Douglas DC-7

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The Douglas DC-7 is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner introduced in the 1950s, known as one of the last major piston-powered transports before the jet age.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Douglas DC-7 canonical 8
Douglas DC-7 (conceptual lineage) 1
Douglas DC-7A 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
four-engined aircraft ⓘ
piston-engined airliner ⓘ
aircraftRole cargo transport ⓘ
long-range airliner ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
configuration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 580 km/h ⓘ
DC-7CNickname Seven Seas ⓘ
developedFrom Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith American Airlines ⓘ
firstFlight 1953-05-18 ⓘ
firstOperator American Airlines ⓘ
height 10.29 m ⓘ
ICAOTypeDesignator DC7 ⓘ
introduced 1953 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length 34.65 m ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumPassengerCapacity 105 ⓘ
maximumSpeed 644 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 61,235 kg ⓘ
notableFeature one of the last major piston-powered long-range airliners before the jet age ⓘ
numberBuilt 338 ⓘ
powerplant 4 × Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engines ⓘ
pressurizedCabin yes ⓘ
primaryUser American Airlines ⓘ
BOAC ⓘ
Pan American World Airways ⓘ
United Airlines ⓘ
productionEnd 1958 ⓘ
productionStart 1953 ⓘ
range 7,200 km ⓘ
retiredFromAirlineService 1970s ⓘ
serviceCeiling 7,600 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Douglas DC-8 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 69 ⓘ
usedFor transatlantic flights ⓘ
transcontinental flights ⓘ
variant Douglas DC-7A ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7

Douglas DC-7B ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7

Douglas DC-7C ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7

Douglas DC-7F ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7
wingArea 134.3 m² ⓘ
wingspan 38.86 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone → notableApplication → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. → designed → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
Douglas DC-6 → followedBy → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
Douglas DC-8 → developedFrom → Douglas DC-7 (conceptual lineage) ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-7 → variant → Douglas DC-7A ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-7 → variant → Douglas DC-7B ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-7 → variant → Douglas DC-7C ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-7 → variant → Douglas DC-7F ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-4 → developedInto → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
Caledonian Airways → fleetType → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. → notableWork → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
subject linked to: Donald
National Airlines (US) → fleetType → Douglas DC-7 ⓘ