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[k0ua]

In the 50's a Navy plane took off in Australia and flew to the USA non stop & un-refueled.
What was it????

Maybe a PBY totally stripped and loaded with fuel cans?... I dunno.. just guessing.

 

[crash325]

Maybe a PBY totally stripped and loaded with fuel cans?... I dunno.. just guessing.

Thanks for guessing. But you are not correct.

It was a land based plane. Not any type of sea plane.

 

[Depmandog]

Sorry, had to cheat on this one. If you've been to the museum at Pensacola you have seen it.

 

[k0ua]

B36? just another guess

 

[crash325]

B36? just another guess

Sorry, had to cheat on this one. If you've been to the museum at Pensacola you have seen it.

Dean

Morning folks,

Sorry James it was not the B-36. Those were beautiful monsters that I could see going by out my high school window.

The later versions did have 1 thing in common with the plane in question.
In the early 60s I got my flight time in 1. Bounce hops to El Centro for take off & landing practice.

New question
The Russians at Stalin's instance did what with a captured B29??

 

[k0ua]

New question
The Russians at Stalin's instance did what with a captured B29??

Finally one I know: They made a perfect copy of it right down to the Boeing emblem on the yokes.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

There was an aircraft that was used by both the U.S. and Canada as submarine hunters in WWII. It was dubbed the "Bolo". What was it's military designation, who built it and upon what civilian prototype was it based?

Answer: The B-18; built by Douglas based on the DC-2 design. I was personally acquainted with a crew member who flew on one in WWII, and he said they were quite effective until the Germans started putting radar on their subs.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

This should be an easy one...not military related, but it is pretty close to home. There is a breed of dog, known in international circles as "The American Gentleman". What breed is this and what were its ancestors?

 

[turnkey4099]

Morning folks,

Sorry James it was not the B-36. Those were beautiful monsters that I could see going by out my high school window.

The later versions did have 1 thing in common with the plane in question.
In the early 60s I got my flight time in 1. Bounce hops to El Centro for take off & landing practice.

New question
The Russians at Stalin's instance did what with a captured B29??

Copied it down to the most minue detail to include one drilled hole that did nothing. Named their vertsion the TU-4 IINM

Harry K

Harry K