Consolidated R2Y

Short description: 1940s American prototype military airliner

R2Y Liberator Liner

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.

## Contents

* 1 Development and service
* 2 Specifications (R2Y-1)
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Development and service

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 Boeing B-29 Superfortress, but with windows for passengers.

The aircraft was 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]

## Specifications (R2Y-1)

Consolidated XR2Y-1 3-view drawing from Les Ailes February 22, 1947

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[1]

General characteristics

* Crew: unknown
* Capacity:

* 48 passengers
* Their baggage
* 1,200 lb (550 kg) of mail
* 12,000 lb (5,500 kg) of cargo (after refit)
* Length: 90 ft 0 in (27.45 m)
* Wingspan: 110 ft 0 in (33.55 m)
* Airfoil: Davis (22% at root to 9.3% at wingtip)
* Gross weight: 56,000 lb (25,000 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 64,000 lb (29,000 kg)
* Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94 radial engines, 1,200 hp (900 kW) each

Performance

* Cruise speed: 240 mph (380 km/h, 210 kn)
* Range: 4,000 mi (6,400 km, 3,500 nmi) at 200 mph (322 km/h)

## See also

Related development

* Consolidated B-24 Liberator
* Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
* Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

* Boeing 307 Stratoliner
* Boeing 377 Stratocruiser

Related lists

* List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bridgeman, Leonard. "The Consolidated Vultee Model 39." Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. p. 217\. ISBN 1 85170 493 0.
2. ↑ John Wegg, General Dynamics Corporation. General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors.

## External links

* NX30039 American Airlines

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