The Boeing XB-39 Superfortress was a United States prototype bomber aircraft, a single example of the B-29 Superfortress converted to fly with alternative...
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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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pounds (16,000 kg) Related development Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing XB-39 Superfortress Boeing B-50 Superfortress Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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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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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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advanced USAAF projects of the day, including the Douglas XB-19, the Boeing XB-39 Superfortress, the Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning, and the Fisher P-75...
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Flying Fortress XB-39 Superfortress Related lists List of bomber aircraft List of military aircraft of the United States Notes "Vega XB-38". www.joebaugher...
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four-engined designs (to become B-45 and XB-46), while Boeing and Martin were to build six-engined aircraft (the B-47 and XB-48). The powerplant was to be General...
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winner. On 28 June 1946, Boeing was issued a letter of contract for US$1.7 million to build a full-scale mockup of the new XB-52 and do preliminary engineering...
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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...
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Consolidated B-32 Dominator (redirect from Consolidated XB-32 Dominator)
role, configuration, and era Avro Lincoln Boeing B-29 Superfortress Douglas XB-31 Lockheed XB-30 Martin XB-33 Super Marauder Messerschmitt Me 264 Tupolev...
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List of aircraft (Bf–Bo) (section Boeing)
Boeing Y1B-20 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress Boeing XB-39 Superfortress Boeing B-40 Flying Fortress Boeing B-44 Superfortress...
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impressed by its performance, so Boeing was awarded a development contract. The aircraft has since been referred to as the XB-17, but this designation was...
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker (redirect from Convair XB-36)
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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Fighter Boeing XB-15/XC-105 - Long-range bomber/transport Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Heavy bomber Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Heavy bomber Boeing-Stearman...
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B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing XB-39 Superfortress United States 1944 1 alternative engine for B-29 project Boeing XB-44 Superfortress United States 1945 1...
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Operational 150+ Boeing XB-15 US Heavy bomber 1937 Prototype 1 Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress US Heavy bomber 1943 Prototype 1 Boeing XB-39 Superfortress US Heavy...
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period, He also test flew the XB-17 and determined that it would provide an ideal basis for an airliner, and so Boeing was approached with the idea. A...
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Peacemakers, the only surviving North American XB-70 Valkyrie and Bockscar—the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki...
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Consolidated R2Y (redirect from Convair Model 39)
Privateer. The final design looked much like a smaller, high-wing Boeing B-29 Superfortress, but with windows for passengers. The aircraft was meant to carry...
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Aircraft in fiction (section B-29 Superfortress)
the production and other B-25s were re-created with CGI. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress has played an important role in several Hollywood films, particularly...
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fighter Boeing XB-15/XC-105 long-range bomber/transport Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber Boeing-Stearman...
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General Electric J47 (redirect from General Electric X-39)
pounds-force (25 kN) thrust, powered the F-86F & F-86K Boeing B-47 Stratojet Boeing KB-50J Superfortress Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Chase XC-123A Convair B-36...
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painted as UC-43 39-139 Bell P-39Q Airacobra 44-3887 Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24485 "Memphis Belle" Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-27297 "Bockscar"...
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Tornado originally BE BJ Boeing XB-39 Superfortress BK Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster BK Boeing B-50 Superfortress BL Boeing XB-44 Superfortress BM Convair B-36 Peacemaker...
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Northrop conversion of XB-35 to jet power B-50 Superfortress – Boeing (redesignated from B-29D) B-50C Superfortress – Boeing (redesignated B-54, not...
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band gun aiming radar for Boeing B-29 Superfortress AN/APG-15 S band tail gun aiming radar for Boeing B-29B Superfortress and Consolidated PB4Y Privateer...
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator (redirect from Consolidated XB-24)
the end of World War II, the technological breakthroughs of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and other modern types had surpassed the bombers that served from...
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glazed and came to a rounded point (similar to the noses of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Heinkel He 111 and Arado Ar 234) to reduce drag. The Il-22 had...
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Martin B-26 Marauder (redirect from Martin XB-26D Marauder)
accepted for service by the USAAC, until the introduction of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, with the then-astonishing wing loading of 69.12 lb/sq ft (337...
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