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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 ...
In 1950 the next generation of tactical trucks were being developed. Sizes were rationalized, with 1 ⁄ 4 and 3 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4s and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5, and 10-ton 6x6s. Trucks were military standard designs, 6x6 trucks used common cabs and similar fender and hood styles. [14]
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.
The Rockwell B-1 Lancer [b] is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force.It has been nicknamed the "Bone" (from "B-One"). [2] [3] As of 2024, it is one of the United States Air Force's three strategic bombers, along with the B-2 Spirit and the B-52 Stratofortress.
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 ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it would require inspections of Boeing 787 Dreamliners following an incident in March when a LATAM Airlines plane went ...
List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses; Beechcraft L-23 Seminole; Bell H-13 Sioux; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-29 Superfortress; Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter; Douglas C-124 Globemaster II; Douglas F3D Skyknight; Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer; Curtiss C-46 Commando; Douglas A-1 Skyraider; Douglas A-26 Invader; Douglas C-47 ...