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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