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Consolidated R2Y

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Range
  
6,400 km

Length
  
27 m

First flight
  
April 15, 1944

Wingspan
  
34 m

Cruise speed
  
380 km/h

Manufacturer
  
Consolidated Aircraft

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Engine type
  
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp

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.

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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. The final design looked much like a smaller, high-wing Boeing B-29 Superfortress, but with windows for passengers.

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".

Specifications (R2Y-1)

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II

General characteristics

  • Crew: unknown
  • Capacity:
  • 48 passengers
  • Their baggage
  • 1,200 lb (550 kg) of mail
  • Payload: 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)
  • Height: ft in (m)
  • Airfoil: Davis (22% at root to 9.3% at wingtip)
  • Loaded 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 (210 knots, 380 km/h)
  • Range: 4,000 mi (3,500 nm, 6,400 km) at 200 mph (322 km/h)

    • References

    Consolidated R2Y Wikipedia
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