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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 Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Boeing 320 six-engine, twin-hull flying boat [28] Boeing 321 twin-engine patrol flying boat; Boeing 322 precursor of the B-29; Boeing 323 four-engine passenger flying boat; Boeing 324 patrol derivative of the 314; Boeing 325 four-engine, high-wing transport; Boeing 326 six-engine flying boat for Pan Am; Boeing 327 four-engine flying boat for Pan Am
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.
Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats.A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.
Short S23 "C" Class or "Empire" flying boat A PBM Mariner takes off in 1942 Dornier X in 1932. A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. [1] It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
Macchi M.3 single engine flying boat used as an airliner; Macchi M.16 single-seat sport biplane; Macchi M.C.73 open-cockpit sports biplane; Macchi M.C.94 twin-engine monoplane flying boat airliner; Macchi M.C.100 trimotor monoplane flying boat airliner; Macchi M.B.308 two-seat sport utility aircraft; Macchi M.B.320 twin-engine cabin monoplane
The initial design was carried out by Isaac M. Laddon, an employee of Consolidated Aircraft, and then passed to Boeing for detailed design and construction. The new flying boat, the Boeing Model 50, was a two-bay biplane of very streamlined design for flying boats of the time. The wings were of metal construction, with wooden wingtips and ...