Consolidated Commodore

what is it?

The Consolidated Commodore was an American flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft and used for passenger travel in the 1930s, mostly in the Caribbean, operated by companies like Pan American Airways.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 engines · 30.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 206 km/htop speed
• range 1,600 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 22passengers
• size 7,980 kgmax take-off weight
• built 14made in total

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 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 30.5 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,600 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight

1929

introduced

1930

number built

14

role

commercial transport flying-boat

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Consolidated Aircraft

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B radial piston

passengers

22

length

18.8 m

wingspan

30.5 m

height

4.8 m

max take-off weight

7,980 kg

top speed

206 km/h

range

1,600 km

ceiling

3,050 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.