Curtiss T-32 Condor II (YC-30) Wallpapers

Curtiss T-32 Condor II (YC-30) Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : The Curtiss T-32 Condor II, also known as the Curtiss-Wright [br]CW-4, biplane airliner was even more of an anachronism than its namesake, the [br]Condor 18 of four years earlier. Its only concession was the landing gear, its [br]main units retracting into the engine nacelles. A two-bay biplane of mixed [br]construction, with a wire braced single fin and rudder assembly, the T-32 [br]prototype made its maiden flight on January 30, 1933. Layout for most of the [br]production batch of 21 aircraft that followed was as a luxury 12-passenger night [br]sleeper airliner, and a number of T-32s flew with Eastern Air Transport and [br]American Airways during the following three years of regular night service. Two modified T-32s were commission by the US Army as [br]transports and operated until 1938 under the designation YC-30. One Condor was [br]finished with extra fuel tanks as a long-range version for use by the 1933 Byrd [br]Antarctic Expedition. It was equipped with twin-floats, skis, or a fixed landing [br]gear. Ten T-32 were ultimately converted to AT-32 standards and [br]these were designated T-32C. Four T-32s operated under British civil [br]registrations. At the outbreak of World War II these were impressed into the RAF [br]and flown as light transports. Swissair also operated one AT-32. It was the [br]first airliner in Europe to have a Stewardess, but sadly met a tragic end [br]shortly after beginning service in March of 1934, when it crashed killing all on [br]board. Many other variants of the T-32 existed. The AT-32 differed [br]from the T-32 in having variable-pitch propellers and full NACA cowling, in lieu [br]to the T-32's Townsend rings. The AT-32D was developed as a 15-passenger day [br]airliner. Two AT-32E aircraft were built for the US Navy and operated under the [br]designation R4C-1 by the Navy and Marines as 12-passenger deluxe transports. [br]Both were used by the US Antarctic Survey and were finally forced to be [br]abandoned in the Antarctic in 1941. Eight examples of the BT-32 were finish as a [br]bomber variant and equipped to have five .303 caliber machine guns, two in [br]manual operated turrets in the nose and above the rear fuselage, two in lateral [br]fuselage ports and one in a ventral port. The prototype was sold to China and [br]three aircraft were re-equipped with floats and sold to Colombia, with four more [br]land variants sold to Peru. Finally there was the CT-32, which was built as a [br]military cargo version with a large-loading door in the starboard rear fuselage, [br]all three being sold to Argentina. I built my kit as the colorful American [br]Airways T-32 airliner. Now let's discover the adventure that began, when I [br]received this kit.[br]Country of origin: USA [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Engines: two Wright (Cyclone 9-cylinder radials [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Wingspan: 24.99 m (82ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Lenght: 14.81 m (48ft 7in) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Height: 4.98 m (16ft 4in) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Weight loaded: 7938 kg (17,500lb) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Cruising speed: 268 km/h (167mph) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br] Celling: 7010 m (23,000ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Range: 1152 km (716 miles) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Passengers + crew: 12 + 2 [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________

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