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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

This didnt correct the problem sufficiently, so the tail was completely revised, giving the horizontals dihedral and capping each with a large oval fin and rudder arrangement much like that of its Consolidated stablemate, the B-24 Liberator. The hull was also redesigned to improve hydrodynamic performance.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway

Solo, But Not Alone

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

I’d served as the legal advisor in targeting cells that put “warheads on foreheads” in Syria during the fight against ISIS—but we were always the “ground customers,” waiting for the right platform to deliver the payload. I checked the altimeter less and flew by feel, using the familiar trees and rooftops to judge altitude.

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Runway Tail Air Traffic Control Altimeter

Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Solo, But Not Alone

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