- David_ReasonerProbably early to mid 1950's. The B-36's service life was fairly short, being replaced by the B-52 from the late '50's. Would have to dig into my library at home to be more specific than that.
David
- Roy_A_LingleHi Folks!
That B-36 next to the B-29 is one of the very first ones build. Possible a XB-36.
1. The canopy is more like a B-29 and not the later type that production B-36s had.
2. Main gear wheel. That A/C has one single tire. The production versions and a group of smaller wheels, four or maybe six.
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- David_Reasoner
Good catch, Roy. I totally missed the landing gear bit. Production B-36's had a four-wheel main landing gear bogie.
David
- jo_wingnutThe plane that is peeking out on the right side of the picture may not be a B-47. If you look slightly in front of the nose, there are props and an engine nacelle. It belongs to a B-45C(NRB), S/N 48-0017, Tornado, North American recon plane. I looked it up on the museum web site.
- David_Reasoner
IIRC, the B-45 Tornado was a four-engine jet bomber, not a prop-job. The prop boss and nacelle must belong to yet another aircraft. I still think the nose belongs to a B-47 due to the shape and the stance of what is visible of the aircraft. Just my 2 cents worth again.....
David
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