Boeing 767-X (767-200DD) double-decker: "The Hunchback of Mukilteo"

[Triton]

Artist impression of Boeing 767-X concept also known as "The Hunchback of Mukilteo".

 

[antigravite]

Artist impression of Boeing 767-X concept also known as "The Hunchback of Mukilteo".

In Boeing Frontiers' November 2012 issue, there's a four page article dealing with their model shop... And a spread with the "Hunckback of Mukilteo" too...


http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2012/november/#/36/

 

[Stargazer]

Re: Boeing 767-X double-decker: "The Hunchback of Mukilteo"

Topic split. Here is a scale model (possibly fan-made) in Cathay Pacific colors, and also the patent artwork.

Was the alternate designation 767-200DD kosher?

 

[fightingirish]

Boeing 767-X Concept, 1986

In 1986 Boeing announced the 767-X, a partial double-deck design with a 757 body section mounted over the aft main fuselage, extended wings, and a wider cabin. The proposal received little interest. The efforts to provide airlines with increased passenger capacity continued and eventually gave birth to the Boeing 777 in 1995.

Source: http://www.boeingimages.com/archive/Boeing 767-X Concept, 1986-2JRSXLJ8PSVI.html

 

[Boyington]

another concept of BOEING 767 1971

 

[alertken]

By 1986 first class was evaporating outside SEAsia where it was expanding. Logic of 757/piggy-back 767 was to segregate (what Virgin aleady termed) Upper Class from we cattle down below, so CX was a prime target with so much F/J. They dismissed it for a very-distinct CX reason, of "intelligent misuse": so a 747 in from an overnight sector would pop around the region, say 7 hour rotation, then off over the hills and far away. That's how for so long they had just 2 types in the fleet.

This model sat on CX/ED's desk awhile as a moral tale. What they wanted is what they helped to define and got: 747-400, then 777 in various iterations.

 

[riggerrob]

Dear alertken,
I have long wondered why modern airliners don't further separate first class from cattle class passengers.
Why not separate loading chutes ... airstairs?
How about seating first class passengers along the right side of the forward fuselage while confining cattle-class to a narrow corridor until their reach "their proper station in life?" Additional escape hatches can allow cattle to stampeded to their doom while first-class passengers enjoy a dignified stroll to safety. Sarcasm alert!

 

[thefrecklepuny]

A silly question perhaps, but could these concepts have made a good basis for an AWACS/AEW platform?

 

[isayyo2]

A silly question perhaps, but could these concepts have made a good basis for an AWACS/AEW platform?

Check out the 767-200 Airborne Surveillance Testbed, an Army program. Similar hump size, but over the cockpit.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/what-is-that-boeing-aircraft.10866/#post-102351

 

[thefrecklepuny]

A silly question perhaps, but could these concepts have made a good basis for an AWACS/AEW platform?

Check out the 767-200 Airborne Surveillance Testbed, an Army program. Similar hump size, but over the cockpit.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/what-is-that-boeing-aircraft.10866/#post-102351

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Hmmm...yes, looks similar-ish. Good call. I guess it could have worked. But such a big hump is probably redundant these days with miniaturized components. The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail and Saab 2000 Erieye have much smaller, more compact arrangements.

 

[LowObservable]

By 1986 first class was evaporating outside SEAsia where it was expanding. Logic of 757/piggy-back 767 was to segregate (what Virgin aleady termed) Upper Class from we cattle down below, so CX was a prime target with so much F/J. They dismissed it for a very-distinct CX reason, of "intelligent misuse": so a 747 in from an overnight sector would pop around the region, say 7 hour rotation, then off over the hills and far away. That's how for so long they had just 2 types in the fleet.

This model sat on CX/ED's desk awhile as a moral tale. What they wanted is what they helped to define and got: 747-400, then 777 in various iterations.

I had heard that a full-length upper deck would have run the aircraft out of baggage volume.