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| Dale1416 | 21-Jun-10 10:54 | | 1/72 Scale B-36 "Peacemaker" Bomber |
| FLYBOYZ | 21-Jun-10 14:55 | | With a range greater than 6,000 mi (9,700 km) and a maximum payload of 72,000 lb (33,000 kg), the B-36 was the first operational bomber with an intercontinental range. This set the standard for subsequent USAF long range bombers, such as the B-47 Stratojet, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, and B-2 Spirit. |
| hjlittman | 22-Jun-10 09:26 | | Back in 1949 or 1950, when my father was an engineer at Wright Field, he was actually "B-36'd" by one of the crews like Jimmy Stewart in "Strategic Air Command". He had just done a modification to the mixture controls for the piston engines and test flights were scheduled for the following day. The pilot of the test plane asked my father to go on a "short" test hop that evening to check the mixture control before the full scale test the next day. "We'll just get enough altitude to make sure it's working," he said, 'a turn around the pattern. One take off and one landing."
My father called my mother and said he would be a little late. He told her that they were just going to show him takeoff and one landing.
Twenty-four hours later, they got back to Wright Field. My mother was pissed, but it was only one take off and one landing.
By the way, during the trip they completed all the required tests and the mixture controls worked fine. |
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