Word: b18
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keep them from being buffeted by the wind when on the ground. With the controls locked, the plane took off, lurched over on one wing, crashed and burned. Both Tower and the Army flyer were killed. Boeing collected $350,000 in insurance, but Douglas, with a twin-engined B18 in competition, walked off with the contract for 133 planes. Nevertheless, the Army Air Corps liked the Fortress well enough to order 13 for "service tests." While the plane was proving itself, Boeing's engineers went to work to' build a better Flying Fortress. Beall and Wells...