Ferry Flight Tail Thrust 
Plane and Pilot
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Power is turned into thrust by three-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering propellers. For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. The tail gunner manned twin.50s, The R-1820 was one of the most widely used engines of the era.
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
On July 25, 1944, Darbois took this Bf 109G-6 (Werknummer 160756 ‘Yellow 4’ of Jagdgeschwader 4) on a formation ferry flight over northern Italy. This version of the famed Wildcat fighter was in fact identical to the Grumman-built F4F-4 but with four.50
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