Warbird Information Exchange

Here's a different view of the XC-35, check out the size of the turbo-supercharger over the pilots(?) right shoulder.

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Wow, has it really been that long since I last visited?

Is there any way to get the hi-res shot of the B-18/XC-35/YFM-1 and the A-24?

I am writing a B-18/B-23 in Action and a new SBD/A-24 in action for Squadron.

Ltdann61@yahoo.com

Rich Dann

Rare footage of the Airacuda inflight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNXADjmBhAc


Kevin

Please, more shots of the A-24! Hemiman, those A-24s are likely Tulsa-built examples. Shots of the A-24 in combat are quite rare, so whatever you've got would be great for the rest of us to see!

Thanks, and keep them coming!

kevin

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FOUND the elusive DT-built B-24! Woo-hoo!!!

Interesting to see those shots of the whole of the XC-35 pressure-cabin prototype. The fuselage of that--looking very like a scaled-down early B-17 without the nose "bubble"--is still around, stored at the Smithsonian.

Bell Airacuda was interesting, part of the vogue in the late 30s for large multi-engined, multi-seat "fighters". (See the Messerschmitt 110 series for how the concept fared in action: as a pure fighter, none too well; as a multirole machine--nightfighter especially--pretty good record).

I suppose the Airacuda's main claim to fame was in originating Bell's series of names beginning with "Aira"!

S.