{"id":862,"date":"2019-12-03T19:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=862"},"modified":"2019-12-30T10:26:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T17:26:44","slug":"budd-rb-1","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/budd-rb-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Budd RB-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Budd RB-1 Conestoga<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bud-RB-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bud-RB-1.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Budd RB-1 Conestoga\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Early in World War II it was feared that there would be a shortage of aluminum for the construction of aircraft, so the government sought out designs that used what were called &#8220;non-strategic materials.&#8221;\u00a0 Generally, this referred to wood, but the Budd Company took a different route.\u00a0 The company had been a designer and builder of railroad passenger cars for many years and they adopted the techniques and materials used at the time in them to an aircraft.\u00a0 Instead of riveted aluminum the Conestoga was built primarily from spot welded stainless steel.\u00a0 Initial orders in 1942 from the Navy for 200 and from the Army for 600 boded well for the design.\u00a0 However, the expected aluminum shortage never developed and cost increases and production delays resulted in all but 25 aircraft for the Navy being cancelled.\u00a0 In the end, only 17 were built and all but one went straight from the factory to storage and sale as surplus.\u00a0 Conestogas flew briefly for Flying Tiger Airlines after the war and in South and Central America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Built by the Budd Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and delivered to the U.S. Navy on October 19, 1944<\/p>\n<p>October 19, 1944\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Placed in storage at Patuxent River NAS, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>October 31, 1944\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stricken from Navy rolls.<\/p>\n<p>January 13, 1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Declared surplus and turned over to Reconstruction Finance Corporation for sale.<\/p>\n<p>March 1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leased to Aerovias Azteca and flown to Mexico later that month.\u00a0 Aircraft returns to the U.S. sometime before July 1945.<\/p>\n<p>July 1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sold to National Skyway Freight Corporation, Flying Tiger Line.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1948 when Flying Tigers quit flying the Conestoga and 1972 the plane again entered Mexico and was given the registration XB-DUZ.<\/p>\n<p>August 23, 1972\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bought at auction at Douglas, Arizona.\u00a0 Aircraft had been abandoned at Douglas Airport for many years.<\/p>\n<p>July 1978\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Donated to Pima Air &amp; Space Museum by Ned Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>March 1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moved from Douglas, Arizona to Tucson, Arizona by road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>100 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>68 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>31 ft 9 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>33,850 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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