My father was a waist gunner on these plains in WW-2 Low level anti-ship and submarine. Very dangerous operations. Was shot down three times into the Pacific ocean by the time he was 18 years old. That will grow you up real fast.
One glance at that enormous tail told me that the plane is a Consolidated. The B-32 and B-36 were built like that, as well. I was a little kid during WWII but I still remember the sounds of prop engines as war planes flew over the house. The B-36 flew so high that all we could "see" was the growling sounds from the engines. That was during a time when planes were beautiful and almost romantic. Today's jets all look the same and they have zero personality. But, "Time marches on".
This was T121, one of Hawkins and Powers fire fighting aircraft. It was the wonderbread plane. The flight crew and some other firefighters got into a friendly oneupmanship? and this plane got a bunch of colorful round spots painted all over, like a wonderbread package. Thats why it was their only painted PB4Y. Great plane
أنظروا كم كان مصممو الطائرات بارعين، حجم المحركات بالنسبة للجناحين والبعد بينهما وبين الهيكل،و العجلات الرئيسية والتصميم الطائرة ككل في غاية الروعة والتناسق والذكاء.
It would be sweet for this ole girl to make its way to Columbus Ohio so my grandpa could see the plane he flew in one more time. He’ll be 97 this month.
Hi James. Do you know if any original Privateers were ever built with that ugly "early Liberator" nose glazing? Looks like an afterthought dictated by the fire-fighting needs; of course that´s OK, but the nose cone could do with some more tasteful styling!
*The Grand Passage Tomb.* The Newgrange monument is located in Ireland and was constructed over fifty-two-hundred years ago, it defines the winter solstice and celebrates a rebirth of the Sun. "Let the Sunshine In." Thank you, great view from the machine gunner's position. Have "Grand" Holiday Season. E pluribus Unum.
Why did Consolidated designers put a single tail on the PB4Y-2 Privateer when they already had the Liberator ? What exactly was the Privateer built for ?
The liberator fuselage was lengthened to allow for a flight engineers station at the Navy's request. The navy felt a dedicated flight engineer would reduce pilot fatigue during the long over water patrols. The single tail improved handling and stability. In fact, all liberators were going to get a single tail in the B-24N variant, however the end of the war cancelled the production contract.
John Johansen "Is that a Merlin engine?" Are you referring to the sound of that engine flying by? To me it sounds more like an Allison - I've heard both Allisons and Merlins at Classic Fighters Omaka air shows and each make has its distinctive sound.
This airplane is a former firefighting aircraft. Any armament it may have had has long since been removed. As part of it's firefighting mods, the original Pratt and Whitney R-1830 engines were removed and Curtiss-Wright R-2600 engines and nacelles from B25s were installed. You can tell by the lack of air scoops on either side of each nacelle. It also sounds like a B25 taking off.
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Insofar as I know they were both the same size. The Navy ordered them with one big vertical while the Army ordered the twin verticals to fit into hangars better.
@@rescue270 The PB4Y was bigger than the B-24. The Navy wanted a dedicated FE station so a redesign resulted in a fuselage that was 7 ft longer. The Army didnt order b-24's with a twin tail, thats how the b-24 was designed. The single tail provided a more stable airplane, and future b-24s were not going to have twin tails.
