The Douglas XB-19 was a four-engined, piston-driven heavy bomber produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the early 1940s. The design was originally given the designation XBLR-2 ( …

2022年3月23日 · Operated by a crew of up to 18, the XB-19 was so large that its massive fuselage contained two decks and it had tunnels within the wings so the flight engineer could attend to the engines in flight. The XB-19 could carry up to 36,000 pounds of bombs and had a range of 5,200 miles.

2017年11月15日 · The XB-19 was a heavy bomber designed in 1935 to fulfill a request made by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to develop an experimental heavy bomber with extreme range. Although slow in its development and obsolete by the time it was produced, it served as a test vehicle to evaluate plane and engine performances.

2021年9月30日 · When completed in May of 1941, the XB-19 was a low-winged monoplane sitting on single-wheel tricycle landing gear with a wingspan of 212 feet, wings that were tapered with a straight trailing edge and swept back leading edge, a conventional empennage, and a maximum gross weight of 162,000 pounds.

The Douglas XB-19, carrying Army serial number 38-471, was the largest airplane in the world when it first flew in 1941. These illustrations of the XB-19 appeared in magazines in the 1940s. Specifications for the Douglas XB-19.

2021年5月6日 · At the time of its rollout, the B-19 was called the largest aircraft in the world. The XB-19’s wingspan of 212 feet was more than twice that of a B-17. The XB-19’s towering fin and rudder stood 42 feet above the ground.

Called both the “Winged Colossus of Santa Monica” and the “Guardian of a Hemisphere,” the XB-19 was essentially conceived in 1930 on the drawing boards of Army Air Corps engineers at Wright Field.

2018年12月14日 · The Douglas XB-19, the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps until 1946. After an attempt to turn it into a transport plane had failed, the XB-19 was deemed obsolete. After plans of preserving it were abandoned as well, the airplane was scrapped in 1949.

2024年6月27日 · Camouflaged Douglas XB-19 38-471 makes a low pass over Wright Field, circa 1942. The XB-19 was converted to a transport and re-engined with experimental liquid-cooled, turbosupercharged Allison V-3420-11 24-cylinder “double-vee” engines. It …

The Douglas XB-19 was the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Forces until 1946. It was originally given the designation XBLR-2 (XBLR denoting Experimental Bomber Long Range).