1940s American prototype military airliner
The Consolidated R2Y "Liberator Liner" (Consolidated Model 39 ) was an airliner derivative of the B-24 Liberator built for the United States Navy by Consolidated Aircraft .
Development and service
The XR2Y-1, as the single prototype was known in Navy service, used the high-aspect wing and tricycle landing gear of the Liberator . The fuselage was an entirely new design, and the vertical stabilizer was taken from the PB4Y Privateer .[1] The final design looked much like a smaller, high-wing Boeing B-29 Superfortress , but with windows for passengers.
The aircraft was meant to carry passengers or cargo to distant Navy bases, but after a brief evaluation the prototype was demilitarized in the mid-1940s, returned to Convair, and leased to American Airlines as a freighter with the name "City of Salinas".[2]
Specifications (R2Y-1)
Consolidated XR2Y-1 3-view drawing from Les Ailes February 22, 1947
Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[1]
General characteristics
Crew: unknown
Capacity:
48 passengers
Their baggage
1,200 lb (550 kg) of mail
12,000 lb (5,500 kg) of cargo (after refit)
Length: 90 ft 0 in (27.45 m)
Wingspan: 110 ft 0 in (33.55 m)
Airfoil : Davis (22% at root to 9.3% at wingtip)
Gross weight: 56,000 lb (25,000 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 64,000 lb (29,000 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830 -94 radial engines , 1,200 hp (900 kW) each
Performance
Cruise speed: 240 mph (380 km/h, 210 kn)
Range: 4,000 mi (6,400 km, 3,500 nmi) at 200 mph (322 km/h)
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
^ a b Bridgeman, Leonard. "The Consolidated Vultee Model 39." Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II . London: Studio, 1946. p. 217. ISBN 1 85170 493 0 .
^ John Wegg, General Dynamics Corporation. General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors .
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