[Milsurplus] [Fwd: Re: [R-390] A-26/B-26 OT-what else!]

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:09:51 -0800

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Subject: Re: [R-390] A-26/B-26 OT-what else!
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:06:29 -0800
From: Dan Arney <[email protected]>
Organization: Global Pack & Mail
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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Bob, You should read my previous post. The Martin B-26 had only 2
engines. If I remember correctly they were C/W (Curtiss Wright R-2600
radials).

The Douglas A-26 Invader was a follow on if the A-20 Havoc that was
built originally for the RAF in the early stages of WW II. The USAF
later renamed it the B-26. There were several versions for the USAF used
in the Korean war and a few in Nam. Most were modified by ON-Mark
Aviation at the Van Nuys, CA airport worked there for some time. We also
modified a bunch of them with Pratt-Whitney R-2800 CB-16 making 2400 HP
at take off with Ham Standard full feathering props , water injection,
tip tanks and pressurized with a cruise speed of 340 Knots at altitude
which I have flown non stop west to east coast and one stop westbound. I
hold an ATR Type rating in the B-26 along with some 20 other type
ratings and over 20,000 logged hours.

I flew one of the Martin B-26's owned by Pemex in Mexico City in 1963
when I was flying a Martin 404 that I flew for Frank Sinatra for over 2
years. The Martin had been modified with P?W R-2800 CB-16's also with
Ham Stds. full feathering props. One of those crashed near Mexico DF and
the last I heard the other one was in or near Houston TX. These were the
long wing version and had been modified for the TVA prior to going to
Mexico, DF for PEMEX.

Hank
KN6DI
None of them had a R-390.

There are several Douglas B-26 aircraft still flying in different parts
of the US. The first time I flew in the A-26 was as a radio operator in
the LA ANG based at New Orleans Lake Front Airport in 1948/49.