Douglas B-18 Bolo Bomber

#About the aircraft
The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American medium bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, based on its DC-2, and was developed to replace the Martin B-10.


#Aircraft specifications

Crew: 6 people
Length: 57 ft/17.63 m
Wingspan: 89 ft/27.28 m
Height: 15 ft/4.62 m
Max takeoff weight (MTOW): 27,673 lb (12,552 kg)
Powerplant(s): 2 × Wright R-1820-53 radial engines, 1,000 hp (746 kW) each
Maximum airspeed: 216 mph (188 knots, 348 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Cruise speed: 167 mph (145 knots, 269 km/h)
Range: 900 mi (787 nmi, 1,450 km)
Service celling: 23,900 ft (7,285 m)
Climb to FL100: 9.9 min


#Weaponary

Guns: 3 × .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns
Bombs: 4,400 lb (2,000 kg)


#Photo

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Image originally credits to U.S. Air Force, got from Wikipedia File:Douglas B-18A airplane in flight (00910460 121).jpg - Wikimedia Commons


#Full documentary



Oh wow! That substance… ITS AMAZING!!! Great job! I highly support this!

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Thanks @Aussie_Wombat for the higly positive response. I also fixed the mistake.

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No worries! Thank you!

Full documentary hahahahaha. Bo and his squad are not what what I’d call a documentary but whatever floats your boat. Good feature request tho!

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No please add the DC2/3/4/6/8 before

Looks so cool!

Am I the only one who sees a shark nose at the front?

Sorry. I live in Iran and I can’t view the videos so I just copied the link and hoped for the best…

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LOVE IT! WWII planes need to be added into Infinite Flight. they are authentic and some are very pretty. :)