Convair B-36 'Peacemaker' by junge1

Photography • Military • posted on May 24, 2016

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The Convair B-36 'Peacemaker' was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. Manufacturer: Convair First flight: 8 August 1946 Introduction: 1949 Retired: 12 February 1959 Primary user: Strategic Air Command (SAC), USAF General Characteristics Crew: 13 Length: 162-ft 1 inch (49.42 m) Wingspan: 230-ft 0 inches (70.12 m) Height: 46-ft 9 inches (14.25 m) Wing area: 4,772 square-ft (443.5 square m) Empty weight: 166,165 lb (75,530 kg) Loaded weight: 262,500 lb (119,315 kg) Max take-off weight: 410,000 lb (186,000 kg) Power Plants: 4 x General Electric J47 turbojets (5,200 lbf) 6 x Pratt&Whitney R-4360-53 "Wasp major' radials 3,800 hp ea Performance: Maximum speed: 435 mph (363 kt, 672 km/h) nm, 6,415 km) Cruise speed: 230 mph (200 kn, 370 km/h) Combat radius: 3,985 m (3,465.nm, 6,415 km) Ferry range: 10,000 m (8,700 nm, 16,000 km) Service ceiling: 43,600-ft (13,300 m) Rate of climb: 1,995 ft/min (10.1 m/s) Armament: Guns: 1 remotely operated tail turret with 2 x 20 mm (0.787 in) M24A 1 auto cannon Bombs: 86,000 lb (39,000 kg) with weight restrictions 72,000 lb (32,700 kg) normal This aircraft was on static display at Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Illinois while I attended Technical School there from spring to summer 1963. This picture was taken at the Museum at Castle AFB, Stockton, CA on July 1997 and later scanned, Sig... ,