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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, even the 111Z could not tow a fully laden Gigant, and although a small batch became operational they saw little action.
Development of the Twin Mustang began in October 1943. Two new-design fuselages based on the XP-51F were lengthened by a 57 in (1,400 mm) fuselage plug inserted behind the cockpit and joined by a center wing section mounting six .50 caliber (12.7mm) M3 Browning machine guns. The prototype XP-82 carried an eight-gun pod beneath the center wing ...
The two cockpit canopies are coated with a thin film of gold to protect the occupant's eyes from a nuclear flash By the 1960s, the United States military was developing the swing-wing F-111 project as a follow-on to the Republic F-105 Thunderchief , a fast low-level fighter-bomber designed in the 1950s with an internal bay for a nuclear weapon ...
Based on the M337B but with two 317 shp (236 kW) Allison 250-B15 turboprop engines, a longer span wing, and improved high lift devices. Designated O-2T, only a single prototype was built. [19] [14] 351 Also known as the O-2TT, a proposed variant of the O-2T with a tandem two-seat cockpit for the pilot and observer. Only a mockup was built.
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 ...
The attempt by an off-duty pilot to shut down the engines of a U.S. airliner in midflight highlights the threat that insiders pose to aviation safety with their ability to go where passengers are ...
The pilot, copilot, and flight engineer are accommodated in the right fuselage cockpit. [39] The flight data systems are in the left fuselage. [40] [41] The left fuselage cockpit is unmanned with storage space for up to 2,500 lb of mission-specific support equipment. Both fuselage cockpits are pressurized and separated by a composite pressure ...
Remains from all 67 victims of the midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent an American Airlines regional plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River have been ...