Thursday, June 8, 2017

Wow! This is good, and with Ji-ji-ji Jimmy Stewart to boot! Only Hollywood at it's apex could make something so fine.

6 comments:

  1. Six R4360 engines.... That's 168 cylinders !!!

    From Wikipedia: As engine fires occurred with the B-36's radial engines, some crews humorously changed the aircraft's slogan from "six turning, four burning" into "two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for

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  2. Here is Wiki link about the film---

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_(film)

    There is a photo captioned "Stewart seen later in his Air Force career, when flying B-52s." However, the plane behind him is a B-58 Hustler. Wow. What a flying career B.G. Stewart had.

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  3. Stumbled onto this on the B-58 narrated by Stewart.

    http://zenoswarbirdvideos.com/B-58.html

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  4. Stumbled onto this on the B-58 narrated by Stewart.

    http://zenoswarbirdvideos.com/B-58.html

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  5. Here's a guy who made one:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hferZLxr0Vc

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  6. As my friend Tod said after visiting the Air Force Museum, "the B-36 is the only plane in the world that can DWARF a B-52...."

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