Lockheed-Vega XB-38 - The Sleek, Hot-Rodded Flying Fortress
Feb 26, 2025 · poll Lockheed-Vega XB-38 Hello everybody. Today, I’d like to suggest the Vega XB-38 for the US aviation tree in War Thunder. The XB-38 was an experimental variant of the …
The XB-38, a B17 with inline engines : r/aviation - Reddit
Sep 27, 2022 · EDIT : The XB-38 Flying Fortress was a single example conversion of a production B-17E Flying Fortress, testing whether the Allison V-1710 V type engine could be …
The sole Boeing XB-38 prototype that married the B-17E ... - Reddit
Oct 3, 2023 · The XB-38 was the result of a modification project undertaken by Vega (a subsidiary of Lockheed) on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to fit it with liquid-cooled Allison V-1710-89 V …
The Boeing XB-38 flying fortress - a single B-17E with Allison
Mar 2, 2020 · The Boeing XB-38 flying fortress - a single B-17E with Allison V-1710 V type engines rather than the standard Wright R-1820. Only one prototype was built, and it made its …
The XB-38, a B17 with inline engines : r/aviation - Reddit
Sep 8, 2015 · The XB-38 was built to test the Allison engine in case the standard Wright engine had to cease production. The XB-40 was built to test it as a gunship platform in case new …
List of Previously Suggested Ideas - USA Aircraft - War Thunder
Jun 18, 2023 · A reference archive of previously suggested threads related to American Aircraft. This thread is a document for everyone to see and check before they create a double post on …
Boeing XB-38 - A better B-17? : r/WeirdWings - Reddit
Oct 8, 2021 · 152 votes, 18 comments. 81K subscribers in the WeirdWings community. A subreddit spawned from /r/weirdwheels with the same intent, only with planes!…
Heavy bomber (especially rank IV+) wishlist thread
Oct 24, 2024 · Another bomber I’d like to see is the Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress, basically a B-17E with liquid-cooled Allison V-1710-89s. It had a higher speed but a lower ceiling. 1277×858 …
XB-38 - a b-17 with four v12 engines in place of radials
Feb 14, 2020 · 362 votes, 55 comments. 80K subscribers in the WeirdWings community. A subreddit spawned from /r/weirdwheels with the same intent, only with planes!…
Low angle front of parked XB-38, a variant of B-17 with V1710
Dec 23, 2023 · RAF Personnel looks through the “armored glass” section from an abandoned Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 in North Africa - Nov/Dec 1942 This forward section of the …