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- 1. AL218-048 Boeing 80 Oakland 25Aug29: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 2. AL218-049 Boeing 80 Oakland 25Aug29: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
what is it?
The Boeing 80 is an American airliner of the 1920s. A three-engined biplane, the Model 80 was built by the Boeing Airplane Company for Boeing's own airline, Boeing Air Transport, successfully carrying both airmail and passengers on scheduled services.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · 24.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 24.4 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928-07-27
- introduced
- 1928
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- role
- airliner
- makers
- Boeing
- engines
- 3× Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet / radial engine
- passengers
- 18
- length
- 17.2 m
- wingspan
- 24.4 m
- height
- 4.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,940 kg
- top speed
- 222 km/h
- cruise speed
- 201 km/h
- range
- 741 km
- ceiling
- 4,270 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q890198, Wikipedia: Boeing 80 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.