Side-by-side comparison of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress against the Boeing B-50 Superfortress.

The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber. A post–World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, it was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines, stronger structure, a taller tail fin, and other improvements.

Dec 18, 2019 · Key point: While the B-29 was responsible for the three deadliest bombing raids in history—the firebombing of Tokyo and the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—its successor the B-50...

Let's talk about a few of the things that distinguish the B-50 Superfortress from the B-29 Superfortress here at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

There's a B-50 parked next to a B-29 at Castle Air Museum in Atwater California. They look similar but the engines are fatter and stick out more. The props a...

One of the largest aircraft of World War II, the B-29 was designed with state-of-the-art technology, which included a pressurized cabin, dual-wheeled tricycle landing gear, and an analog computer -controlled fire-control system that allowed one gunner and a fire-control officer to direct four remote machine gun turrets.

Feb 26, 2017 · The Boeing B-50 was essentially a postwar update to the B-29 Superfortress. Similar enough to the B-29 that Boeing never did give it a separate name, the B-50 used the more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engine.

Feb 2, 2024 · In 1944, engineers initiated the development of an improved B-29, aiming to replace the unreliable Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines. They sought to install the more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engine, the largest displacement aircraft piston engine in America’s large-scale production.

4 days ago · In addition to new engines, the B-50 had a new wing, larger tail, a new window configuration, and many smaller enhancements. The following table summarizes the differences between the B-29 and two versions of the B-50.

Dec 29, 2022 · My Grandpa says the B-50 was much easier to fly. The bigger engines and the way the turbos worked helped a lot. A small miner difference is that the B-50 had engine chip detectors to let the flight engineer know if there were metal flakes in the oil.