Product Highlights
Douglas XB-42/42A Mixmaster and XB-43 Jetmaster by Ginter Books (ISBN 9798989950935) is a softcover history of two unusual Douglas Aircraft bomber prototypes developed during and after World War II.
Features
- 88 pages
- Over 220 photos and drawings
- Softcover
About the Mixmaster and Jetmaster
Douglas's unsolicited proposal for a contra-rotating, pusher-propeller light bomber produced the XB-42 "Mixmaster," which performed well and even set a transcontinental speed record. Its fuselage, built around two Allison V-1710 engines and their long propeller driveshafts, had enough internal width to accommodate two jet engines instead, giving rise to the all-jet XB-43 "Jetmaster" proposal. While the XB-42 was designed, built and flown within a year of being proposed, the XB-43 took years to complete, largely while waiting on its promised J35 engines.
