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Aeroplane with AS Mamba engine on air strip, 1944 - 1954

from Powerhouse Museum

  • Zinaida Beaumont said:
    Beautiful
  • Eli Fre'kha said:
    Phallic Too
  • Chris Pasley said:
    Wow dont see many Dart powered DC-3's
  • Pipe Manomora said:
    Wonderful!
  • Momentous Growth said:
    beautiful my friend! (add me as a contact if you want :)

perma_002042 Perman Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    This is the Vultee V-11A NR14980 heavily rebuilt into the V-11T NX14980. It served as a Pratt & Whitney engine test bed between ca 1940-45. No idea what is going on here. Perhaps P&W decided they needed a new barbecue grill so here we are with a nice smoke chimney, fan and all.... (just kidding off course.... 😄) Stig

bob hoover collection image

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    This was B-17G 44-85747 on loan to the US Navy from 1947 testing mostly Allison turboprops during the mid 1950s. The US Navy assigned its own Bu No 83999 but no specific designation. Some say it was the NB-17G.... Stig