Boeing B-50 Superfortress Prepar3Dv5 Beta 

My dad was a radar officer on the Lucky Lady II. The fuselage is at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, Ca.

A fact about that record setting flight of Lucky Lady II that I haven’t seen caught by aviation history buffs - Pratt and Whitney’s go-to designer from the original Wasp of 1925 through the R-4360 that powered the B-50, Andy Wilgoos, passed away while that flight was underway. Died of a heart attack while shoveling snow. His name is all over PW’s US patents as “Inventor”.

@@88SC Thank you. That's a piece of trivia I didn't know.

@Harry Notwoke how about the fact the flight was a big deal in 1949, but has become a footnote of history due to technology. Or the fact a KB-29 crew was lost after completing their inflight refueling mission. Lastly, my dad never made a big deal of it, other than it was a pioneering mission that both helped deter the Soviets and later allowed SAC to keep planes airborne 24/7 in the cold war.

@Harry Notwoke Why the hell are you bitching about it? Sure, it's now a small footnote in aviation history, but allow me to have a little pride in my father being a part of it. The primary reason it took place was to show the Soviet Union the U.S. could deliver "the bomb" anywhere in the world without forward bases. It was a "first step" that allowed the later B-47s and B-52s to operate over long ranges. In the days before ICBMs and jet aircraft, it gave the Soviets pause against moving into Europe in the post-war era.

@Harry Notwoke I *can't* bring my father into a discussion? Who the fuck appointed you the arbiter of what anyone can post in a comment on RU-vid anyhow?

@Harry Notwoke mate, hes just sharing smth he finds interesting, ffs!

Ok...I been racking my brain, but no joy. Who was your DME?

Funny thing about the ChasePlane camera system...you can get those depth of field distortions depending on your zoom levels. I build all of those POI items like casinos to scale in 3D Studio, so they should be pretty much ballzon accurate. The footprint is satellite geodata, so that is where I start, then use the standard 10' per floor scale for height. You are right though...it looks huge from the taxiway to 16R. When you reduce the zoom at those angles the changes look telescopic.

@@thevirtualcockpit5001 Like I tell my kids, "if that is the worse thing to happens then it's a great life." It was a great video.

Manfred Jahn's original set did not include the KB-50J, which had the GE J-47 jets, and I did not add that model when I re-mastered the set. Of course, it would be relatively simple to add the jets to the model, but the entire flight model would require tweaking. I'll take that under consideration.

Good eye, and correct. I have made those changes to the model since this video was released. LLII now has the original B-29 nose. Thanks for pointing out the detail.

They need to add all of SAC's birds. B-36, B-47, B-52, B-58. But at this point I'll happily take a B-50. Better than nothing.

@@majorborngusfluunduch8694 I just need the B-50 because of those new engines! B-54 would be awesome too but far fetched.

He made a rendition of a B-29 on steroids. Boeing built the b-50 Superfortress. If you know you're superforts the winds extend further back with a longer fuselage for the b50 plus it also has the side saddle tanks in the wings. Not to mention it has a taller tailplane for the b50 versus the B-29, and the distance from the wings to the tail Gunner position along the fuselage extend about 10 to 20 ft back Plus it's got thicker armor and the engines on the b50 are front would facing versions of the same engines used on the B-36 Peacemaker. The b50 was not even the cumulative expression of the design of the platform. An up-armored version with a still longer fuselage called the b54 and even greater fuel capacity, internal fuel capacity more than double a standard B-29. Not to mention extended Bomb bay's on both the b50 and the b54 nearly double the bomb capacity of the B-29, which was ultimately essential for carrying the early nuclear weapons before miniaturization became feasible. Plus it was up armored in all of the critical points around the fuselage the only problem was its growing obsolescence with the ascendancy of the jet age. But for lower-level Target engagements such a plane would probably still be useful today, such as putting the hurt on the Taliban for instance. With a B-52 flying at relatively low speed a superfort can run circles around Buff.

@@eddieschwab864 ohhh, I thank you for this, it explains everything.

@@shellythornton4820 my pleasure