General Aviation GA-43 airliner - photos

[Altair]

General Aviation GA-43 airliner from the 1930s. Only 5 were built.




Previously:

Lockheed ring wing airliner concept - GIF
Boom Overture supersonic airliner - photos
Dassault Mercure airliner - photos
Boeing 2707 prototype supersonic airliner - photos
First Boeing 747 airliner - photo

[Duke_of_URL]

It looks like the Flight Deck was an afterthought. Paraphrasing an old aviation maxim, "No look good, no fly good."

[mklotz]

Reminds me of a Margaret Halsey quote...

Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any.

Looks like it was designed by someone who had often heard airplanes described, but had never seen one.

Given the technical sophistication of aircraft in the 30s, I doubt passengers would have been reassured by a single engine airliner.