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>It would be like a WWII movie showing a bomber taking off from NYC and bombing Berlin. NYC to Berlin is well within the originally required flight range of th
by _dingus 9y ago
>It would be like a WWII movie showing a bomber taking off from NYC and bombing Berlin.
NYC to Berlin is well within the originally required flight range of the B-29 (5,333mi at 400mph with a 2k lbs load). It wouldn't be an intelligent thing to do, but it isn't physically impossible.
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- mikeash 9y agoI was thinking of a round-trip mission, but I always appreciate nitpickery. (And I learned just how much carrying a heavy bomb load affected the range of the B-29!)