At the time two strange prototypes the Burnelli UB-14 and beta test of the Burnelli CBY-3, the first is The Burnelli UB-14, also known as the Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper, was a 1930s American prototype lifting-fuselage airliner designed and built by Vincent Burnelli.The second is a development of early UB-14, the Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster is an unconventional transport aircraft that was designed by American engineer Vincent Burnelli and built in Canada in 1944 by Canadian Car and Foundry.
Both are designed by Vicent Burnelli, assuming that the fuselage could be transformed into airfoil increasing sustainability and carrying capacity. The UB-14 prototype could never prove these features proposed in the design. Although it had a fascinating existence. The CBY-3 prototype built in Canada in 1944 proved more effective. However Burnelly and his Canadian Car & Foundry associates never got a production contract. of CBY-3. The prototype flew during the 1950s as a commercial airplane passing through several operators, until it was delivered in 1964 to the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, where it was displayed outside. As of January 2015, the aircraft had been moved into the museum's restoration hangar and was being worked by a team of volunteers.
Murph's Models offer the Burnelli UB-14 as a Freebie in
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The CBY-3 is a beta test. The UB-14 I start the build in the end of 2014 and since this time is holded, Aaron send me for test the development the CBY-3, so is a good chance to complete previous model and made the interesting family.
In a first pics the start of build of UB-14 from 2014...
In the last night I started the core of CBY-3
More updates soon...