The Bold, Bulbous Douglas Cloudster II
This unconventional 1940s twin-powerplant, pusher-propeller GA aircraft design featured a large forward fuselage, room for five, and white wall tires.
This unconventional 1940s twin-powerplant, pusher-propeller GA aircraft design featured a large forward fuselage, room for five, and white wall tires.
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The aircraft was based on a T-37 ‘Tweet’ primary jet trainer modified for civilian use.
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The aircraft was a modification of a 1950s-era Grumman Super Ag Cat biplane that replaced its single radial engine with two 310 hp Lycoming TIO-540 flat-6 engines.
Often it’s better to go with an airplane with plenty of capabilities that you can grow into rather than out of.
For a year during World War II, the twin-engine, piston-powered airplane flew both with a pilot aboard—and without.
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The Cessna O-2TT concept was proposed as an intriguing blend of design elements that never reached the production stage.
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