Boeing XB-44 Superfortress Photos

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jzichek

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Jun 3, 2011
Check out this article at RetroMechanix.com on the Boeing XB-44 Superfortress, a B-29A upgraded with Pratt Whitney R-4360-33 Wasp Major radial engines of 3,000 hp each:

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This experimental engine testbed first flew in May 1945 and was essentially the prototype for the B-50, the core of the USAF's early postwar strategic bombardment capability. The accompanying gallery features 15 high resolution photos of this little known member of the Superfortress family.

-Jared
 

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