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Old 2nd June 2008 | 02:08
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SNS3Guppy
 
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The B-24 was originally designed with a single, tall, vertical stabilizer. It went into production with the twin vertical stabs due to pressure to move to production early...which consolidated did using existing tooling and design from the Model 32 flying boat.

The US Navy later put the airplane back as God intended it by ordering the original tail as the PB4Y-2.

It flew better, too.
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