Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The B-36 was big


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  1. Last time I was at Wright Patterson AFB Museum there was a B-36 inside. If one ever gets a chance to go there, please do. Plan on spending all day. You will never forget it. I've been there many times over the decades.

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  2. That's the size of the crew required to change spark plugs after every mission.

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  3. Reminds me of a Jimmy Stewart movie.

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    1. Maybe this is why:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJVxtTNjJk

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  4. The original "Aluminum Overcast".....

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  5. I had the privilege of working with a man who co-piloted one of these. At the time, I did not appreciate the enormity of his service. I can only imagine that there were many levers and gauges involved in flying that plane.

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    1. The dials, knobs and levers were left to a flight engineer that had his own panel just aft of the pilot and co-pilot.

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/cv_dusty/2930958612/

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  6. I'd rather take the B-47 in the background. Though the seats were relatively uncomfortable, from what I've read. That seemed to be a Boeing requirement, some thought.

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  7. B-36 was/is this big because the weapon it was designed around was that big. the weapon was the size of a tank car and as heavy as a locomotive and it could carry just two of them. No inflight refueling and would fly until this time tomorrow.

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