"Prowlus" wrote in message
m...
Looking at a recent article of the convair xc-99 pusher transport I'm
suprised convair didn't consider turning it into a civil airlinner
during development . With the ability to carry 400 passengers,
wouldn't this plane have ushured in the concept of mass-air travel
decades before the 747 if it had been built?


Convair actually proposed an airliner version (Type 37).

It was rated to carry 204 pax rather than 400, the military
packed em in rather tight. The civil version would have
been a turboprop.

http://www.air-and-space.com/xc99.htm

Keith





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