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NORTHROP YRB-49A
1950
 
RECONNAISANCE - SERVICE TEST AIRCRAFT
  
     
 
 
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NORTHROP YRB-49A
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 RECONNAISANCE - SERVICE TEST AIRCRAFT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 MAY 4, 1950
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 1 (YB-35 Convertion)
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 172 ft (52.2 m)
LENGTH :
 53 ft 1 in (16.2 m)
HEIGHT :
 15 ft 2 in
WING AREA :
 4,000 sq ft (371.6 m sq)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 89,560 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 180,000 lb (82,000 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 209,000 lb (95,000 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 NONE
BOMB LOAD :
 6 x 188 lbs T-89 Flash Bombs
POWER PLANT :
 6 x Allison J35-A-19 Axial Flow Turbojet Engines, Producing 5,000 lbs.
 
 Thrust Each
CREW :
 6 - Pilot, Copilot, Flight Engineer, Radio Operator, Photo Navigator,
 
 Radar Navigator
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 381 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 340 mph
LANDING SPEED :
 --
CLIMB RATE :
 --
RANGE :
 2,250 miles
SERVICE CEILING :
 45,500 ft
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Pape, Garry with John Campbell & Donna Campbell. The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1994. ISBN 0-88740-597-5.

Pape, Garry and John Campbell. Northrop Flying Wings: A History of Jack Northrop's Visionary Aircraft. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1995. ISBN 0-88740-689-0.

Wooldridge, E. T. Winged Wonders: The Story of the Flying Wings. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. ISBN 0-87474-966-2.

Angelucci, Enzo; Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter - The Definitive Guide To American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. 1985. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

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

  
 
     
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