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Boeing 307 Stratoliner

FAA approach category A Default Aviator

Target for the Boeing 307 Stratoliner

Up to 60fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 60 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
76ktat 19,051 kg
Tail-strike limit
11°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
50 to 250mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Four-engine airliner derived from the B-17 bomber, with Wright Cyclone radials, and the first airliner in revenue service with a pressurized cabin, from 1940.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Vintage / Pre-1950 category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 60fpm
90≤ 120fpm
75≤ 210fpm
55≤ 330fpm
35≤ 450fpm
10≤ 600fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.20g
75≤ 1.35g
55≤ 1.55g
35≤ 1.75g
10≤ 2.00g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Boeing
Model
307
Variant
Stratoliner
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
20,412 kg (45,001 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Default Aviator

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Boeing 307 Stratoliner
  • 307 Stratoliner
  • 307Stratoliner
  • Boeing Stratoliner
  • Stratoliner

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.