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The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944.
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber: 1935 retired 1946: 350: Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber: 1931 retired prototype: 8: Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber: 1929 retired prototype: 7: Great Lakes BG dive bomber: 1933 retired 1941: 61: Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber: 1927 retired prototype: 1: Keystone B-3 light bomber: 1929 retired 1940: 36: Keystone B-4 heavy ...
The July 1944 unofficial record of the Me 163B V18 was officially surpassed in November 1947, when Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 to 1,434 km/h (891 mph). The official speed record for a seaplane moved by piston engine is 709.209 km/h (440.682 mph), which attained on 24 October 1934, by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72 seaplane ...
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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 ...
UK: Subsonic: Bomber: 1952: Retired: Tailless. Avro 707: UK: Experimental: ... First aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph. One example rebuilt as BAC 221. ... Experimental ...
The set went on to sell for over $8 million at a Sotheby’s auction in early 2024, smashing records for the most expensive sneakers ever sold in history. 2. Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals ...
The Development of the Heavy Bomber, 1918–1944 (PDF), US Air Force Historical Studies, Historical Division, Air University, 1951, pp. 87– 88 "The Douglas B-19". Flight. 19 June 1941. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013 "The World's Biggest Bomber". Popular Mechanics. Vol. 74, no. 6.