Scale: 1/100
Wingspan: 16.5"
Length: 13"
Code: KB377UAT

Despite a service record   remembered for one or two early disasters arising from a propeller design fitted to the Stratocruiser in its earlier years, Boeing's remarkable airliner was one of the most capable of post-war propeller-driven transports, and certainly among the most luxurious. Only 55 were built as airliners, joined eventually by the reconditioned prototype to make a total of 56. Another 60 of this general design (with significant engineering differences) were built as C-97 military transports, but the majority were built as KC-97 tankers, with many more military successors to follow.

The Stratocruiser flew premier services to Hawaii, across both oceans, and elsewhere in the world until superseded in the 1960s by jets such as the Boeing 707 and de Havilland Comet. Its spiral staircase, which led to a lower-deck lounge, inspired the one on the 747. It was one of the few airliners with a double-decker seating arrangement (another was the French Breguet Deux-Ponts) until the 747, though some airlines did have lower-level lounges on their L-1011 Tristar aircraft. The only survivors are converted Super Guppies.

United Air Lines, Inc., doing business as United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA), is a major airline based in the United States and one of the world's largest airlines with 48,000 employees   and 360 aircraft.  It is a subsidiary of UAL Corporation with corporate offices in Chicago. United's largest hub is Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. United also has hubs in Washington Dulles International Airport, Denver International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, and Los Angeles International Airport. United also maintains focus city operations at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. United is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, and offers connections to over 1,000 destinations in over 170 countries worldwide.   United's parent company UAL Corporation announced that it will move its operational base from suburban Elk Grove Township, Illinois, to the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in the Chicago Loop in 2010.