Boeing B-50A Superfortress
B-50A Superfortress
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Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Manufacturer: Boeing
First flight: 25th of June 1947
Classification: Long Range Heavy Bomber

SPECIFICATIONS: B-50A Superfortress
Span: 141 ft. 3 in. (43 m)
Length: 99 ft. 0 in. (30.2 m)
Height: 32 ft. 8 in. (10 m)
Weight: 168,500 lbs. / 76,431 kg (maximum takeoff weight)
Armament: Twelve .50-cal. machine guns, one 20 mm cannon and 20,000 lbs. / 9,072 kg of bombs

Engines: Four Pratt & Whitney R-4360-35 Wasp Major turbosupercharged radials of 3,500 horsepower each.
Crew: 10 or 11 normally -- pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, navigator, bombardier, radar operator and 4 gunners (top, tail, left and right)

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 385 mph. / 619.5 km/h at 25,000 ft. (7,620 m) and combat weight of 121,700 lbs. / 55,203.1 kg
Cruising speed: 235 mph. / 378.1 km/h
Range: 4,650 miles / 7482 km with 10,000 lb. / 4,536 kg bomb load; 5,270 miles / 8,481 km max. ferry range
Service Ceiling: 37,000 ft. / 11,278 m

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