Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

The provision of stabilizer floats at the ends of each wing, which could be retracted for streamlined flight, added to the design’s efficiency. The design, originally known as the Consolidated Model 28, featured a hull-shaped lower fuselage, with its twin piston engines mounted on the leading edge of the high wing above.

Pilot 286

Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Stability 286

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The two stabilizing floats on the wingtips, consisting of duralumin bottoms and inflatable fabric tops reinforced with rubber, could partially retract into the wings to reduce drag, and the centrally mounted float was designed to be jettisoned should a pilot feel he needed to evade a pursuing fighter.

Drag 52

Drag Stability Airfoil Torque 52

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. The secret weapon of a bombardiers tool kit was the Norden bombsighta gyro-stabilized, mechanical, analog computer with downward-aimed optics. Turning base, the flaps will be lowered to the two-thirds position.

Airplanes 100

Airplanes Descent Pilot Stability 100

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

It flew 70 of the 87 ferry missions, including 46 of the 54 post-mission ferry flights from Dryden to the Kennedy Space Center. NASA This SCA was the first and only shuttle carrier used by the space shuttle program until 1990. But in 1989, the SCA got a sister.

Cargo 224

Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 224