Pima Air Museum wierdos (# 0643)

A couple of weird looking planes, the silver one is a Budd RB-1 Conestoga, the plane closer to me is a Northrop YC-125A Raider; both planes were not commercial/military successes.

The Conestoga was built in response to a military concern about a shortage of aluminum in the early years of WWII – it’s built of spot-welded stainless steel (see the Pima webpage). The Raider is the last tri-motor prop plane used by the U.S. military; it was short-lived because it was built for tactical transport just at the time that task was being taken over by helicopters.

Conestoga: www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/budd-rb-1-conestoga
Raider: www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/northrop-yc-125a-raider