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Word: pb2y (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...from the British, who have given their planes such lively names as Hurricane and Spitfire, the Navy last week gave names to its planes. Abandoned (except for official correspondence) was the Navy's peculiar code of airplane designations: SO3C (for Scout Observation plane, type 3, made by Curtiss), PB2Y (for Patrol Bomber, type 2, made by Consolidated), etc. The new lexicon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAVY: Lexicon of the Air | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

Coronado for the Consolidated PB2Y...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAVY: Lexicon of the Air | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...press-has a top of 398, carries six guns. ¶ Army's new four-motored Consolidated ("Liberator") does a fancy (for a bomber) 335 m.p.h., has a range of 3,000 miles with two tons of bombs. ¶ Navy's four-motored Consolidated patrol boat PB2Y-I has a top of 220, a range of 5,200 miles with 4,200 Ib. of bombs-a handy piece of equipment for anti-submarine patrol. ¶ Navy's two-motored Consolidated ("Catalina") the British call one of the world's most efficient flying boats. Top speed: 285, range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Speed Facts | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

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