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
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
Convair YB-60
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The Convair YB-60 was a prototype heavy bomber built by Convair for the United States Air Force in the early 1950s. It was a purely jet-powered development of Convair's earlier mixed-power B-36 Peacem
Convair X-6
…program was abandoned in 1961. Had the program progressed, follow-on aircraft would have been based on the successor to the B-36, Convair's swept-wing B-60. The X-6 would have been powered by General Electric X-40 engines (J53 engines modified to use nuclear energy as fuel), utilizing a P-1 reactor. In a…
YB-60 prototype, Convair B-36F in the background
The YB-60 landing at Rogers Dry Lake, California.