B48 Bomber

B48 Bomber. The B48 is a 20L single turbo engine that is part of the BMW B series modular engines It’s built on the same basic design as the 6cylinder B58 with two less cylinders BMW’s B48 engine is also the successor to the 20L turbo N20 engine Toyota uses the B48 engine in some of their models notably the Toyota Supra.

Performing its maiden flight on 28 June 1954 the aircraft was introduced to USAF service during 1956 The standard model designated B66 was a bomber model that was procured to replace the aging Douglas A26 Invader in parallel a dedicated photo reconnaissance model designated RB66 was also produced alongside.

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The Douglas A26 Invader (designated B26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twinengined light bomber and ground attack aircraft Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II the Invader also saw service during several major Cold War conflicts.

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On February 24 1943 three squadrons of B24 Liberators—goliath fourengine 56000pound bombers—streaked toward Germany to strike Hitler’s vaunted Luftwaffe at its heart targeting a key production facility in the town of Gotha Germany Just a month earlier B24s had participated in the first attack on German soil bombing a submarine yard in Wilhelmshaven Germany but.

Monogram’s 1/48 B58 Hustler 1/48 scale iModeler

DevelopmentDesignOperational HistoryVariantsAccidents and IncidentsAircraft on DisplaySpecificationsNotable Appearances in MediaSee AlsoExternal LinksOriginsThe genesis of the B58 was the Generalized Bomber Study (GEBO II) issued in February 1949 by the Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) at WrightPatterson AFB Ohio for the development of a supersonic longrange manned bomber aircraft ARDC sought the best attainSelectionThe Air Force chose Boeing’s MX1712 and Convair MX1626 design studies to proceed to a Phase 1 study During this period Convair took advantage of recent developments by General Electric and replaced the two large J53 engines with four smaller J79s optimized for supersoni.