Convair R3Y Tradewind
Civilian
Afbeelding: Wikimedia Commons
The Convair R3Y Tradewind of 1954 was a large military transport flying boat featuring four engines and accommodation for seven crew. At 42.6 meters long with 44.4-meter span and 553.7 km/h cruise, it provided strategic airlift across ocean routes in the early jet age.
Specificaties
- Rol
- transport flying boat
- Bemanning
- 7
- Motoren
- 4
- Eerste vlucht
- 1954
- Lengte
- 42,6 m
- Spanwijdte
- 44,4 m
- Maximumsnelheid
- 554 km/h