Subject: Bomber Series--Douglas XB-22

From: [email-masked] (joseph.f.baugher)
Date: 25 Sep 94 03:02:14 GMT

It was readily apparent by the late 1930s that the performance of the 
B-18 bomber was rapidly rendering it obsolete.  In an attempt to 
improve the performance of the B-18A, Douglas proposed that 1600 hp 
Wright R-2600-1 radials be fitted to a version of the B-18A to be 
designated XB-22.  In spite of the substantial increase in power 
offered by the larger engines, the performance of the XB-22 still fell 
short of requirements and the project was abandoned before anything 
could be built.  

    Ray Wagner, American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition,
    Doubleday, 1982.

    McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920, vol 1, Rene J.
    Francillon, Naval Institute Press, 1988

    United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon
    Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

    U.S. Army Aircraft, 1908-1946, James, C. Fahey

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