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Remember the Morris 7.

please team me more about the Morris-7... almost went to work there just before they got acquired by SWA..PM if you prefer
 
There would be no SWA and 737's without the leap in technology by the B-29. The B-29 was such a hugh leap in aircraft capability. In 1941 it took 7 days to go from Washington DC to Guam on a Pam Am Flying Boat. In the spring of 1945 Curtis LeMay was called to DC to be briefed on the Atomic Bomb. He flew in a B-29, one stop at Hawaii and then non-stop DC. Round trip less than three days. In 1944 the B-29 was being flown in combat still basically in a prototype stage of development. It caused Hap Arnold, its father, at least two heart attacks.

BTW the B-29 at $5B 1945 dollars was the most expensive project of WWII, cost per airplane over $1M each for the 3500 produced, the second most expensive project was Radar, and the Bomb came in third.​
 

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