Global Aircraft -- B-29 Superfortress

Primary Function:	Bomber
Contractor:	Boeing
Crew:	10 crew
Unit Cost:	$639,000
Powerplant
	Four 2,200-horsepower Wright Double Cyclone engines
Dimensions
Length:	99 feet
Wingspan:	141 feet 3 inches
Height:	27 feet 9 inches
Weights
Empty:	69,610 lb
Maximum Takeoff:	105,000 pounds (140,000 pounds postwar) -- gross
Performance
Speed:	365 mph (mach 0.55)
Ceiling:	31,850 feet
Range:	5,830 miles
Armament
	Eight .50-cal. machine guns in remote controlled turrets plus two .50-cal. machine guns and one 20mm cannon in tail; 20,000 lbs. of bombs.
Service Life
First Flight:	September 21, 1942 (B-29)
End of Service:	1960
Number Built:	[3,970 total]

B-29 Superfortress Achievements

The B-29 was the heaviest production plane because of increases in range, bomb load and defensive requirements.
The B-29 Enola Gay dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
B-29 Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki

B-29 Superfortress Photos


	Photo courtesy Bud Norris [Caption]
Photo courtesy Bud Norris [Caption]