Friday Afternoon Aviation
by John Sickels
on Aug 28, 2025 4:52 PM EDT
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Boeing XB-15 (via Bomberguy)
Forgotten Aircraft - The Douglas XB-19 (via Bomberguy)
A little off-topic aviation history for Friday afternoon.
Two of the coolest aircraft built in the 1930s were the Boeing XB-15 and Douglas XB-19 bombers, two huge monsters which were the spiritual predecessors of the B-29 and B-36. Poking around Youtube, I found a couple of nice videos regarding these two aircraft. The one about the XB-19 is particularly interesting and incorporates some newsreel footage.
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We need more of these...
As a fellow aviation history enthusiast…
How we got from these to an F-22 in a little over 60 years is quite amazing…
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 28, 2025 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What I find even more amazing
is how the industry went from the Wright brothers to planes such as the XB-19 in ~30 years without computers.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Aug 28, 2025 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True...
Wars and threats of wars tend to do that.
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by Andy Seiler on Aug 29, 2025 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Flakmagnet
May have been a good nick-name for the xb-19. Huge.
by wobatus on Aug 29, 2025 8:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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