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Strange Gear - B26mods3.jpg (1/1)
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Strange Gear - B26mods3.jpg (1/1)
Mitchell Holman wrote in
30: begin 644 B26mods3.jpg Attachment decoded: B26mods3.jpg ` end Unless I am mistaken, this is the B-26 modified to test the tandem landing gear design for the B-47. |
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Strange Gear - B26mods3.jpg (1/1)
John Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net wrote in
42: Mitchell Holman wrote in 30: begin 644 B26mods3.jpg Attachment decoded: B26mods3.jpg ` end Unless I am mistaken, this is the B-26 modified to test the tandem landing gear design for the B-47. Bingo. "The only other Marauder variant was the single "XB-26H", named the "Middle River Stump Jumper", a test article converted from a B-26G to evaluate the "bicycle" tandem landing gear scheme for the Boeing XB-47 and Martin XB-48 bombers." http://www.vectorsite.net/avb26.html |
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Strange Gear - B26mods3.jpg
I assume the fore and aft bars added to the fuselage are to correct some
structural deficiency associated with carrying the 4th wheel? One strange bird, IMO. Brian |
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