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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | B-29 | |
| Designation: | YB-29 | |
| Nickname: | Superfortress | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
| Status: | Prototype | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
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| Capt. Henry R. Staeben, USAF.Ret. , WI | I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 444TH BOMB GROUP, GREAT BEND, KS. IN JULY OF 1943. ON AUGUST 17TH, 1943, WITH COL. ALVA HARVEY AS THE COMMAND PILOT,I AND THREE OTHER PILOTS MADE THE FIRST FLIGHT, OF THIS AIRCRAFT #41-36957. AFTER COL. HARVEY'S DEMONSTRATION WE EACH MADE A TAKE-OFF, CLIMBED TO 10,000 FT. AND DID TURNS, GLIDES AND POWER OFF STALLS AND THEN LANDED. WHENEVER IT WAS IN COMMISSION WE TOOK TURNS FLYING IT UNTIL I WAS TRANSFERED TO THE 468TH AT SALINA, KS.
THIS YB HAD 3-BLADE PROPS. THE ENGINES WERE RESTRICTED TO 2000-H.P. SETTINGS. THE RADAR DOME WAS MISSING. IT CRUISED AT 215 MPH. THE PRODUCTION MODELS WERE 210 MPH. ALL OF THE COCKPIT GLASS WAS CURVED, WHICH RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE DISTORTION. THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST. 11/30/2007 @ 06:40 [ref: 18730] |
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