B-36 Peacemaker @ Castle

Kdmoo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:02 pm

Nice pics!

Ztex wrote:

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I could only imagine what one of those would sound like in the air...

....Watch the begining of the movie Stratigic Air Command when they fly over the baseball field...awsome!

http://www.cowtown.net/proweb/b36_sound.htm

Kevin

bugazon · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:06 pm

I don't know if the b-36 will be open , but castle does have an open cockpit day. Its coming up on May 27th......I am going with camera in hand. When I visited there last, each aircraft has a volenteer assigned to it. So the kc97 and the Convair hc-131 was open to walk thru.
http://www.elite.net/castle-air/

ww2John · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:46 pm

The Castle AM B36 is usually open during their Open Cockpit Sunday. I went last year (all the way there from Beantown, MA) and, while you could go into & through a lot of the B36 forward fuselage, you could not climb ALL the way up to the pilot & co-pilot level.

However, if you can, GO to that Open Cockpit Sunday and talk with the m-a-n-y veterans who volunteer there, many sitting in or near "their" a/c. My wife even enjoyed it. A great educational opportunity and a wonderful way to spend a Sunday!

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:28 pm

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They are huge, but walking around the one in Dayton and looking at the A Bombs next to it Lock & Load... Lynn

When I was touring the restoration hangars last winter, the guide showed us one of the big nukes they were refurbishing..she said there was some nervous laughter when they realized that it didn't have the required "inert" stencilled anywhere..

I asked if they were going to make it historically accurate..with a mannequin of Slim Pickens straddling it waving a Stetson!

SN

b29flteng · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:10 pm

When I was a lad I remember my Dad pointing to a B-36 flying over the house. Funny thing is I don't remember the airplane but I remember my Dad pointing it out.... crazy huh?

Jake Fendermen · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:09 pm

GREAT SHOTS!!! Thanks for posting.

Jake

"THOSE WERE THE DAYS".

Nathan · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:31 pm

I love the B-36. My favorite "big" stick of all time. Sure the B-29 was big, but the B-36 will make the B-29 look like a Cessna! :lol:

Phantom1200 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:45 pm

Love the B-36, great shots.

How many are left, is it just three??

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:54 pm

Phantom1200,

There are four complete B-36's remaining--the RB-36 at Castle and three B-36J's at Pima, Omaha, and Wright-Patterson. The XC-99 transport version is being moved to Wright-Patterson for eventual restoration, and a large part of the YB-36 is part of Walter Soplata's collection.

Phantom1200 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:24 pm

Second Air Force wrote:

Phantom1200,

There are four complete B-36's remaining--the RB-36 at Castle and three B-36J's at Pima, Omaha, and Wright-Patterson. The XC-99 transport version is being moved to Wright-Patterson for eventual restoration, and a large part of the YB-36 is part of Walter Soplata's collection.

Thanks for the info

Tom Swindle · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:32 pm

wonder what happened to all that money that was raised trying to keet the B-36 here in Fort Worth.

Tigercat · **Joined:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 288

GIJOE290 wrote:

Lynn Allen wrote:

They are huge, but walking around the one in Dayton and looking at the A Bombs next to it :shock:

Lock & Load... Lynn

You mean these Babies?!?! :twisted:

You gotta love those nukes!!! I wish there were some close-up photos of those babies!

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