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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 1375.PDF
luNE I9TH, I94I. LAS B-19 America's Brobdingnagian Bomber Leaves tke Factory (Left) The Douglas B-19 has been wheeled out of the factory and nowawaits its test flight after taxying tests and ground handling trials. (Right) Several years of secret con- struction work were required to build the B-19 fn the Douglas factory. (Below) For its great size, the lines olthe fuselage of the leviathan bomber are comparatively slim The engine nacelle is a sheet metalstructure without internal bracing and the Duplex Cyclone is attached atnine points by the heads of one row of cylinders. riveting adopted throughout for all* external rivets. The wing of the B-19 was built, together with the corresponding fuselage section, in the vertical attitude by the provision of very elaborate staging several storeys high. The wing was not shifted from this until com- pleted and ready for attachment to the other section of the fuselage, which was built hori- zontally. The tail unit was also constructed in horizontal staging, and a carefully- planned procedure was used in assembly of the components by means of hoists operat- ing from the roof trusses. The undercarriage is of the nosewheel type, which indicates how well established this design is when it can be applied to a type which is such an advance in size on anything previously built. All wheels are retractable. Tankage is given as n ,000 U.S. gals., and a range of 7,500 miles has been A view inside the fuselage during construc-tion. The hats do not mean that U.S.A. has declared war but are frequently worn thereto alleviate the effects of dropped hammers.
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