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The sole XB-44 Superfortress was a B-29 Superfortress converted to test the possibility of using the R-4360 radial engine.. Development of an improved B-29 started in 1944, with the desire to replace the unreliable Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines with the more powerful four-row, 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines, America's largest-ever displacement aircraft ...
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The Lucky Lady II was a B-50 of the 43rd Bombardment Group, equipped with 12 .50-caliber (12.7mm) machine guns. For its circumnavigation mission, a fuel tank was added in the bomb bay for extra range. The mission required a double crew with three pilots, under the command of Capt. James Gallagher. The crews rotated in shifts of four to six hours.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress: Kee Bird: 45-21847 Boeing F-13 Superfortress: 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash: 45-21866 Boeing B-29 Superfortress: 1948 Waycross B-29 crash: 45-48846 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress: The Pink Lady: 46-010 Boeing B-50A Superfortress: Lucky Lady II: 48-0620 Lockheed VC-121A Constellation: Columbine II: 49-0268 Boeing B ...
The 1950 Rivière-du-Loup B-50 nuclear weapon loss incident refers to loss of a nuclear weapon near Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada, during the fall of 1950. The bomb was released due to engine troubles, and then was destroyed in a non-nuclear detonation before it hit the ground.
The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter is a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft developed from the B-29 and B-50 bombers. Design work began in 1942, the first of three prototype XC-97s flew on 9 November 1944 and the first of six service-test YC-97s flew on 11 March 1947.
Boeing 299E/299M B-17B; Boeing 299F YB-17A; Boeing 299H B-17D; Boeing 299J proposed B-17 derivative with tricycle landing gear, shoulder-mounted wings and B-24 like fuselage; Boeing 299-O B-17E; Boeing 299P B-17F, B-17G; Boeing 299Z B-17G modified as a testbed for turboprops; Boeing 300 original proposal of the 307; basically a four-engine 247 ...
The Boeing B-54 was an American strategic bomber designed by Boeing for use by the United States Air Force. Derived from the YB-50C Superfortress , construction of the prototype was canceled before completion, and the aircraft was never flown.