Boeing 40 Flies Again, After 80-Year Rest

Credit: RYAN PEMBERTON
A Boeing 40 biplane built for Pacific Air Transport in 1928 for mail and passenger service flew for the first time in almost 80 years on Feb. 13 in Seattle. It is both the oldest operational Boeing transport and the only airworthy example of a Boeing 40 in the world, says Addison Pemberton, owner...

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