Manufacturer: | The Boeing Company |
Country: | United States of America |
ICAO Type designator: | C97 |
First flight: | 9 November 1944 |
Production ended: | 1958 |
Production total: | 888 |
Series: | C-97A: Initial transport version
C-97C: Second production version C-97G: KC-97G converted to transport C-97L: KC-97L converted to transport EC-97G: ELINT conversion KC-97G KC-97E: Aerial refueling tanker version KC-97F: Aerial refueling tanker version with R-4360-59B engines and minor changes KC-97G: Dual-role aerial refueling tankers/cargo transportation aircraft. KC-97L: KC-97G modified with two J47 turbojet engines on underwing pylons XC-97: Military designation of the prototype |
Propulsion: | 4 piston engines |
Maximum number of passengers: | 96 |
Maximum take-off mass: | 66134 kg |
ICAO Mass group: | 4 |