#xb-42

An old old art I Kofi'd @planeyboys to do of my favorite brothers: XB-42 Mixmaster and XB-43 Jetmaster! Originally the XB-42 was a fast bomber prototype powered by two Allison V-1710's through two driveshafts and a gearbox, each engine turning one of the two propellers in opposite directions. Some of them where converted to jet power and dubbed the XB-43, and had extra clean lines due to the elimination of the props on the back. I love the goofy separate cockpits of the early production ones, the single canopy ones look cool but man I love the googly eyes.

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster (43-50224) parked at the Douglas factory in Long Beach, California.

Photographed by Marie Hansen

Date: December 1945

The Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, an early post WW2 bomber/attack prototype and the answer to today's 'mystery' image! This features the aircraft's remote control defensive armament.

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster with contra-rotating pusher propeller. Palm Springs, California, 1945.

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster (43-50224) running its engines at night for the press, while parked at the Douglas factory in Long Beach, California.

Date: December 1945