The Consolidated R2Y "Liberator Liner" (Consolidated Model 39) was an airliner derivative of the B-24 Liberator built for the United States Navy by Consolidated Aircraft.
Development and service[edit]
The XR2Y-1, as the single prototype was known in Navy service, used the high-aspect wing and tricycle landing gear of the Liberator. The fuselage was an entirely new design, and the vertical stabilizer was taken from the PB4Y Privateer.[1] The final design looked much like a smaller, high-wing B-29 Superfortress, but with windows for passengers.
Meant to carry passengers or cargo to distant Navy bases, but after a brief evaluation the prototype was demilitarized in the mid-1940s, returned to Convair, and leased to American Airlines as a freighter with the name 'City of Salinas'[2]
Specifications (R2Y-1)[edit]
Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[1]
General characteristics
Performance
- Cruise speed: 240 mph (210 knots, 380 km/h)
- Range: 4,000 mi (3,500 nm, 6,400 km) at 200 mph (322 km/h)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bridgeman, Leonard. “The Consolidated Vultee Model 39.” Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946.. p. 217. ISBN 1 85170 493 0.
- ^ John Wegg, General Dynamics Corporation. General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors.
See also[edit]
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
External links[edit]
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