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B-48 (Glenn L. Martin Model 355)

Performance Document Definitions

PD = Performance Data (Early WWII Era)
ACP = Airplane Characteristics and Performance (WWII Era, lasted into about 1948)
SAC = Standard Aircraft Characteristics (Began being used around 1948)
CS = Characteristics Summary

PDF Files

XB-48 Patent Steve Pace - (0.55 MB)
XB-48 Martin Press Release 1479 (HTML) - (0.01 MB)
XB-48 Martin Press Release 1479 - (4.13 MB)
GLM Specification 355 Excerpts 5-DEC-1944 Drawing Only - (16.4 MB)

XB-48 CS 7-APR-1949 - (1.89 MB)

Images

XB-48 349016244 6bwf2-O -- 0.26 MB, 1800x1172

XB-48 Cutaway -- 0.53 MB, 3500x2220

XB-48 Drawing -- 0.96 MB, 2957x1440

XB-48 Rollout -- 9.54 MB, 5732x4271