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The P1Y was designed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal to Navy specification 15-Shi, [2], calling for a fast bomber with speed matching the Zero, range matching the G4M, a 907 kg (2,000 lb) bombload, and the ability to dive-bomb as well as carry torpedoes. As the result, the construction suffered from excess complexity, difficulty of ...
The SBU-1 completed flight tests in 1934 and went into production under a contract awarded in January 1935. The Corsair was the first aircraft of its type, a scout bomber, to fly faster than 200 mph. The last SBU Corsairs were retired from active service in 1941, being reassigned as trainers. [1]
Unlike the B-1A, the B-1B cannot reach Mach 2+ speeds; its maximum speed is Mach 1.25 (about 950 mph or 1,530 km/h at altitude), [77] but its low-level speed increased to Mach 0.92 (700 mph, 1,130 km/h). [64] The speed of the current version of the aircraft is limited by the need to avoid damage to its structure and air intakes.
Speeds of all-metal monoplanes of the 1930s jumped to 440.6 mph (709.1 km/h) with the Macchi M.C.72 floatplane. [16] The Messerschmitt Me 209 V1 set a world speed record of almost 756 km/h (470 mph) on 26 April 1939, [17] and the Republic XP-47J (a variant of the P-47 Thunderbolt) is claimed to have reached 504 mph (811 km/h). [18]
The Douglas DT bomber was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first military contract, forging a link between the company and the United States Navy.Navy Contract No. 53305 of April 1, 1921, required only 18 pages to set out the specifications that resulted in the purchase of three DT (D for Douglas, T for torpedo) folding-wing aircraft.
In March 1939, the US Army Air Corps issued a specification for a medium bomber that was capable of carrying a payload of 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) over 1,200 miles (1,900 km) at 300 mph (480 km/h). [3] North American Aviation (NAA) used its NA-40B design to develop the NA-62, which competed for the medium bomber contract. No YB-25 was available for ...
TBY-1 XTBU-1 Sea Wolf Prototype three-seat torpedo bomber powered by a R-2800-22 engine, one built. TBY-1 Sea Wolf Production variant of the XTBU-1, not built. TBY-2 Sea Wolf TBY-1 with an additional radar pod mounted under starboard-wing, 180 built, a further 920 were canceled.
The Lockheed XB-30 (company model L-249) [1] was the design submitted by Lockheed after the request by the United States Army Air Forces for a very heavy bomber, the same request that led to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the Douglas XB-31 and Consolidated B-32 Dominator.