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307 Stratoliner · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The illustrated Sperry controls set heading, bank and pitch. The guide explicitly says it will not capture the selected altitude; pitch adjustment remains part of levelling off.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 6
307 Stratoliner · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Local Legend 10 brought the Stratoliner to MSFS in June 2023. Microsoft lists Boeing Delivery, Emerald Harbor, WorldTravel and AREA liveries for this release.
2023-06-30 · release and package scope
The Stratoliner drew on Boeing's B-17 engineering while using a broad circular fuselage for passengers. Four radial engines powered the low-wing, tailwheel aircraft. It entered commercial service in 1940 and represented an early move toward flying above much of the weather.
Only a small number were built, and individual aircraft had eventful later histories. A flight engineer managed its period systems, with those crew responsibilities represented in the simulator manual.
Aircraft / family
C. V. Glines · retrospective drawing on Bob Buck’s memoirs
Charles Pope · 6 August 2003
Final report · first officer’s statement, PDF page 5
James Wallace · 20 February 2003; identifies first officer Michael Carriker
Boeing built the Model 314 Clipper as a flying boat.
314A technical table in Boeing historical reference
707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The manual describes tab-assisted elevator and aileron controls, hydraulic roll spoilers and a boosted rudder. Outboard ailerons are inactive with flaps up. Stabiliser trim has interlinked manual wheels, electric control, a motion light and electrical cutouts.
Working Title / iniBuilds · MSFS 2024 manual v4.1, 11 August 2026 · physical PDF pp.100–105; §§14.1–14.6
707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The three cockpit choices pair the combi airframe with a Carousel IV-A INS, Universal UNS-1Lw or Garmin GNS 530W. The manual says the navigation fit is independent of livery, with separate chapters explaining each interface.
MSFS 2024 manual v4.1 · physical PDF pp.12–13; chapter 2
707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The 707’s EFB app groups flight-engineer flows, door controls, performance data cards and preferences. Its CIVA tab appears for the INS variant. The flight-engineer page also controls continuous automations, giving the single simmer help with a multi-person cockpit.
MSFS 2024 manual v4.1 · physical PDF p.14; §3.1
707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The September 2024 Famous Flyer 10 release offers the convertible 707-320C through the MSFS 2020 Marketplace. The announcement lists six liveries, including Boeing Delivery and Pan Am.
2024-09-24 · release and package scope
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