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  2. Boeing B-50 Superfortress - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Lucky Lady II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:Aircraft first flown in 1947 - Wikipedia

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    B. Baumann Brigadier; Beechcraft Model 34; Bell H-13 Sioux; Beriev Be-8; Blackburn Firecrest; Boeing 377 Stratocruiser; Boeing B-47 Stratojet; Boeing B-50 Superfortress; Boeing L-15 Scout; Boulton Paul Balliol; Nelson Dragonfly; Bréguet 482; Bristol Sycamore; Brochet MB.50

  5. Equipment of Strategic Air Command - Wikipedia

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    B-29 Superfortress: 1946: 1953 Combat aircraft: B-36 Peacemaker: 1948: 1958 Combat aircraft: B-45 Tornado: 1950: 1953 Combat aircraft: B-47 Stratojet: 1951: 1965 Combat aircraft: B-50 Superfortress: 1948: 1954 Combat aircraft: B-52 Stratofortress: 1955: 1992 Combat aircraft: B-57 Canberra: 1956: 1962 Combat aircraft: B-58 Hustler: 1960: 1969 ...

  6. Operation Power Flite - Wikipedia

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    Lucky Lady II was a Boeing B-50 Superfortress of the 43rd Bombardment Group with an additional fuel tank added in the bomb bay to provide additional range. It became the first airplane to circumnavigate the globe nonstop, when it made the journey in 94 hours and one minute in 1949, assisted by refueling the plane in flight.

  7. Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter is a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft developed from the B-29 and B-50 bombers. Design work began in 1942, the first of three prototype XC-97s flew on 9 November 1944 and the first of six service-test YC-97s flew on 11 March 1947.

  8. An expanding coalition of health and consumer advocates is campaigning against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to the top U.S. health job over concerns about his activism against vaccines and ...

  9. Christmas tree (aviation) - Wikipedia

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    As newer bomber and aircraft eventually entered the SAC inventory, the 'Christmas tree' aprons would be used by the B-47 Stratojet, B-52 Stratofortress, Convair B-58 Hustler, General Dynamics FB-111, Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender aircraft.

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