refitted as a Super Stratocruiser and renamed “Clipper Kathay” and used on the Pacific routes. Eventually the airframe was used to build the first Aeros Spacelines Guppy.