The Douglas XB-19 was a four-engined, piston-driven heavy bomber produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the early 1940s. The design was originally given the designation XBLR-2 …

2017年11月15日 · The XB-19 was a heavy bomber designed in 1935 to fulfill a request made by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to develop an experimental heavy bomber with extreme range. Although slow in its development and obsolete by the time it was produced, it served as a test vehicle to evaluate plane and engine performances.

The Douglas XB-19 was the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps until 1946. It was originally given the designation XBLR-2 (XBLR- denoting Experimental Bomber, Long Range). The XB-19 project was intended to test flight characteristics and design techniques for …

2020年3月27日 · The Douglas XB-19 was the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Forces until 1946. It was originally given the designation XBLR-2 (XBLR denoting "Experimental Bomber Long...

2021年9月30日 · When completed in May of 1941, the XB-19 was a low-winged monoplane sitting on single-wheel tricycle landing gear with a wingspan of 212 feet, wings that were tapered with a straight trailing edge and swept back leading edge, a conventional empennage, and a maximum gross weight of 162,000 pounds.

27 June 1941: The experimental Douglas XB-19 long range heavy bomber took off on its first flight from Clover Field, Santa Monica, California. The four-engine airplane, which had originally been designated XBLR-2, serial number 38-471, was under the command of Major Stanley Milward Ulmstead, U.S. Army Air Corps, with 7 additional crewmembers.

The Douglas XB-19, carrying Army serial number 38-471, was the largest airplane in the world when it first flew in 1941. These illustrations of the XB-19 appeared in magazines in the 1940s.

The XB-19, completed in May 1941, was an enormous all-metal, low-wing monoplane with a stressed-skin design and a retractable tricycle undercarriage. It had an impressive wingspan of 212 ft (64.62 m), a maximum gross weight of 162,000 lb (73,482 kg), and two main wheels each 8 ft (2.44 m) in diameter.

2024年4月14日 · Armed with formidable 37-millimeter cannons and an array of machine guns, the XB-19 promised to eclipse the firepower of any existing American warplane, marking a significant stride in the evolution of aerial warfare. The Douglas XB-19 was the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps until 1946 Just how big?

Douglas XB-19A In 1934 the USAAC issued a specification for a long-range bomber that could be used to defend America's coastlines, as well as far-off outposts in Alaska, Hawaii, and Panama. Boeing responded with a prototype called the XBLR-1 (later the XB-15 ), and Douglas responded with the XBLR-2 (later designated the XB-19).