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ramp in 1939. The RB-1's loading ramp, accessed by manually operated clamshell doors, along with the tricycle landing gear, meant cargo could be loaded/unloaded at truck-bed height. A manually operated two-ton (1814 kg) hoist for unloading trucks and a one-ton winch for pulling cargo up the ramp
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428:A single unrestored Budd RB-1 is on display at the
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834:Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II.
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752:"Flying Tiger History: The 1940s."
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674:Juptner, Joseph P.
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75:Manufacturer
37:RB Conestoga
1797:YC-137 (II)
937:(1925–1962)
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775:"CONESTOGA"
551:Performance
539:Propellers:
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268:Trapoklappe
241:Innovations
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1792:YC-137 (I)
1672:C-127 (II)
815:0517679647
622:References
501:Wing area:
378:New Mexico
234:propellers
188:U. S. Navy
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1667:C-127 (I)
660:Citations
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457:Data from
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18:Budd RB-1
2699:Lockheed
2681:Northrop
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589:See also
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374:Virginia
322:and the
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184:shotweld
176:aluminum
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2572:to "V"
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1977:C-20F–J
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194:. The
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86:Status
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2564:R7O-1
2427:R4D-8
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627:Notes
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2215:CV-2
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