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NORTHROP XBT-2
1938
 
TWIN ENGINE MEDIUM BOMBER
  
     
   
 
 
 
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NORTHROP XBT-2
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 SCOUT BOMBER/DIVE BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1938
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 41 ft 6 in
LENGTH :
 31 ft 9 in
HEIGHT :
 12 ft. 10. in
WING AREA :
 320 sq. ft.
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 5,093 lbs.
WEIGHT LOADED :
 7,231 lbs.
WEIGHT MAX :
 7,593 lbs.
ARMAMENT :
 1 x .50 in Fixed Machine Guns in Nose
 
 1 x .30 in. Flexible Rear-Firing Machine Gun
BOMB LOAD :
 1,000 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 One Wright XR-1820-32 Air-Cooled Radial Engine
 
 1000 hp @ Takeoff, 800 hp @ 16,000 ft
CREW :
 2 - Pilot and Observer/Rear Gunner
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 67 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 155 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 265 mph @ 16,000 ft, 252 mph w/ 1000 lb Bomb
CLIMB RATE :
 1,450 ft/min
RANGE :
 604 miles w/ 1000 lb Bomb, 1,458 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 30,600 ft
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

McDowell, Ernest R. B-25 Mitchell In Action. Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-89747-033-8.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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