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Convair B-36 Peacemaker

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Purists point out that the present incarnation of B-36J no. 52-2827 isn’t 100 percent accurate.

Monster Bomber

At the Pima Air and Space Museum, the B-36 is the largest U.S. warplane ever rebuilt.
August 2010 | By The Editors

The Douglas marketing team used this model to present the 1211-J to the U.S. Air Force in 1950

The Do-Everything Bomber

With its bid to replace the Convair B-36 bomber, did Douglas promise too much?
January 2010 | By John Aldaz and Sir George Cox

The YB-49 demonstrated that putting jet engines on an airframe designed for piston engines made the aircraft faster but not better.

Too Much, Too Soon

July 2009 | By General Robert L. Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) As told to James P. Busha


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