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Old 25 December 1999, 02:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Is there a listing of aircraft designers? I'm interested in my late uncle, Robert Goodyear, who worked for Consolidated Vultee and Boeing. Regretted designing twin-stabilizer configuration for B24. It got in the way, and one would have served just as well.
 
Old 26 December 1999, 03:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Can't help you on the bio. info. re engineers but the Army B-24 and the the Navy "Privateer" (BTW: the Navy ships were primarily single rudder a-c) are covered well on a website which can be accessed with a search for "B-24 Liberator." "The Log of the Liberator" by Birdsall is probably the best book on the plane. Barnes & Noble have used copies of it @ "b.n.com" (in their "Out of Print Category") Best Regards. LEB
 
Old 31 December 1999, 12:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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The B32 which was Consolidated's competitor to the B29 had a single rudder. It had a very limited production run. It was called the Dominator.
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Old 31 December 1999, 09:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks! I didn't know that. I don't know whether Uncle Bob worked on that one or not.
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