-22 seats
-108 mph
-17,600
lb. max. gross take-off weight
-1000 mile range
-2 Pratt & Whitney Hornet Engines (575hp)
-68ft Length
-16ft Height
-100ft Span
Served during the 1920’s
& 30’s in the Caribbean area.
The Commodore was the first passenger aircraft to have upholstered seats.
Originally designed as a Naval Patrol Flying
Boat.
By 1944 Commodores had been
adapted for navigational training & Pan Am trained hundreds of Royal Force
navigators.
Three were acquired by NYRBA
– New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Airlines.
Pan Am had 14 Commodores and the final one
went out of service September 19, 1946 after 16 years of service.
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