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No way you're saying the 299 with all its blisters is gorgeous but the XB-19 is ugly? The XB-19 is a masterpiece
The USA interwar planes (2 Viewers)
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Aerodynamically clean, tear drop shaped homages to Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. I refer to the waist blisters as "Exec-u-vue" observation lounge vistas.
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Thumpalumpacus
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No, that's your invention and pretty good at that. I meant silver platter as in "served up on ..." There's no way Hap is putting the first A-bomb onto such a vulnerable delivery system.
Thumpalumpacus
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I loves me some Boeing boats. They show that efficiency is beautiful.
MiTasol
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I liked the old TEAL Solents, very roomy inside and far quieter than the DC-6 and Constellation inside.
SaparotRob
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Hey, wait a minute. I never said it was ugly!..and the pattern of stars in the union is anachronistic.
This wonderful piece of 1930s exotica is the Langley Aircraft Corporation 2-4-65 or Langley Monoplane.
Quoting directly from 1000 Aircraft Photos and Johan Visschedijk:
"The Langley Aircraft Corporation in Port Washington, New York was formed in 1941 to exploit the new Vidal patented process of molded plastic plywood construction to form most components of an aircraft. This to avoid wartime strategic materials. Sections of the aircraft were integrally molded from multiple layers of Honduras mahogany veneer placed over each other while dry on wooden molds and permanently bonded together by plastic composition under heat and pressure.
The streamlined model 2-4-65 (initially designated simply Langley Monoplane) was designed by Martin Jensen, assisted by Arthur Draper. The pictured first prototype was powered by two 65 hp Franklin engines.
To emphasize its wood construction it was finished in clear varnish, hence it was also called "an exquisite piece of furniture". Registered NX29099, it was first flown in 1941."
So I guess it just about fills the remit of being "interwar"
Quoting directly from 1000 Aircraft Photos and Johan Visschedijk:
"The Langley Aircraft Corporation in Port Washington, New York was formed in 1941 to exploit the new Vidal patented process of molded plastic plywood construction to form most components of an aircraft. This to avoid wartime strategic materials. Sections of the aircraft were integrally molded from multiple layers of Honduras mahogany veneer placed over each other while dry on wooden molds and permanently bonded together by plastic composition under heat and pressure.
The streamlined model 2-4-65 (initially designated simply Langley Monoplane) was designed by Martin Jensen, assisted by Arthur Draper. The pictured first prototype was powered by two 65 hp Franklin engines.
To emphasize its wood construction it was finished in clear varnish, hence it was also called "an exquisite piece of furniture". Registered NX29099, it was first flown in 1941."
So I guess it just about fills the remit of being "interwar"
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Acree
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AND, it was tested by the US Navy as the XNL-1 trainer!
Nice shots!
Good shots!
This is an amazing piece of art (not furniture!)
I would love to have a bigger model of it (1:12 maybe or even 1:8), all wood of course and hang it in my living room.
P.S. The buildings behind are another type of high arts/architecture as well.
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Curtiss NBS-4 (two Liberty L-12A V-12 liquid-cooled engines of 435 hp each) s/n AS.68571 was the first of two prototypes of a night bomber that was not taken up for production.
This machine was delivered to the USAS at McCook field on 16 May 1924 and to Selfridge on 1 June the following year. It passed to the Fairfield Air Depot on 24 August 1925 and back to McCook on 19 November where it remained for eighteen months. On 23 April 1927 it was assigned to Langley Field and finally to Kelly Field by June of 1930. It was surveyed at Kelly for "fair wear and tear" and dropped from the inventory on 18 September 1930 with just 717 flying hours on its airframe.
This machine was delivered to the USAS at McCook field on 16 May 1924 and to Selfridge on 1 June the following year. It passed to the Fairfield Air Depot on 24 August 1925 and back to McCook on 19 November where it remained for eighteen months. On 23 April 1927 it was assigned to Langley Field and finally to Kelly Field by June of 1930. It was surveyed at Kelly for "fair wear and tear" and dropped from the inventory on 18 September 1930 with just 717 flying hours on its airframe.
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