Bombers repurposed into transports/airliners

[Knightflyer]

At risk of blowing my own trumpet, I may have built one or two repurposed bombers...

yes I would say that you might have one or two there !!!

[McColm]

Great work 

[TheChronicOne]

 

[kitnut617]

Fantastic collection Fred   

[scooter]

Whilst not necessarily a bomber, ShinMaywa's US-2 can eventually turned towards amphibious passenger service.
https://www.shinmaywa.co.jp/aircraft/english/us2/us2_purpose.html

[The Rat]

Had an idea many years ago to turn a Short Stirling fuselage into an electric locomotive. The flight deck would be left basically 'as is' at least from the outside. The Stirling's lines just struck me as looking like it would work.

I'll probably never get around to it, so if anyone wants to have a go, be my guest.

[scooter]

Had an idea many years ago to turn a Short Stirling fuselage into an electric locomotive. The flight deck would be left basically 'as is' at least from the outside. The Stirling's lines just struck me as looking like it would work.

I'll probably never get around to it, so if anyone wants to have a go, be my guest.

[jcf]

Whilst not necessarily a bomber, ShinMaywa's US-2 can eventually turned towards amphibious passenger service.
https://www.shinmaywa.co.jp/aircraft/english/us2/us2_purpose.html

A passenger version was proposed when the aircraft was under development.

[McColm]

I had an idea to turn the Martin SeaMaster into an airliner, which would have been developed into an amphibious aircraft with different engines.
The Convair Tradewind had similar problems with its engines and that too could have been developed further into an airliner using Rolls-Royce Tynes.
They both had beaching cradles but could have gone on to be land planes.

[Spey_Phantom]

with Revell rereleasing the breguet atlantic in 1/72 scale, im concidering getting one and converting it into a civilian airliner 

[kerick]

Some early model B-17s were converted to transports.

[Rheged]

Converting warplanes to civilian use has always been a tricky undertaking.


It's probably been said before, but bombers exist to carry a large inanimate load to foreign parts, drop it and come home.  Passengers are an awkward load.............bombs don't need toilets, cups of tea, comfortable (allegedly) seats , and somewhere to put their luggage, duty free, present for auntie Flo etc.

Despite Ryanair's best efforts, you can't stack passengers tightly in an unpressurised compartment...............even in Whiffworld this is not good customer service.

[scooter]

Despite Ryanair's best efforts, you can't stack passengers tightly in an unpressurised compartment...............even in Whiffworld this is not good customer service.

Spirit Airlines keeps trying, and doesn't give a fig about its customer service.

[McColm]

There was talk of converting the Tu-114 bomber into a commercial airliner, it would look like a smaller version of the Boeing SST.

[tigercat]

Flying Boats but most of suitable ones were already used as passenger aircraft

How about the Shackleton

Similar treatment to the Lancaster with equivalents to Lancastrian and York