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BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS
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BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS
Half again as large as the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress
carries a greater bomb load farther, faster and higher than any other warplane.
Ninety-nine feet long, with a wing span of 141 feet and height at tail of 28 feet,
the B-29 is equipped with electrically-operated, remotely-controlled turrets mount-
ing a total of 12 guns of 50 caliber each, giving it a firepower unequalled by
any enemy plane. In its huge double bomb bays the Boeing Superfortress can
carry up to 10 tons of explosives. Its four 18-cylinder Wright Cyclone engines of
2,200 horsepower each turn Hamilton Standard four-bladed propellers with di-
ameters of 161/2 feet. Pressurized, insulated and soundproofed cabins enable
B-29 crews to function without fatigue or discomfort at extremely high altitudes.
St. John
On opposite side: a Superfortress undergoing flight
tests at Boeing-Wichita
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