Stits Sky Baby Bi-Plane & Boeing 307 Stratoliner
In the shelter of the wing of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner is a Stits SA-2A Sky Baby. Ray Stits built this world's smallest bi-plane (which could fly at speeds in excess of 185 mph!) in 1952. The Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud" built in 1938 was the first passenger airplane to have a pressurized fuselage allowing it to fly passengers comfortably at altitudes in excess of 20,000 feet. Both of these planes can be seen at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Air and Space museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
Stits Sky Baby Bi-Plane & Boeing 307 Stratoliner
In the shelter of the wing of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner is a Stits SA-2A Sky Baby. Ray Stits built this world's smallest bi-plane (which could fly at speeds in excess of 185 mph!) in 1952. The Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud" built in 1938 was the first passenger airplane to have a pressurized fuselage allowing it to fly passengers comfortably at altitudes in excess of 20,000 feet. Both of these planes can be seen at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Air and Space museum in Chantilly, Virginia.