Model 8 | |
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Role | civil biplane |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
First flight | 24 May 1920 |
Status | destroyed |
Primary user | Herb Munter |
Number built | 1 |
The Boeing Model 8, a.k.a. BB-L6, was an American biplane aircraft designed by Boeing specifically for their test pilot, Herb Munter.
The Model 8 design was inspired by the Ansaldo A.1 Balilla. The fuselage was covered in mahogany plywood, with a two-passenger forward cockpit and pilot rear cockpit, a seating configuration that would be the standard for all following three-seaters. The wing configuration and powerplant were similar to the Boeing Model 7. [1]
The Model 8 first flew in 1920, and was the first aircraft to fly over Mount Rainier. The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire in Kent, Washington in 1923. [2]
Data from Bowers, 1989. pg. 54.
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