Consolidated R2Y
| R2Y Liberator Liner | |
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| A Consolidated R2Y-1 in Navy markings. | |
| Role | Prototype military transport aircraft and Prototype cargo aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Consolidated Aircraft |
| First flight | 15 April 1944 |
| Status | Experimental |
| Primary users |
United States Navy American Airlines |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Consolidated 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.
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. The final design looked much like a smaller, high-wing Boeing 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".
Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II
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