Talk:Douglas DC-4E

There seem to be two figures for passenger numbers about, 42 and 52. This page did give both, without explanation of the difference, before I changed one 52 to 42 to avoid confusion. 42 is Jane's 1938 number, but that was 40 + 2, the lucky 2 having a "stateroom" to themselves. Presumably other layouts were considered and maybe even tried out, and conversion of the stateroom to more normal seating would increase the numbers. Does anyone have citable evidence that the upper row of windows lit the bunks (for 28 overnight passengers, in Jane's layout) and not the "upper deck" that is sometimes suggested? Photos of the aircraft on the ground suggest very little headroom above these windows, consistent with the bunk-light idea. An internal layout drawing at sky-sovereign-dc-4e.blogspot.com/ also seems compatible with this suggestion, which I first saw on their site.TSRL (talk) 15:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I guess the fact that this plane has a tri-tail and is shorter than the DC-4, and the fact that it was it's own unique plane, makes the Douglas DC-4E one of my favorite planes.--707 00:19, 8 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by White Star Line Fan (talk • contribs)