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specifically for their test pilot,

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Development and design

The Model 8 design was inspired by the

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. 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

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. The Model 8 first flew in 1920, and was the first aircraft to fly over

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. The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire in Kent, Washington in 1923.Bowers, 1989. pg. 54.

Specifications (BB-L6)

References

* Bowers, Peter M. ''Boeing aircraft since 1916''. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1989. .

External links

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