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Show Uncle Sam's Aerial Giant, B-19 It is comforting in these days of air blitzes to know tliat Uncle Sum can boast tlie largest bombing plane in the world. It is the . $'1,500.01)0 B-19, a four-engined Douglas whose engines produce a ' total of 8,000 h. p. The gross load weight of this aerial giant is 82 j tons, und it has a icing-spread of 212 feet. These pictures acquaint you with our new flying fortress. I - :! Snapped in flight over a river in southern California is the giant B-19. The picture was made during a test flight, with twenty persons aboard. Looking aft from the pilot's cabin we see the radio and control panel which, ivith the pilot's instrument panel, comprise the "brains" of the world's mightiest plane. hzVHm !Yv4 A glimpse into the rear compartment of the B-19. Lieut. L. J. Doyle, veteran test pilot, is shown at the inter-plane phone. Machine Ma-chine gun mounts (not shown) are on sides opposite the lieutenant. safe ? ;: .f" ;s'' ."ft it s-lji.' , ::j :.: if-. -Xfi . : Lieut. Col. Stanley L m stead is here pictured at the controls during dur-ing a three-hour test flight. A view of the two starboard motors as seen from the cabin of the B-19. The B-19 being escorted by two P-10 pursuit ships. |