Volume 229 of the "Air Force Legends" series. During World War II, Douglas Aircraft's unsolicited proposal for a counter-rotating pusher propeller light bomber would become the most unusual and iconic US military aircraft built during the war. There is something of "Buck Rogers" about it. Surprisingly, no major problems were encountered with this ambitious design. The XB-42 "Mixmaster" performed well and even set a transcontinental speed record. Its fuselage housed two Allison V-1710 engines and their long propeller drive shafts. This gave the fuselage enough width to accommodate two jet engines, and the proposal for the pure jet version XB-43 was born. While the XB-42 was designed, built and flown within a year of Douglas' initial proposal, the XB-43 "Jetmaster" took many years to complete, mainly because of the need to wait for the promised J-35 engines to be delivered.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Ginter, Steve
Title
Douglas XB-42/42A Mixmaster and XB-43 Jetmaster
Details
English text, paperback, 182 bw- and 3 colour photos, 40 drawings, large format. 88 pages.
State
new
Ginter Books Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Responsible person
Berliner Zinnfiguren
Knesebeckstr. 88 10623 Berlin Deutschland [email protected]
