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On 11/23/2021 at 9:36 AM, MikeRL411 said:

 

I wonder just where the carcass of this plane is.  Probably chopped up and made into several Toyotas.


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The XB-48 made its first flight on 22 June 1947, a 37-minute, 73 mi (117 km) hop from Martin's Baltimore, Maryland plant to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, but blew all four tires on its fore-and-aft mounted undercarriage on landing when pilot Pat Tibbs applied heavy pressure to the specially-designed, but very slow to respond, insensitive air-braking lever. Tibbs and co-pilot Dutch Gelvin were uninjured.

 

Nothing is mentioned about what was done with the two prototypes, but they likely were scrapped.

 

 

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LOL! The same colors came up for another aerobatic team for another country. 

It took me a few minutes, but I found them.

When I stumbled upon these pics, I thought they were Eurofighter Typhoons... delta wings and canards. 

Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Weimeng --- picture with one plane 

Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Ivan Voukadinov --- picture with multiple planes 

 

Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Weimeng (1).jpg

Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Ivan Voukadinov (1).jpg

Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Ivan Voukadinov (2).jpg

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On 11/27/2021 at 7:17 AM, Racer X 69 said:


From Wikipedia:

 

The XB-48 made its first flight on 22 June 1947, a 37-minute, 73 mi (117 km) hop from Martin's Baltimore, Maryland plant to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, but blew all four tires on its fore-and-aft mounted undercarriage on landing when pilot Pat Tibbs applied heavy pressure to the specially-designed, but very slow to respond, insensitive air-braking lever. Tibbs and co-pilot Dutch Gelvin were uninjured.

 

Nothing is mentioned about what was done with the two prototypes, but they likely were scrapped.

 

 

 

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b48.html

 

Flight tests with the XB-48s continued even after the formal end of the program. In the fall of 1949, the first XB-48 was cannibalized to keep the second flying. The latter aircraft was scheduled for a series of tests on the F-1 autopilot, jet engine cooling systems, and a hydraulic system for jet engines. However, these tests were cancelled before any could be carried out. The second XB-48 was used instead for the testing of thermal de-icing systems. In September 1951, the aircraft was flown to Phillips Field at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland where it was static tested to destruction.

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