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Martin XB-48 prototype taxiing, showing spaces between engines for cooling, tandem main gear, and nacelle outriggers The Martin XB-48 was an American medium jet bomber developed in the mid-1940s. It competed with the Boeing B-47 Stratojet , which proved to be a superior design, and was largely considered as a backup plan in case the B-47 ran ...
Martin Baltimore medium bomber: 1941: retired 1949: 1,575: Martin PBM Mariner maritime patrol: 1939: retired 1964: 1,285: Martin Maryland medium bomber/reconnaissance bomber: 1939: retired 1945: 450: Martin AM Mauler attack aircraft: 1944: retired 1953: 151: Martin XB-27 heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned project: 0: Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy ...
United States bomber aircraft by decade of first flight ... Martin XB-48; Martin XB-33 Super Marauder; N. Naval Aircraft Factory TDN; North American B-25 Mitchell;
Pages in category "Martin aircraft" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... Martin XB-48; Martin XB-51; Martin B-57 Canberra;
The Glenn L. Martin Company, also known as The Martin Company from 1917 to 1961, was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the US and allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War .
Martin B-10, 25th Bombardment Squadron, Panama Canal Zone Martin B-10 during exercises over Oahu, Hawaii, 1941 The B-10 began a revolution in bomber design. Its all-metal monoplane airframe, along with its features of closed cockpits, rotating gun turrets (almost simultaneously with the 1933 British Boulton & Paul Overstrand biplane bomber's own enclosed nose-turret), retractable landing gear ...
It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an experimental plane developed for the US Air Force. Its inaugural flight — 60 years ago in September 1964 — kicked off a golden era for supersonic aircraft. The ...
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles.