Talk:Lockheed XC-35

Historical Significance

I found constant references to the Boeing 307 as being the first commercial aircraft with pressurization (a true statement) however there is surprisingly little information on this aircraft, which to my knowledge was the first pressurized aircraft of any type. Does anybody know of an earlier aircraft with pressurization? Ratsbew (talk) 20:16, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

• • There is a short and rather error strewn piece in Jane's AWA 1938 about it. They don't say it's unique, explicitly, but describe it without reference to any obvious predecessor or equivalent.TSRL (talk) 20:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

The claim here is that the XC-35 was the first pressurised aircraft, but is that right? Its first flight was 19370509, but the Junkers Ju 49 first flew 19321101, nearly 5 years earlier. By the summer of 1934 this aircraft was flying with its cabin pressurised at altitudes higher than the XC-35s ceiling.TSRL (talk) 19:45, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Modified article to include this information. Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy.Ratsbew (talk) 23:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

If you follow the link to the entry for the Ju-49 you'll see that this article still must be wrong - according to that, the Ju-49 was only the second working pressurized aircraft, while an American built DH.9A was the first one, worldwide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.187.106.103 (talk) 16:09, 29 November 2013 (UTC)