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The M-55 set a total of 15 FAI world records, all of which still stand today: [8] On 21 September 1993, an M-55 piloted by Victor Vasenkov from the 8th State R&D Institute of the Air Force named after V. P. Chkalov at Akhtubinsk reached a class record altitude of 21,360 m (70,080 ft) in class C-1j (Landplanes: take-off weight 20,000 to 25,000 ...
Designated RB-57F, the design was almost an entirely new aircraft with a three-spar wing structure of 122 feet span, powerful new Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-11 main engines and two detachable underwing J60-P-9s for boost thrust at high altitude. The aircraft carried high-altitude cameras which were able to take oblique shots at 45 degrees up to 60 ...
Myasishchev M-55, a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft M55 self propelled howitzer , an American self-propelled artillery piece M55 machine gun trailer mount , an American quadruple .50 caliber machine gun system based on the M45 Quadmount
A USAF SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.
M-17 "Mystic-A": high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 1970 M-18 : supersonic bomber design, 1972; cancelled in favor of the Tupolev Tu-160 M-19 : hypersonic air and space plane; various engine and fuel types, 1974
Military aircraft. MDR-5 - 1938 reconnaissance aircraft; R-1 - 1952 flying boat; Be-1 - 1964 experimental ground effect aircraft; Be-4 - 1940 reconnaissance flying boat; Be-6 - 1949 maritime patrol flying boat; VVA-14 - 1972 ground effect aircraft; Civilian aircraft. Be-8 - 1947 passenger and liaison floatplane; Be-30 - 1967 regional airliner ...
Airframe breaks up after falling to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) before impact. [266] 24 November A Boeing B-47E-60-BW Stratojet, 51-5233, c/n 450518, [94] of the 341st Bomb Wing, runs off runway upon landing at Dyess AFB, Texas, tearing away the port inboard engine nacelle. Aircraft may have been also attempting a go-around. All crew survives. [267] 5 ...
The group carried this marking until April, when the 313th Wing changed its marking to that of a 126-inch-diameter (3.2 m) circle in black to outline a 63-inch-high (1.6 m) group letter. The 9th Bombardment Group conducted four training missions against the Japanese-held Maug Islands in the Northern Marianas on 27, 29, 31 January, and 6 February.