Convair XC-99
Civilian
Bild: Wikimedia Commons
The Convair XC-99 of 1947 was a revolutionary heavy transport, the largest and heaviest aircraft to fly at its time. Stretched from the B-36 bomber, at 55.6 meters long with 70.1-meter span and six engines producing 494.1 km/h, it proved the feasibility of ultra-large cargo aircraft.
Technische Daten
- Einsatzrolle
- Heavy transport
- Herkunft
- United States
- Besatzung
- 5
- Triebwerke
- 6
- Erstflug
- 1947
- Länge
- 55,6 m
- Spannweite
- 70,1 m
- Höchstgeschwindigkeit
- 494 km/h