B-19!!!!
Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:36 am
This was the picture I bought at the garage sale. It was framed and at the time I had not seen anything like it.
Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 pm
Is it just me or do the engines look really small? 
Neat pic, the teency weency P-40 chaser has interesting markings.
Neat pic, the teency weency P-40 chaser has interesting markings.
Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:26 pm
PinecastleAAF wrote:Is it just me or do the engines look really small?
Neat pic, the teency weency P-40 chaser has interesting markings.
No, I think the engines on the B-19 probably were somewhat "small" for the size of the airplane. I think I have read that the B-19 was considered underpowered due to the fact that piston engine power and technology was not sufficiently advanced to power a plane that size when it first appeared.
Great picture!
Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:31 pm
Some pixellate is evident- is this repro from publication or some relief photo paper?
Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:21 pm
Mgawa wrote:Some pixellate is evident- is this repro from publication or some relief photo paper?
halftone dots
magazine reproduction
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:10 am
This is the first time I've ever noticed the apparent sweep of the wing. Is this just the perspective of the photo, or what?
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:21 am
I think its partly the perspective, and partly the dihedral of the wing. The leading edge is slightly swept, but I believe the trailing edge is pretty much straight, similar to a DC-3.
Here's a photo from another angle..
SN
Here's a photo from another angle..
SN
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:29 am
Curtis Block wrote:This is the first time I've ever noticed the apparent sweep of the wing. Is this just the perspective of the photo, or what?
Think Douglas..DC/C-47 series, Bolo, B-23...
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:38 am
I though I would have noticed that before. Thanks for justifying my memory.
Nothing like sitting around, drinking beer, watching TV, and letting someone else do your research.
Cheers
Nothing like sitting around, drinking beer, watching TV, and letting someone else do your research.
Cheers
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:40 am
Steve Nelson wrote:I think its partly the perspective, and partly the dihedral of the wing. The leading edge is slightly swept, but I believe the trailing edge is pretty much straight, similar to a DC-3.
Here's a photo from another angle..
SN
Ooops..you type faster than I Steve, but you caught the design connection...
Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:46 am
Curtis Block wrote:I though I would have noticed that before. Thanks for justifying my memory.
Nothing like sitting around, drinking beer, watching TV, and letting someone else do your research.
Cheers
No research necessary Curtis..it's imprinted in my DNA..
Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:32 am
The Douglas wing is the child of the ultimate aeronautical innovator and genius, John K. Northrop-
B-19!!!!
Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:48 am
Hello,
I visited the Tallichet wreck yard - just looking from outside the fence - in the early 1990s and thought I saw the forward fuselage of the B-19. I did not take any pictures and have never seen this confirmed by others.
Am I wrong?
Kevin,
.
I visited the Tallichet wreck yard - just looking from outside the fence - in the early 1990s and thought I saw the forward fuselage of the B-19. I did not take any pictures and have never seen this confirmed by others.
Am I wrong?
Kevin,
.
Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:22 am
B-24 I believe.
Rich
Rich