Record Name | Ans_05050-112 |
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Photographer | Unbekannt |
Dating | 1950-1960 |
Caption | Convair 240, N24501. U.S. Air Force Testing experimental Turboprop Air Liners. The Allison Turbo-Liner: This experimental plane is a converson of the Convair 240 passenger liner. Its two Allison T38 turboprop engines of 2,925 horsepower and its streamlined nacelles give the plane an improvement of 12 percent in high speed and 15 percent in cruise speed over the standart model with the usual reciprocating engines. Take-off and landing characteristics also are improved. |
Caption (German) | Convair 240, N24501. U.S. Air Force Testing experimental Turboprop Air Liners. The Allison Turbo-Liner: This experimental plane is a converson of the Convair 240 passenger liner. Its two Allison T38 turboprop engines of 2,925 horsepower and its streamlined nacelles give the plane an improvement of 12 percent in high speed and 15 percent in cruise speed over the standart model with the usual reciprocating engines. Take-off and landing characteristics also are improved. |
Physical description | Fotografie : Silbergelatine-Abzug |
Format | Spezialmass |
Special size | 20,5 x 25,7 cm |
Colour | schwarz/weiss |
Orientation | Querformat |
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License | Public Domain Mark |
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