The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a WWII era long range, strategic heavy bomber that was produced in many experimental and production models. Section source:...
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The Boeing KB-29 was a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress for air refueling needs by the USAF. Two primary versions were developed and produced: KB-29M...
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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during...
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The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber. A post–World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, it was fitted with more powerful...
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This is a list of Boeing B-29 Superfortress units consisting of nations, their air forces, and the unit assignments that used the B-29 during World War...
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The Boeing B-54 was an American strategic bomber designed by Boeing for use by the United States Air Force. Derived from the YB-50C Superfortress, construction...
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Tupolev Tu-4 (category Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
late 1940s to mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, having been reverse-engineered from seized aircraft that had...
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The 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash occurred 21 July 1948 when a Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress, modified into an F-13 reconnaissance platform and...
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants Boeing Y1B-20 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing KB-29 Superfortress Boeing XB-39 Superfortress B-29 Superfortress...
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Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, itself a derivative of the B-29 Superfortress...
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an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a heavy bomber...
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of the B-29 Superfortress with the tail, wing, and engine layout being nearly identical. The XC-97 and YC-97 can be distinguished from the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser...
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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...
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production of the Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger. This order was cancelled, however, to free the factory for production of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the factory...
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based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress), greatly modified with all the necessary tanks, plumbing, and a flying boom first developed for the KB-29 bomber. The...
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other American piston bombers of the day, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and Boeing B-50 Superfortress, were also too limited in range.: 124–126 Intercontinental...
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The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed...
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Aircraft in parallel with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress as a fallback design should the B-29 prove unsuccessful. The B-32 reached units in the Pacific...
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boom. The Stratocruiser airliner itself was developed from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber after World War II. In the KC-97, the mixed gasoline/kerosene...
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and important bombers, from the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29 Superfortress to the jet-powered B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress, but its commercial...
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Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy (category Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
Cruise speed: 240 mph (386 km/h, 208 kn) Related development Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy Aero Spacelines...
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Aero Spacelines Super Guppy (redirect from Aero Spacelines B-377SG Super Guppy)
(422 kg/m2) Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (0.18 kW/kg) Related development Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy Aero Spacelines...
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Bockscar (redirect from Bockscar (B-29))
Campbell 2005, p. 184. "Boeing B-29 Superfortress". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2013. "Bockscar:...
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Spirit AeroSystems (redirect from Boeing Wichita)
several models of strategic bomber aircraft including the B-29 Superfortress, B-47 Stratojet, and B-52 Stratofortress. The Wichita factory primarily builds...
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Tupolev Tu-75 (category Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
was a military transport variant of the Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The Tu-75 was similar to...
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breakthroughs of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and other modern types had surpassed the bombers that served from the start of the war. The B-24 was rapidly...
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Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone (section Variants)
experiencing problems with reliability when used to power the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. After the war, the engine had matured sufficiently to be used...
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Silverplate (category Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
Originally the name for the aircraft modification project which enabled a B-29 Superfortress bomber to drop an atomic weapon, "Silverplate" eventually came to...
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Aircraft in fiction (redirect from B-52 Stratofortress in fiction)
B-25s were used in the production and other B-25s were re-created with CGI. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress has played an important role in several Hollywood...
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Tupolev Tu-70 (category Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
Cart) was a Soviet passenger variant of the Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Designed immediately after...
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