Author Topic: Did you know that the Millennium Falcon's cockpit was inspired by the WWII B-29 Superfortress bomber?  (Read 424 times)

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David Cenciotti
The Aviationist
December 15, 2015

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Did you know that the Star Wars saga most famous spacecraft featured a cockpit clearly inspired to a World War II heavy bomber?

Well, the iconic greenhouse-style window of the Millennium Falcon was designed with the style of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, a strategic bomber flying 30 years before Han Solo and Chewbacca first appeared driving the iconic spacecraft into the hyperspace, in mind.
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