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{{Short description|Biplane by Boeing}}
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 |caption="Boeing Model 8"
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 |type=civil biplane
 |manufacturer=[[Boeing]]
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 |first flight=24 May 1920
 |introduced=
 |retired=
 |status=destroyed
 |primary user=[[Herb Munter]]
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 |number built=1
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The '''Boeing Model 8''', a.k.a. '''BB-L6''', was an American [[biplane]] [[aircraft]] designed by [[Boeing]] specifically for their test pilot, [[Herb Munter]].

==Development and design==
The Model 8 design was inspired by the [[Ansaldo A.1 Balilla]]. The fuselage was covered in mahogany plywood, with a two-passenger forward cockpit and pilot rear cockpit, a seating configuration that would be the standard for all following three-seaters. The wing configuration and powerplant were similar to the [[Boeing Model 7]].<ref>Bowers, 1989. pg. 54.</ref>

The Model 8 first flew  in 1920, and was the first aircraft to fly over [[Mount Rainier]]. The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire in [[Kent, Washington]] in 1923.<ref>Bowers, 1989. pg. 54.</ref>
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==Specifications (BB-L6)==
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|ref=Bowers, 1989. pg. 54.
|prime units? = imp
|crew=one
|capacity=three
|length in=3
|span ft=44
|span in=9
|height ft=10
|height in=10
|wing area sqft=465
|empty weight lb=1,652
|gross weight lb=2,632
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Hall-Scott L-6]]
|eng1 hp=200
|max speed kmh=161
|max speed mph=100
|cruise speed kmh=145<!-- if max speed unknown -->
|cruise speed mph=90
|range km=724
|range miles=450
|ceiling ft=15,000
}}

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==References==
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* Bowers, Peter M. ''Boeing aircraft since 1916''. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1989. {{ISBN|0-85177-804-6}}.

==External links==
*[http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/boeing8.html Boeing Model 8 (BB-L6) (Russian)]

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