| Subject: Re: B-36 |
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ROBERT MELLO
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Date Posted: 14:52:20 08/08/04 Sun
In reply to:
Gerry Horton
's message, "B-36" on 19:32:16 04/27/03 Sun
>My question is about the B-36 aircraft that was used
>during the cold war after World War ll, the aircraft
>was used by the Strategic Air Command and flew
>missions around the world, I remember the plane well
>because I was a member of the Ground observers corps
>and saw many of them flying so high, all you could see
>was the con-trails and the familiar drone of the six
>P&W R4360 engines that would shake the house and
>rattle the windows and dishes, My question is, does
>anyone know if there are any of the B36 planes left in
>any museum or anywhere in the world, and is there
>anyone left that might have flown in one of these
>magnificent Planes?
YES, THERE IS AT LEAST ON B 36 WHICH IS LOCATED IN CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, IN ILL.
I FLEW IN THIS WONDERFUL BIRD FROM 1953 THROUGH 1955, A RADAR TAIL GUNNER, FROM RAMSEY AF BASE IN PUERTO RICO, A SAC BASE DURING THE COLD WAR AND KORENA WAR.
CHECK OUT THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM WEB SITE, THEY HAVE MANY PHOTO'S OF THE BIRD. ALSO PRIOR TO THE B 52 BEING PICKET AS A NEXT GENERATION BOMBER, ALL JET, THE CONVAIR COMPANY CONVERTED A B 36 TO ALL JETS, EIGHT, AND SWEPT BACK THE WINGS AND CHANGED THE TAIL DESIGN. BUT IT WASN'T AS FAST AS THE 52 AND WAS TURNED DOWN. IT WAS CALLED THE YB 6O
BOB MELLO
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