The Boeing XB-15, company Model 294, was an American bomber designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps to find out whether a heavy bomber with a range of 5,000 miles could be built. For a year from mid 1935 it was designated the XBLR-1. When it first flew in 1937 it was the largest and most voluminous airplane ever built in the United States, and it set load-to-altitude records for land-based aircraft. Its wings were big enough for flight engineers to enter through a crawlway and make repairs in flight. The only example was retired in December 1944 and ordered scrapped in Panama in June 1945.
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) range.
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When it first flew in 1937, it was the most massive and voluminous airplane ever built in the US.
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In June 1945, it was ordered to be scrapped at Albrook Field in Panama
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) range.
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) range.
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) range.
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) range.
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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mi (4,300 nmi; 8,000 km) range.
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