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Martin XB-27 heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned project: 0: Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned project: 0: Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber: 1936: retired 1942: 31: North American A-27 attack: 1940: retired 1941: 10: North American T-6 Texan light attack: 1940: retired: 15,495 [notes 4] North American XB-21 medium bomber ...
The XB-42 was developed initially as a private venture; an unsolicited proposal was presented to the United States Army Air Forces in May 1943. This resulted in an Air Force contract for two prototypes and one static test airframe, the USAAF seeing an intriguing possibility of finding a bomber capable of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress's range without its size or cost.
XB-19A at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base before scrapping. The new U.S. Air Force had plans to save the XB-19 for eventual display, but in 1949 the Air Force did not have a program to save historic aircraft and the Air Force Museum had not yet been built. [10] [11] The XB-19 was therefore scrapped, but two of its enormous main tires were saved. [c]
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (8,000 km) range. For a year beginning in mid-1935 it was designated the XBLR-1. When it first flew in 1937, it was the most massive and ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1.. WASHINGTON ...
Turlock High School basketball coach John Williams is pictured celebrating in 2020. Williams, 48, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, from injuries suffered in a car crash.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Canadian football: Trans-Canada Air Lines: Canadair North Star: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada: 62: 5: Five players were killed returning from that year's all-star game in Vancouver. The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains. 6 February 1958 ...