Great Lakes

Great Lakes BG

Dive bomber

  • First flight1933
  • Introduction1934
  • StatusRetired
  • Number built61
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
Two
Length
8.77 m (28 ft 9 in)
Wingspan
10.98 m (36 ft)
Height
3.35 m (11 ft)
02

Performance

Maximum speed
303 km/h (188 mph, 163 kn)
Range
884 km (549 mi, 477 nmi)
Service ceiling
6,100 m (20,100 ft)
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1535-82 Twin Wasp Junior 14-cylinder, two row air cooled radial engine (750 hp / 560 kW)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: 1 × fixed forward firing 0.30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine gun and 1 × flexibly mounted rear gun; Bombs: 1 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb under fuselage

Engines 1

R-1535 R-1535 Piston engines Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior Small twin-row radial engine of the Wasp family. Pratt & Whitney · United States→