I said a "certain" level, not a "high" level......with a certain level of refinement...
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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
- Thread starter Downeaster
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The 1929 G-38 Junkers, the largest plane in the world at the time. With enormous wings, nearly 6’ thick, passenger compartments in the wings and a small one right in the nose of the aircraft. Engine bays inside the wings, that mechanics can stand up in, so that mechanics can work on the motors in flight! 
Was this plane ahead of its time?
Nobody can say that Hugo Junkers didn’t think outside o the box!
All of this info taken from this article,
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/junkers-g-38.45982/page-2
And check out this wild design that was never built,
Was this plane ahead of its time?Nobody can say that Hugo Junkers didn’t think outside o the box!
All of this info taken from this article,
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/junkers-g-38.45982/page-2
And check out this wild design that was never built,
The 1929 G-38 Junkers, the largest plane in the world at the time. With enormous wings, nearly 6’ thick, passenger compartments in the wings and a small one right in the nose of the aircraft. Engine bays inside the wings, that mechanics can stand up in, so that mechanics can work on the motors in flight!
Nobody can say that Hugo Junkers didn’t think outside o the box!
All of this info taken from this article,
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/junkers-g-38.45982/page-2
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And check out this wild design that was never built,
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Fun fact (I just learned) ... the Japanese license built about a half dozen of 'em as the Mitsubishi Ki-20.
Nothing to see here folks...just part of a BUFF being moved over a highway to a Boeing facility. 
DennisV
XS650 New Member
You forget just how damn LONG that thing really is until you see it out of context like that. Amazing how many years it has remained a viable system. I was in England when the first one landed at Brize (a very long time ago), and remember the tail towering over the B47s. It didn't do their pavement any favors either, as I recall.
Air-dropped life-boat?
Is that aircrew in the mid-section window watching the drop?
I believe so. Wooden Boat magazine had an artticle 20 ish years ago about these. For the time it was an advanced construction of molded wood. The RAF had molded wood (plywood) aircraft and the designer used that technique to build a boat tough enough to be airdropped.
19 FLATTOPS AT BOSTON
The US Navy's Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the South Boston Naval Annex, MA on July 25, 1953. The Essex class carrier in the foreground is the USS Leyte (CVA-32) being prepared for deactivation. However, the following month she would be reactivated as an anti-submarine carrier (CVS-32).
The majority of other carriers are escort carriers of the Casablanca class although the ship directly to port of Leyte is a Sangamon class escort carrier. In the far background is a Bogue class escort carrier.
Willow Run... by November 1943 they were rolling out a new B-24 every hour. At its peak monthly production (August 1944), Willow Run produced 428 B-24s with highest production listed as 100 completed Bombers flying away from Willow Run between April 24 and April 26, 1944. By 1945, Ford produced 70% of the B-24s in two 9-hour shifts. Ford built 6,972 of the 18,482 total B-24s and produced kits for 1,893 more to be assembled by the other manufacturers. The B-24 holds the distinction of being the most produced heavy bomber in history
The flight deck of the B-36 Peacemaker. The Peacemaker had six piston engines, four jet engines, and the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft. It was only in service for 11 years. Here's a closer look at this nearly forgotten Cold War deterrent.
Make sure you pay attention to all those instruments! Pictured is the Flight Engineer’s seat. I believe that job is all but completely obsolete.
B-36 was a mighty airplane. Still just about current when I were a kid but mostly forgotten now.
DennisV
XS650 New Member
They made a remarkable sound going over. Friend of mine did a lot of test work on the B36, including high altitude Vmc tests. They'd start on one wing tip shutting down one engine (2 jets, 3 recips) at a time until it went complete out of control. Can you imagine purposefully flinging something that big and long totally out of control ... on purpose?? 
I was told that any cadet at the Air Force Academy with 4 arms automatically went to the B36 program.
The checklist probably rolled out on a reel from the cockpit to the tail.
