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Douglas B-26C Invader

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USA Strike fighter


The B-26 at Bordeaux-Mérignac air base (BA 106)


Technical features
Wingspan21,30 m 3 view
Length16,60 m
Height5,60 m
Wing aera50,10 m2
Empty weight10365 kg
Gross weight12517 kg
Max weight15876 kg
Crew3
Max speed571 km/h
Cruise speed457 km/h
Ceiling6735 m
Range2255 km
Engines2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-27 or -79 Double Wasp of 2000cv each


CAEA's specimen
B-26 BuAer 44-35859, constructor number 29138 is an A-26C-50-DT converted to B-26APQ13, delivered to France by United States on june 16, 1960. It starts its career at the CEAM from july to november 1960, then at CIB 328, registered as F-UKEY / 328-EY until january 1967, being reformed on march 27, 1968 at Châteaudun. Then it come back and stay several years behind the base HQ of BA 106 Bordeaux-Mérignac before its dismantling by a CAEA team in 2000.

Visible parts


-Restoration

Contact : Denis Dumoulin

  Images of engines arrival at Hangar 2
Gear up on March 18, 2000
Nose dismantling on June 24, 2000
Fuselage outdoor on February 24, 2001
  Aircraft condition on March 11, 2000
At Hangar 2 on June 10, 2000
Wingframe sheltered on November 11, 2000
Again sheltered on BA106 October 2001


Dewoitine 520

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