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B-50 Tail
KB-50 Tail Section
B-50 Flight Line
Guarding the B-50 Flight Line
B-50 Flight Line with Sentry on Guard
B-50 Flight Line at Twilight
B-50 Flight Line
Girl on B-50 Propeller
B-47B Stratojet Line Up in Wichita
B-50B Refueling in Flight
B-50s in Maintenance Docks at Davis-Monthan AFB
B-50D Refueling in Flight
Girl on B-50 Nacelle
Girl on B-50 Nacelle
Boeing B-29 Parked on Flight Line
B-45 Tornado Production Line
B-50s in Maintenance Docks at Davis-Monthan AFB
B-47 Stratojets on the Flight Apron at March AFB, CA
Flight Line of Early Model B-25A Mitchells, with a RAF Harvard II in Foreground
B-50A in Flight
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B-50 Tail on Flight Line
The four-engine, propeller-powered B-50 bomber, which first flew in 1947, was among the last piston-powered bombers built during an era that was to be dominated by jets. However, in 1949, the B-50A, the Lucky Lady II, made the first nonstop flight around the world in 94 hours, refueled in flight four times by KB-29Ms. The B-50 originally evolved from the B-29D but because it included so many improvements, it was redesignated the B-50A, with 59 percent more power than the B-29. The next version, the B-50B, fitted with cameras and wing tanks, was designated RB-50B and used for strategic reconnaissance. The B-50D, the most common variant, was distinguished by a one-piece transparent-plastic nose molding and an optically flat bombardier’s window in the lower portion. Some B50s were later converted to hose-type KB-50 aerial tankers, their speed enhanced by the addition of two 5,200-pound-thrust jet engines, so at 400 mph, they could refuel jet aircraft. One KB-50D became a drone to test Bell XGAM missiles and 36 became long-range reconnaissance aircraft (WB-50D).
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Unique identifier
BI24912
Boeing ID
p10325
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5500px × 5500px 28MB
License type
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1940s
airplanes
B-50 (Model 345-2-1)
bombers
clear skies
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day
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flight lines
full body views
ground shots
historic production status
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military livery
monoplanes
photos
propeller planes
right front views
structural systems
sunshine
tail rudders
tails
tarmac
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vertical stabilizers
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