Academy Boeing B-29A Enola gay and Bockstar (1:72)

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Plastic model, prints and instructions.

The package does not contain glue, brushes, paints or other accessories.

Description

Academy plastic model of Boeing B-29A Enola gay and Bockstar aircraft in 1:72 scale for gluing.

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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engine piston-powered heavy bomber used by the US Air Force during World War II and the Korean War. The name was given in reference to its predecessor - the B-17 Flying Fortress and was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing, but also excelled at night bombing with low-altitude incendiary bombs or dropping naval mines during the blockade of Japan. The B-29 also dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which contributed to the end of World War II.

Production of the B-29 was discontinued after World War II, with the last Boeing being completed by the Boeing Renton plant on May 28, 1946. Many aircraft were stored, then declared surplus, and eventually scrapped as surplus. Others remained in active inventory and were equipped with strategic air command when it was formed on March 21, 1946. In particular, the modified Silverplate 509 aircraft remained the only aircraft capable of delivering an atomic bomb, and the unit was involved in a series of Operation Crossroads tests. B-29 Dave's Dream dropped a "Fat Man" bomb in Test Able on July 1, 1946.

B-29A specification

• Span: 43.36 m
• Length: 30.18 m
• Altitude: 9.02 m
• Bearing area: 161.28 m²
• Geometric slenderness of the wing: 11.49
• Weight of empty aircraft: 33,795 kg
• Take-off weight: 54,431 kg
• Maximum takeoff weight: 61,560 kg
• Power unit: 4 × two-star Wright R-3350-23 Duplex Cyclone

Performance

• Top speed in 6100 m: 575 km / h
• Economic cruising speed: 467 km / h
• Operational access: 11,150 m
• Ascent time up to 7620 m: 43 minutes
• Range with a bomb load of 2268 kg, at an altitude of 7620 m: 5230 km
• For flight: 9012-9656 km
• Area load: 379.7 kg / m2
• Weight / power ratio: 9.33 kg / kW

Armament

• 8-10 × M2 Browning machine gun caliber 12.7 mm in rotating turrets
• 1 20 mm cannon and 2 M2 machine guns in the rear range (20 mm cannon later dismantled) up to 9072 kg bombs in two bomb bays

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