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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 ...
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.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
The B-50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary. [ citation needed ] It began receiving the first production models of the new Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bomber in 1951 and despite initial difficulties, the Stratojet became the ...
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Bomber 1941 Surviving example. The Swoose: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Bomber United States Army Air Forces: World War II Oldest surviving B-17. Texas Raiders: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress: Bomber Commemorative Air Force: 1944-2022 Destroyed in Mid Air Collision November 12, 2022 That's All, Brother: Douglas C-47 ...
NBC News In today's economy, workers are lucky if they can stay in the same job or career for more than a year. And then there are people like 93-year old Elinor Otto, who works in the same place ...
Nancy Love, pilot (left), and Betty Gillies (right), co-pilot, the first women to fly the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. The two WAFS were set to ferry a B-17 named "Queen Bee" to England when their flight was canceled by General Hap Arnold. In 1942, Gillies was the first pilot to qualify for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron.
Image credits: debdeman #6. Not me but my mother. My mom bought the travel insurance on her Disneyworld trip because she is bipolar and thought if she had a bad day they would get a refund.