lthough it is scarcely more than an obscure footnote in aviation history today, at one time the Douglas XB-19 was among the best-known aircraft in America. The largest airplane in, the play in which George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart managed to drop the name of just about every celebrated person and institution of the day. To put the XB-19’s enormity into perspective, it had twice the loaded weight and twice the wingspan of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and even dwarfed the later Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
DOUGLAS XB-19
Jan 25, 2022
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