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Convair B-36 Peacemaker

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Did you know the B-36 Checklist lasted Six Hours (with another hour for a preflight check of 600 items)? The Shortest Checklist is instead that of the T-38 Trainer.

Dario Leone

Dec 22 2022

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The B-36 Peacemaker was so Huge that it transported the XB-58 Hustler prototype

Oct 1 2022

Dario Leone

Airshows / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

RB-36 Crew Member recalls when his Peacemaker Pilot did a Chandelle Maneuver on Takeoff during an Airshow and, on a separate occasion, did an Emergency Landing with a Loose Flap

Mar 27 2022

Dario Leone

The B-36 Peacemaker was so Huge that Catwalks were placed inside its Wings so that Mechanics could Maintain the Engines in Flight

Mar 12 2022

Dario Leone

After a Nuclear Weapon Test a B-36 was So Radioactive that it had to be Parked Away from other Peacemaker Bombers at Carswell AFB. It was Scrapped a year later.

Feb 19 2022

Dario Leone

In the 1950s Someone Thought to Attach two B-47 Stratojets to a B-36 Peacemaker: The Story of the B-36/B-47 Wing Tip-Tow that Never Was

Feb 12 2022

Dario Leone

The story of when the Convair XB-36 Peacemaker was fitted with Track-Type Landing Gear to operate from Arctic Staging Bases

Feb 5 2022

Dario Leone

Both B-36 and Concorde Flight Engineer stations had a lot of buttons, dials, and switches. But only that of the Peacemaker had levers. Here’s why.

Jan 30 2022

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Here’s why the Propellers on the B-36 Peacemaker did Face Backwards

Dec 29 2021

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Untouchable by enemy flak: here’s why the B-36 Peacemaker would have been an awesome strategic bomber during World War II

Nov 19 2021

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Five turning, one not! Rare photo shows B-36 Peacemaker flying with number 3 propeller “feathered”

Aug 5 2021

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

How the B-36 Peacemaker bomber survived to five cancellation attempts during its career

Jun 16 2021

Dario Leone

Impressive video shows gigantic B-36 Peacemaker buzzing Fort Worth Neighborhood

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

B-36 Crew Member tells The story behind the video of the infamous Peacemaker ‘Buzz Job’ over Fort Worth Neighborhood

Apr 25 2020

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Impressive video shows gigantic B-36 Peacemaker buzzing Fort Worth Neighborhood

Feb 21 2019

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Remembering the 1952 Carswell AFB Tornado that damaged two-thirds of SAC’s B-36 Force

Jan 2 2019

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

“SIX TURNING, FOUR BURNING:” WATCH THIS INTERESTING FOOTAGE AND LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE GIGANTIC B-36

Apr 19 2017

Dario Leone

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Convair B-36 Peacemaker

Did you know the B-36 Checklist lasted Six Hours (with another hour for a preflight check of 600 items)? The Shortest Checklist is instead that of the T-38 Trainer.

Thanks to our partners

The B-36 Peacemaker was so Huge that it transported the XB-58 Hustler prototype

RB-36 Crew Member recalls when his Peacemaker Pilot did a Chandelle Maneuver on Takeoff during an Airshow and, on a separate occasion, did an Emergency Landing with a Loose Flap

The B-36 Peacemaker was so Huge that Catwalks were placed inside its Wings so that Mechanics could Maintain the Engines in Flight

After a Nuclear Weapon Test a B-36 was So Radioactive that it had to be Parked Away from other Peacemaker Bombers at Carswell AFB. It was Scrapped a year later.

In the 1950s Someone Thought to Attach two B-47 Stratojets to a B-36 Peacemaker: The Story of the B-36/B-47 Wing Tip-Tow that Never Was

The story of when the Convair XB-36 Peacemaker was fitted with Track-Type Landing Gear to operate from Arctic Staging Bases

Both B-36 and Concorde Flight Engineer stations had a lot of buttons, dials, and switches. But only that of the Peacemaker had levers. Here’s why.

Here’s why the Propellers on the B-36 Peacemaker did Face Backwards

Untouchable by enemy flak: here’s why the B-36 Peacemaker would have been an awesome strategic bomber during World War II

Five turning, one not! Rare photo shows B-36 Peacemaker flying with number 3 propeller “feathered”

How the B-36 Peacemaker bomber survived to five cancellation attempts during its career

B-36 Crew Member tells The story behind the video of the infamous Peacemaker ‘Buzz Job’ over Fort Worth Neighborhood

Impressive video shows gigantic B-36 Peacemaker buzzing Fort Worth Neighborhood

Remembering the 1952 Carswell AFB Tornado that damaged two-thirds of SAC’s B-36 Force

“SIX TURNING, FOUR BURNING:” WATCH THIS INTERESTING FOOTAGE AND LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE GIGANTIC B-36

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