Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster
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The Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster is an American 1940s jet-powered prototype bomber. The XB-43 was a development of the XB-42, replacing the piston engines of the XB-42 with two General Electric J35 engines
The first prototype aircraft, XB-43 number 44-61508
The second aircraft, YB-43 Versatile II, taking off. Undated. Note the solid, orange nose-cone that replaced the original clear nose
A front 3/4 view of the aircraft
Robert Cardenas
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Robert Leon Cardenas was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
Cardenas in the late 1960s
Bob Cardenas in 2007