Years In Service: 1948-1964
Initial Flight: June 25, 1947
It performed weather tracking and atmospheric sampling after Soviet nuclear tests. Some WB-50 aircraft also flew missions to sample the air for radioactive particles indicating that the Soviet Union had detonated a nuclear weapon. The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber and a post-World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
Aircraft Specifications
Height: 32’8″ Wingspan: 141′ 2″ Length: 99’0″ Crew: 12 Armament: One 20 mm Cannon, twelve 12.7 mm Machine guns Payload: Up to 20,000 lb. bomb load No. of Engines: 4 Horsepower: 3,500 hp. Driving four-bladed propellers Cruise Speed: 235mph Max Speed: 395 mph Ceiling: 36,700 ft