I had no idea!!!
Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:22 am
I never knew they built this. Every days a school day 
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:36 am
Aw shucks...now I gotta go and change my name again...8burnin0turnin 
Lovely photo...thanx for posting it 
Lovely photo...thanx for posting it
Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:31 am
Convair's attempt to win out over the B-52.
It's from the "you can't just sweep wings with the same airfoil and add all jets and expect it to be a great aircraft," school of aircraft design!
Jerry
It's from the "you can't just sweep wings with the same airfoil and add all jets and expect it to be a great aircraft," school of aircraft design!
Jerry
Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:47 pm
Except for the "bubble" canopy, it looks real slick! 
Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:41 am
Convair built two of them, both converted from B-36F airframes taken off the assembly line. The one in this photo flew for a little while, the second one never got engines. Both were scrapped at Fort Worth after sitting in the dump on the north end of the plant for a time.
Scott
Scott
Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:30 am
I read somewhere it was about 100 mph slower than the B-52.???
By the way, the loading pit for the nuclear reactor is still visible on the very for north end of the old Convair ramp in Ft. Worth. It's been filled in and it is used for misc. storage. It's quite visible on short final.
By the way, the loading pit for the nuclear reactor is still visible on the very for north end of the old Convair ramp in Ft. Worth. It's been filled in and it is used for misc. storage. It's quite visible on short final.
Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:46 am
Yup, it was darned slow. 500 knots max (I think).
Speaking of the nuclear reactor NB-36, didn't the NRC bury the major portions of the airframe out in Nevada? That would be a great restoration thread for WIX, huh!?
Scott
Speaking of the nuclear reactor NB-36, didn't the NRC bury the major portions of the airframe out in Nevada? That would be a great restoration thread for WIX, huh!?
Scott
Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:59 pm
Could be the worlds first glow in the dark warbird!!!
Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:07 pm
Yes, it might be a little warm still, but imagine the paperwork involved in digging the pieces up! 
While we're on the subject of radioactive B-36s, did you know that the Air Force and Convair had to scrap a B-36 that was part of the atomic/hydrogen bomb tests out in the Pacific? The shock wave damaged and removed some access panels and did quite a lot of structural mayhem. The airplane was patched up, ferried back to Carswell, surveyed, and used for spare parts as the cost to repair was too great.
Scott
While we're on the subject of radioactive B-36s, did you know that the Air Force and Convair had to scrap a B-36 that was part of the atomic/hydrogen bomb tests out in the Pacific? The shock wave damaged and removed some access panels and did quite a lot of structural mayhem. The airplane was patched up, ferried back to Carswell, surveyed, and used for spare parts as the cost to repair was too great.
Scott
Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:32 pm
it was a noble, but last ditch effort to secure a contract. can some math wizz calculate that contract offer in today's finances / values / bang for the buck?? you could wipe your keester with the u.s. buck today on the world market!!
Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:23 pm
What's up with the UFO in the upper right of the pic?
Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:43 pm
oscardeuce wrote:What's up with the UFO in the upper right of the pic?
:lol::lol::lol::lol:
Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:42 pm
That picture was taken at Edwards during Air Force trials, so UFO traffic would be standard operating procedure, correct?