Convair B-36 Peacemaker
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The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a piston-engined, strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command from 1948 to 1959. With 384 units built, the B
Beginning with the B-36D (B-36J shown), the Peacemaker used six radial piston engines and four jet engines
The prototype XB-36
The XB-36 (right) alongside a Boeing B-29 Superfortress
A B-36 airframe undergoing structural stability tests: The three men in the balcony at the right of the photograph provide scale.
Convair X-6
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The Convair X-6 was an experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. Experiments were carried out on a testbed aircraft named Convair NB-36H, based on the B-36
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
…The NB-36H tested the world's first operation of an onboard nuclear reactor under the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program, ahead of the unrealized X-6. B-36s trialed RF-84F Thunderstreak and XF-85 Goblin parasite fighters, XGAM-71 Buck Duck decoy missiles, and JB-2 cruise missiles. The airframe was…
A Convair NB-36H, the type of aircraft used for testing
Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, the first power reactor, now a museum. The reactor is in the building top right, the two structures lower left are reactors from the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project