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@centerepublican @deecanadian @107Kazuno @REDBARON_Xbox @milmodelscene @RupakChatto @seanboy_50 @gaugau428 @6xW_a @64eAh 4/ The B-17B ↖️ had a bigger rudder and flaps.
The B-17C did away with the side blisters. ↗️
The B-17D ↙️↘️added twin mounts on top and bottom, etc. Frankly, I don't see them so perhaps someone can clarify.

#avGeek #avgeeks #aviationlovers #aviation #aviationphotography - The Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika bomber was to have flown from France or the Azores to bomb NYC, etc. Three prototypes built. @clark_aviation @RentmeisterMarc @Sylvia70485099 1/

@DesertStorm24ID @Robofemoid @clark_aviation @chicaran1 @ITM_archives @BoeingDefense @MartinKoenigsb2 @AvHistoryOgre @ron_eisele @arjandenboer @Burntime0101 5/ TY @DavidBurhenn for noting the first DC-3s were Douglas Sleeper Transports with Pullman-style fold-down beds and upper slat windows. The chair seat only daytime DC-3 followed. Does anyone have a good interior photo of the DST with the beds folded up? https://t.co/qffaKhulrB

#OTD #History #aviation #planes - #USSR Antonov ANT-20bis (TL/TR), the world's largest plane, and successor to the luxury (peak 7,200 hp!?!) ANT-20 Maxim Gorky (BL/BR) crashed tragically Dec. 14, 1942, killing all 36 onboard. Great article:
https://t.co/UENoNII5Ed @sitnikov_94

#PearlHarbor80 #OTD 12/7/1941 3:42 am Hawaii time, the US Navy minesweeper Condor spots a periscope outside the harbor entrance channel into Pearl Harbor. Hours later, a PBY Catalina flying boat marks the spot, and then destroyer USS Ward depth-charges it, claiming a kill.

4/ Interestingly, the B-18 Bolo's top turret seems retractable. I see the nose turrets. Yet I'm having a hard time seeing the ventral turrets, however. Presumably they're also retractable. Any ideas from anyone? #avgeek #aviationlovers #aviationdaily

4/ #Antiquities #Constantinople alongside Rome was either the greatest or 2nd greatest city in the Roman Empire. These models/maps give you an idea of what was. It's worth clicking and zooming in on what's below. You'll see ramparts, hippodrome, Hagia Sophia, etc. @historyhitrome

3/ The B-18 had 2 x 1,000 hp engines, could haul 4,500 lbs. of bombs internally and make 215 mph max, cruise at 167 mph and had a 2,100 mile range (all per Wiki). Though quickly made obsolete as a bomber, it was pressed into anti-submarine warfare as the B-18B or as transports.

2/ hard at Hickam Field and Luke Field (on Ford Island) that day. Of 33 Bolos, 10 were damaged and 12 were destroyed. The 6-man planes had three machine guns in nose, dorsal and ventral turrets. Designers took the graceful DC-2 and made something that's rather ugly. And slow...

@MartinKoenigsb2 @milmodelscene @coloner_raideen @fran962zgz @DesertStorm24ID @VGaglianiCaputo @Robofemoid @USN_Submariner @107Kazuno @clark_aviation 7/ #WW2 #avgeek Up to (?) four B-32s flew a handful of combat operations/recon missions. 8/18/45 two B-32s fought three A6M Zeros / N1K2-J fighters. A B-32 damaged; one man WIA; one KIA. 8/28/45: two B-32s crashed separately, killing 15 of 26 crew. Note: turrets; no turrets.