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BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS |
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OVERVIEW
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DATA
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BOEING B-29
SUPERFORTRESS |
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CLASSIFICATION
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CLASS :
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HEAVY BOMBER
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
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UNITED STATES
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MANUFACTURER :
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Boeing Aircraft Company
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FIRST FLIGHT :
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1942
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SERVICE DELIVERY :
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May 8th, 1944
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NUMBER BUILT :
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2,513
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SPECIFICATION
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SPAN :
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141 ft 3 in (43.06 m)
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LENGTH :
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99 ft 0 in (30.18 m)
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HEIGHT :
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29 ft 7 in (8.5 m)
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WING AREA :
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1,736 sq ft (161.3 m sq) |
WING LOADING :
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69.12 lbs/sq ft (337 kg/m sq) |
POWER LOADING :
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0.073 hp/lb (121 W/kg) |
ASPECT RATIO :
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11.50 |
WEIGHT EMPTY :
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74,500 lb (33,800 kg)
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WEIGHT LOADED :
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120,000 lb (54,000 kg)
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WEIGHT MAX :
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133,500 lb (60,560 kg)
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ARMAMENT :
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10-12 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm)
M2 Browning machine guns housed in
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Power Turrets Remotely Controlled From Sighting Stations;
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2-4 x Machine Guns In Front-Top
Powered Turret,
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2 x Machine Guns In Front-Bottom Powered Turret,
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2 x Machine Guns In Top-Rear Powered Turret,
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2 x Machine Guns In Bottom-Rear Powered Turret,
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2 x Machine Gun & 1 x 20mm M2 Cannon in Rear of Aircraft
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BOMB LOAD :
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20,000 lb (9,000 kg) of Bombs (Standard)
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POWER PLANT :
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4 x Wright R-3350-23 and 23A Duplex Cyclone Turbosupercharged
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Radial Engines, 2,200 hp (1,640 kW) each
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CREW :
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10 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Bombardier, Flight Engineer, Navigator, Radio
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Operator, Left/Right Waist Gunners, Gun Commander, Tail gunner)
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PERFORMANCE
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MAXIMUM SPEED :
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357 mph (574 km/h)
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CRUISING SPEED :
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220 mph (350 km/h)
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LANDING SPEED :
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105 mph
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CLIMB RATE :
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900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
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RANGE :
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3,250 miles (5,230 km); 5,600 miles (9,000 km) Max
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ENDURANCE :
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SERVICE CEILING :
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31,850 ft (9710 m);
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REFERENCES |
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Wagner, Ray; American Combat Planes.
New York:Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1960, 1968, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.
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