Pan Am Pioneer: A Manager's Memoir from Seaplane Clippers to Jumbo Jets

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Summary: skepticalinwalnutcreek
Review: On page 212 the book asserts "Only five B-307s were built" and "... after the war, when the improved B-307B model, christened the Stratoliner and reequipped with tricycle landing gear, became available ..." Both statements are inaccurate.
Ten Boeing 307s were built, one crashed and Howard Hughes took one from TWA's allocation of six. Pan Am took delivery of three designated S-307, TWA bought five designated SA-307B. Howard Hughes' was built with larger engines and designated SB-307B. After the war, TWA's were rebuilt and designated SA-307B-1. None ever had a tricycle landing gear. Also, did the author not know that Pan Am owned three of these interesting landplanes, capable of crossing the Atlantic in 1942 with a useful payload?
For accurate information about this era I recommend the books of R. E. G Davies.