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To: Secret Agent Man
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Something about that period with Consolidated aircraft, huge tails.

When they made the B-24 into the PB4Y Privateer for the Navy, they removed the twin tails for the huge single one and extended the forward fuselage to make room for a much needed flight engineer station.

40 posted on 12/27/2017 4:04:15 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

Good God! Look at that greenhouse on the side of the fuselage! That is a fugly plane too, but I sure like those windows!


57 posted on 12/28/2017 11:16:48 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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