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Douglas Aircraft Company
History's Unique AircraftThe Bold, Bulbous Douglas Cloudster II
This unconventional 1940s twin-powerplant, pusher-propeller GA aircraft design featured a large forward fuselage, room for five, and white wall tires.
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