The Hangardeck Podcast

In this Episode of the Hangar Deck Podcast, the team discusses our Aircraft Pick of the week.  The B-25 Mitchell.  The B-25 was derived from the 1939 NA-40B company proposal that was not accepted by the Army Air Corps. The Air Corps issued a circular (Number 38-385) in March 1938 describing the performance they required from the next bombers - a payload of 1,200 lb (540 kg) with a range of 1,200 mi (1,900 km) at more than 200 mph (320 km/h). Those performance specifications led NAA to submit their NA-40 design. The NA-40 had benefited from the North Amercian XB-21 (NA-39) of 1936 which was the company's partly-successful design for an earlier medium bomber that had been initially accepted and ordered but then cancelled. However, the company's experience from the XB-21 contributed to the design and development of the NA-40. The single NA-40 built flew first at the end of January 1939.  It went though several modifications to correct problems. These improvements included fitting 1,600 hp Wright R-2600 "Double C