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The Boeing Model 95 was a single engine biplane mailplane built by Boeing in the United States in the late 1920s to supplement the Boeing Model 40s being used on Boeing's airmail routes.

Model 95
Role Mailplane
Manufacturer Boeing
First flight 29 December 1928
Primary users Boeing Air Transport
Honduran Air Force
Number built 25

Development


Boeing 95 (front) and Boeing 40 (rear) in flight
Boeing 95 (front) and Boeing 40 (rear) in flight

While the Model 95 was of the same general configuration as the Model 40, it was larger and more sophisticated aerodynamically and structurally, and was optimized for freight instead of passengers. The fuselage was of far more advanced construction than its predecessor, building on what Boeing had learned about all-metal fuselages while developing the P-12 and F4B fighters, while the wing had stagger and a simplified structure.


Operational history


The majority of Boeing 95s spent their careers flying Boeing's airmail routes, however a small number did find their way to other operators. At least one Boeing 95 was used by the Honduran Air Force as a bomber. Another Model 95 took part in Boeing-arranged inflight refuelling demonstrations in 1929 but was unsuccessful in either of the two attempts made to fly a round-trip across the continental United States without landing.


Variants


Model 95
standard production version
Model 95A
one aircraft built with Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine

Operators


 Honduras
 United States



Specifications (Model 95)


Boeing model 95 drawing
Boeing model 95 drawing

Data from Boeing Aircraft since 1916[1]

General characteristics

Performance


Accidents and incidents



See also


Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era


References



Citations


  1. Bowers 1989, p. 149.
  2. Bowers 1989, p. 146.

Bibliography





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