Talk:Boeing 377

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Contents 1 Pluralisation of "Guppy" 2 'Only double deck aircraft untill the B747' 3 Why serious design flaws and a marginal service record... 4 Other double-deck airplanes? 5 Marginal service record?

[edit] Pluralisation of "Guppy"

Hi, I've noticed that in the Aero Spacelines/Guppys section, all instances of the word "Guppys" have been changed to "Guppies". It is, however, uncertain what the plural is. Many people use "Guppies", however many experts seem to use "Guppys". For example: - www.allaboutguppys.com --GW_Simulations 21:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Only double deck aircraft untill the B747'

It is stated on Double-decker#Airplane that some seaplanes were double deck, long (in aviation terms) before the 377. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.168.175 (talk • contribs) 01:05, 13 May 2006

That is true. Boeing, Short, Saunders-Roe, Blohm+Voss, Leo all made double deck flying boats before this. MoRsE 14:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why serious design flaws and a marginal service record...

...when the B50 and the C97 were successes? 66.28.178.68 20:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

At a guess, probably because the entire airceraft wasn't designed as an airliner, but merely an adaptation of the of the 367/C-97's airframe. In addtition, even tho Boeing had designed a number of airliners to this point, none really enjoyed any kind of success, and most (if not all), never exceeded 50 built. THe 707 was Boeing's first real success in civil aviation, and the fact that its fusalage was redesigned twice (367-80 - 4 abreast, then the C-135 - 5 abrest), shows that Boeing was really trying to get what the customers desired this time, and it really paid off. - BillCJ 22:57, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other double-deck airplanes?

Besides the Saunders-Roe SR-45, and Dornier-Do-x, what other pre-747 double-deck airplanes were there? We should creation a collection article for them. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 08:44, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

There are several listed at Double-decker#Airplane, but there is no article that specfically lists or covers them as a group. It might be a good idea to post this on the Talk:Double decker page. Double-deck aircraft would be a good location for such an article. - BillCJ (talk) 09:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

• Done! - BillCJ (talk) 18:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marginal service record?

The first sentence says the aircraft had a marginal service record. I don't see any later discussion in the article to substantiate this. Is the meaning that it was hard to change the oil or that it had a high number of fatalities? If the latter, 141 seems low for the years flown. However, if fatalities are meant, perhaps the phrase "marginal service record" could be elucidated.