| Consolidated R2Y | |
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| A Consolidated R2Y-1 in Navy markings. | |
| Role | Prototype military transport aircraft Prototype Cargo aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Consolidated Aircraft |
| First flight | April 15, 1944 |
| Status | Did not enter mass-production |
| Primary users | United States Navy American Airlines |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | B-24 Liberator |
The Consolidated R2Y "Liberator Liner" (Consolidated Model 39) was an airliner derivative of the B-24 Liberator built for the United States Navy by Consolidated Aircraft.
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The XR2Y-1, as the single prototype was known in Navy service, used the high-aspect wing and tricycle landing gear of the Liberator. The fuselage was an entirely new design, and the vertical stabilizer was taken from the PB4Y Privateer.[1] The final design looked much like a smaller, high-wing B-29 Superfortress, but with windows for passengers.
Meant to carry passengers or cargo to distant Navy bases, but after a brief evaluation the prototype was demilitarized in the mid-1940s, returned to Convair, and leased to American Airlines as a freighter with the name 'City of Salinas'[2]
Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[1]
General characteristics
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