The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.

With a wingspan of 240 feet, the B-36 instantly became the largest bomber ever mass-produced. T he B-36 “Peacemaker,” the ...

The size and complicated design of the B-36 Peacemaker caused perpetual headaches for her aircrew—and maintenance crews on ...

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attended yet another conference to discuss the next U.S. long-range heavy bomber, his mind was likely already made up. The Convair B-36 was soon to be obsolete, and a variety of successors had ...

It was the end of the line. Convair B-36 Peacemaker 52-2827, later named the City of Fort Worth, was the 383rd of 383. The nuclear bombers, designed for use in World War II but not finished in ...