Bonus Mystery Plane Quiz, Nov 27
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Boeing YB-9. I think they only made 7 or 8 of them, originating from a Boeing design without a military spec (originally Y1B-9). Never saw service, but crapped on the performance of the quaint US fighters of the time.
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Not entirely certain... but... Martin Maryland? (Said he, ripping frantically through Les Grande Bible des Aeronautiques... Nope, can't find it). Martin anyway. I think...
Oooops, just seen Krankies post - don't know whether he's right but suspect that he's most of a continent closer than me!
Oooops, just seen Krankies post - don't know whether he's right but suspect that he's most of a continent closer than me!
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The Winna Is: everyone who said the YB-9.
If you look carefully, you'll note I scrubbed out a P-26 which was above the B-9. This picture appeared many places.
Martin produced what became the B-10 which was better plane so Boeing didn't get a production contract. The B-10 could outrun essentially any pursuit plane of the early / mid 1930s. It was obsolete by WW2.
I'm impressed that Martin sold way over 100 B-10 or 12, even at the depths of the Depression. And then they went on with the Maryland and the B-26.
They also built the 3 original flying boat Clippers for PanAm and the various Navy sea planes during roughly this period.
Martin was certainly on a roll at the time.
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If you look carefully, you'll note I scrubbed out a P-26 which was above the B-9. This picture appeared many places.
Martin produced what became the B-10 which was better plane so Boeing didn't get a production contract. The B-10 could outrun essentially any pursuit plane of the early / mid 1930s. It was obsolete by WW2.
I'm impressed that Martin sold way over 100 B-10 or 12, even at the depths of the Depression. And then they went on with the Maryland and the B-26.
They also built the 3 original flying boat Clippers for PanAm and the various Navy sea planes during roughly this period.
Martin was certainly on a roll at the time.
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