Glen Edwards (pilot)
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Glen Walter Edwards was a test pilot for the United States Air Force. He is the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base.
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Glen Edwards Grave Lincoln Cemetery
Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster
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The Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster is an experimental American bomber aircraft, designed for a high top speed. The unconventional approach was to mount the two engines within the fuselage driving a pair of c
Glen Edwards (pilot)
…Air Field, in California's high desert, testing a wide variety of experimental prototypes such as Douglas' unconventional pusher-prop light bomber, the XB-42 Mixmaster. On 8 December 1945, he and Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Warden set a new transcontinental speed record when they flew the XB-42 from Long Beach…
XB-42
View of the contraprop and cruciform tail.
Rear view of the XB-42A in May 1947
XB-42A with podded 19XB-2 jets.