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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 ...
Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned 1935 project: 0: Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber: 1937: retired prototype 1944: 1: Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber: 1943: Lost 1943 project cancelled: 1: Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber: 1944: retired prototype: 1: Boeing XF8B fighter bomber: 1944: retired prototype: 3: Boeing XPBB Sea ...
The 1950 Rivière-du-Loup B-50 nuclear weapon loss incident refers to loss of a nuclear weapon near Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada, during the fall of 1950.The bomb was released due to engine troubles, and then was destroyed in a non-nuclear detonation before it hit the ground.
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 ...
Boeing 106 – used on Model 80, P-12, Monomail, Model 226; Boeing 106B – used on Model 95, Model 247D, P-12; Boeing 106R – used on various Beriev models; Boeing 109 – used on Model 95 and P-26; Boeing 117 – used on XPBB, B-29 and derivatives (307, 367, 377), all Aero Spacelines models, Tupolev Tu-4, Tu-70, Tu-75 and Tu-80.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress; Boeing B-50 Superfortress; Boeing B-54; Boeing EA-18G Growler; Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; Boeing KB-29 Superfortress; Boeing MQ-25 Stingray; Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing; Boeing XB-15; Boeing XB-39 Superfortress; Boeing Y1B-20; Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk; Bolkhovitinov S; Bonney Gull; Borel hydro-monoplane ...
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s, and by NASA for nearly 50
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