Douglas DC-4/6/7 ...

[jcf]

A bomber project to start:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomberag_1.htm





Links to 1/72nd drawings:

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomber_1.pdf

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/dc4bomber_2.pdf

[GTX_Admin]

Interesting.  Presidium ably somewhere between the B-17 and B-29 in performance

[Rickshaw]

Interesting.  Presidium ably somewhere between the B-17 and B-29 in performance

Range = B-29
Payload = B-17

[jcf]

Much less than a B-17.

[GTX_Admin]

I could see this as somewhat of a US equivalent to the Fw200 in the ASuW role.

[elmayerle]

How about a combination of two DC-4 variants, the North Star and the Carvair?

Also, an equivalent to the Carvair based on the DC-6.

[GTX_Admin]

How about a combination of two DC-4 variants, the North Star and the Carvair?

Also, an equivalent to the Carvair based on the DC-6.

Interesting options.  I especially like the North Star/Carvair combo idea - would make people blink at least...

[Jeffry Fontaine]

If you have the money to spend, how about a DC-4/-6/-7 with four Basler turboprops?

[The Big Gimper]

Found via Facebook.

A U.S. Navy Douglas R5D-2-2 (C-54) Skymaster of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) circa 1954. The aircraft was originally ordered by the USAAF as a C-54B-1-DC (c/n 10428, USAAF 42-72323). It was transferred to the U.S. Navy as an R5D-2 (BuNo 50851). In the early 1950s it was converted and used for radar tests at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland (USA) under the designation R5D-2-2. The aircraft was redesignated C-54P in 1962. After its service with the U.S. Navy it was sold to Aero Union of California (civil registration N62295). Finally the plane became a hulk at Chico, California.