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Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger
The Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger (Boeing 344) was a prototype twin-engined flying boat patrol bomber built for the United States Navy. The order for this aircraft was canceled to free production capacity to build the Boeing B-29 and only a single prototype was completed.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Category
- Bombers
- First flight
- 1942-07-09
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 160 kt
- Max speed
- 186 kt
- Range
- 5,500 nm
- Service ceiling
- 22,400 ft
- Rate of climb
- 980 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 101,130 lb
- Empty weight
- 41,531 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 1,710 US gal
- Powerplant
- 2 × Wright R-3350-8 radial engines
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 10
- Length
- 94.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 139.7 ft
- Height
- 34.2 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.