Some 4,000 feet of rubber and metal tubing coursed through the B-24, shunting fuel and fluids through the aircraft. The B-24 carried 18 rubber fuel cells, 12 in the center wing and three more in ...

But before the design could be ordered the war concluded. The B-24’s slab-sided fuselage earned the aircraft its nickname, the “Flying Boxcar.” The fuselage was constructed around two ...

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday that in the previous 24 hours it had detected 76 Chinese military aircraft and 15 Chinese military ships operating around Taiwan.