5 engine B-17
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:47 pm
Hey,
I can't find my copy of "the Final Cut' and I am trying to remember which of-the surviving B-17s was the Wright 5 engine test bed.
The reason I ask is that I just got back from an Antique Fair in Columbus Ohio and bought a binder "Engine Specifications, Commercial" Wright Aeronautical Corporation'.The first picture is an artist conception of what the 5 engine B-17 will look like.The rest of the pictures are of the engine, many still marked 'restricted". The engine is the 827GTA1 Engine-Tractor. Revised May 22, 1946. ( also listed as the T-35-I). The rest of the binder seems to be full of test data.
Any help?
Joe
I can't find my copy of "the Final Cut' and I am trying to remember which of-the surviving B-17s was the Wright 5 engine test bed.
The reason I ask is that I just got back from an Antique Fair in Columbus Ohio and bought a binder "Engine Specifications, Commercial" Wright Aeronautical Corporation'.The first picture is an artist conception of what the 5 engine B-17 will look like.The rest of the pictures are of the engine, many still marked 'restricted". The engine is the 827GTA1 Engine-Tractor. Revised May 22, 1946. ( also listed as the T-35-I). The rest of the binder seems to be full of test data.
Any help?
Joe