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During World War II the need arose for a heavy glider tug capable of towing the large Gotha Go 242 and even larger Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant. The Heinkel He 111Z Zwilling (twin) was created by joining two He 111 fuselages with a new wing centre section and adding a fifth central engine. Although liked by its pilots when it first flew in 1941 ...
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, doing a parachute drop from the rear de Havilland Vampire T.11, whose booms keep the rear fuselage clear of the jet exhaust Caproni Ca.3, whose booms provided clearance for a propeller - and a position for a gunner to fire to the rear. A twin-boom aircraft has two longitudinal auxiliary booms.
Aircraft historian René Francillon speculates that Hughes probably initiated the project for another circumnavigation record attempt, but the outbreak of World War II closed much of the world's airspace and made it difficult to buy aircraft parts without government approval, so he decided to sell the aircraft to the U.S. military instead.
The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...
2.3 Fuselage. 2.4 Wing. 2.5 Systems. 3 Operational history. ... Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, [231] World War II Warbirds [232] General ...
The pilot would have sat in a cockpit located in the port fuselage, with the starboard being smoothed over. Two versions were planned: a heavy fighter with four or six 30 mm MK 108 cannons, and a Schnellbomber (fast bomber) variant with two 30 mm MK 108 cannons and a bomb load of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) carried beneath the fuselages. [3]
Stinson OY Sentinel - Observation/liaison aircraft; Stinson R3Q - Trainer/utility aircraft; Spartan NP - Trainer; Taylorcraft LNT - Observation/liaison aircraft; Timm N2T Tutor - Trainer; Vought F4U Corsair - Carrier-based fighter; Vought O3U Corsair - Scout; Vought OS2U Kingfisher - Observation aircraft; Vought SBU - Carrier-based dive bomber ...
PB4Y-2 with new fuselage Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan: United States: 1943: 255: ... The Hamlyn Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II. London: Bounty Books.