Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:29 am
Here's a different view of the XC-35, check out the size of the turbo-supercharger over the pilots(?) right shoulder.
Great photos
Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:58 am
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
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
Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:56 pm
Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:12 pm
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
Thanks, and keep them coming!
kevin
Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:37 pm
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.
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.