[R-390] More beautiful airplanes...

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:43:46 -0800

There is an A-26 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR, along
with the Spruce Goose. They also have, among many other aircraft, a P-51. A
factoid for the P-51 states that the plane flew just 126 days after they
started drawing lines on paper... Sounds like North American knew what they
were doing.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Kenneth G. Gordon
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 2:36 PM
To: Cecil Acuff; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [R-390] More beautiful airplanes...

> Greetings Group,
>
>         That same day I was returning from New Orleans after taking my
>         wife
> to a Dental appointment and watched a B-17 and a B-25 or 26...can't
> remember....whatever the Mitchell was....26 I think

B-25. B-26 was, 1st, the Marauder by Martin, then a completely
different airplane by Douglas called, I think, the Invader. The
Douglas B-26 was, IIRC, first designated the A-26, then its
designation was changed to B-26 when the Martins were phased
out.

I don't think there are any Martins left. A few Douglas B-26s
are used as fire bombers at the moment.

Ken W7EKB
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