This post’s video features some interesting clips of the incredible Convair B-36 strategic bomber landing and taking off The cool video in this post shows some neat clips of the…
Convair was able to move the XB-58 prototype from Fort Worth, Texas, to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, for testing, using a modified Peacemaker bomber, with ease because of…
The B-36 Peacemaker’s wing was sufficiently deep to allow technicians to access it and maintain the engines while the aircraft was in flight The B-36 Peacemaker was designed in 1941…
The SAC briefly used the XB-36 as a training aid in June 1948 while awaiting the production of the 7th Bombardment Group’s first B-36A Consolidated Vultee (later Convair), in response…
In the past, a flight engineer’s position was used in the design and construction of the majority of bigger aircraft, both military and civil A flight engineer (FE), commonly referred…
Three months after V-E Day, on August 20, 1945, the B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was presented. Its first flight took place on August 8, 1946 Before the US entered World…
The T-12 Cloudmaker was twice as big and weighed 44,000 lb overall. It was based on the British-designed 22,000lb (10,000kg) Grand Slam created by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis during…
To defend B-36 bombers flying far outside the range of traditional escort fighters, the McDonnell Aircraft Corp. created the XF-85 Goblin “parasite” fighter To defend B-36 bombers flying far outside…
The B-36 was a strategic bomber and the first to be able to deliver nuclear weapons. It was designed during World War II and played a major role in the…
The B-36 served as a significant deterrent to enemy aggressiveness despite never being employed in combat You have the opportunity to discover more about the massive B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber…