A B-17 with five engines
04-11-2015, 05:40 AM
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A B-17 with five engines
The following link has some pictures of this curious and unusual version of the Flying Fortress, used to test the engine Wright XT-35 Typhon. I hope you enjoy and I count on your visit.
Aviação em Floripa: Boeing B-17 modificadas
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Aviação em Floripa: Boeing B-17 modificadas
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04-11-2015, 06:58 AM
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The following link has some pictures of this curious and unusual version of the Flying Fortress, used to test the engine Wright XT-35 Typhon. I hope you enjoy and I count on your visit.
Aviação em Floripa: Boeing B-17 modificadas
Cheers.
Aviação em Floripa: Boeing B-17 modificadas
Cheers.
04-11-2015, 07:37 AM
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04-11-2015, 12:36 PM
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This airplane was eventually returned to original configuration. It was, unfortunately, the B-17 that set down in a field (2013, I believe, and I think Illinois) with a fuel leak. Everyone walked away, but it burned to the ground.
Fire trucks couldn't get to it because of the soft ground of the field.
The plane had been recently overhauled, and instead of using fuel bladders, they went with a wet-wing.
The sealant didn't work.
Fire trucks couldn't get to it because of the soft ground of the field.
The plane had been recently overhauled, and instead of using fuel bladders, they went with a wet-wing.
The sealant didn't work.
04-11-2015, 12:57 PM
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Strong like bull
Gotta hand it to 'em, they and "their Germans" produced the world's most powerful turboprop engine.
Kuznetsov NK-12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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04-11-2015, 01:09 PM
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Stalin may have been a terrible person but I like his pragmatic approach to R&D. Let the West spend all the money on developing new technology and then wait for it to either crash in the USSR, the West to sell it to them, or a spy to steal the plans.
The USSR may have failed but it is hard to gloat looking at the cost of the F-35 alone!
The USSR may have failed but it is hard to gloat looking at the cost of the F-35 alone!
04-11-2015, 02:43 PM
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Details; shows pic as the test bed, and the fire.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liber...lying_Fortress)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liber...lying_Fortress)
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