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Convair B-36 Peacemaker Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions (Paperback)
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions (Paperback)
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The largest piston-powered airplane ever mass-produced, Convair's
B-36 "Peacemaker" was also the world's first thermonuclear bomber.
The genesis of this behemoth can be traced to WWII, when U.S.
planners determined that if the British were defeated, a
very-long-range bomber would be needed to battle the Nazis. The
prototype B-36 flew in 1946 and was quickly upgraded as the need
for a bomber with a large lifting capacity - the early fission and
later hydrogen bombs were both large and heavy - became paramount.
Yet, when it entered active service in 1949, the "aluminum
overcast" was already considered obsolete due to its four jet, six
Wasp radial engine power-plant configuration. Nevertheless, nearly
400 B-36s were built and flew as strategic deterrents before the
plane was retired in 1959. Originally printed by the U.S. Air
Force, this Flight Operating Handbook is an authentic reprint of an
original. Classified "Restricted," the manual was declassified and
is here reprinted in book form. This affordable facsimile has been
slightly reformatted. Some color images appear in black and white.
Care has been taken to preserve the integrity of the text.
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