Boeing XB-44 Superfortress Photos

[jzichek]

Check out this article at RetroMechanix.com on the Boeing XB-44 Superfortress, a B-29A upgraded with Pratt & Whitney R-4360-33 Wasp Major radial engines of 3,000 hp each:



This experimental engine testbed first flew in May 1945 and was essentially the prototype for the B-50, the core of the USAF's early postwar strategic bombardment capability. The accompanying gallery features 15 high resolution photos of this little known member of the Superfortress family.

-Jared

[Daryl J.]

I've wanted to put a Tu-95-like tail empennage on one of these for a while.    If the IL-28 could look good with straight wings and a swept set of stabilizers, the Superfortress should pull it off as well.