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The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" [N 1] is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules. It has the longest wingspan of any combat ...
The B-36A included several of the new elements developed on the YB-36, including the domed canopy and the four-wheel main landing gear (as opposed to the single-wheel landing gear used on the XB-36 and the YB-36). These new features were in a sense first seen on the B-36A rather than the YB-36, because it was the former that flew first — by ...
This fighter was intended to be carried by the Convair B-36 on long-range missions to protect it from Soviet fighters. Another EB-29 was used to carry two EF-84B Thunderjet fighters as part of Project Tom-Tom. All three Tom-Tom aircraft (the B-29 and the two jet fighters) and their crews were lost in a crash on April 24, 1953. [20]
Keystone B-3 light bomber: 1929 retired 1940: 36: Keystone B-4 heavy bomber: 1930 retired: 30: Keystone B-5 heavy bomber: 1929 retired: 30: Keystone B-6 heavy bomber: 1931 retired: 44: Martin NBS-1 night bomber: 1920 retired 1929: 130: Martin T3M torpedo bomber: 1926 retired 1932: 124: Martin T4M torpedo bomber: 1927 retired 1938: 155: Martin B ...
Convair B-36: 1946 384 Combined piston/jet engine strategic bomber Convair CV-240: 1947 Twin-engine (18-cyl. radial) airliner Convair XB-46: 1947 1 Prototype four jet-engine medium bomber Convair Model 118: 1947 2 Roadable aircraft Convair XC-99: 1947 1 Prototype transport aircraft Convair XF-92: 1948 1 Experimental single jet engine ...
[3] [4] The B-36 took off on 13 February 1950 from Eielson AFB with a regular crew of 15 plus a Weaponeer and a Bomb Commander. The plan for the 24-hour flight was to fly over the North Pacific, due west of the Alaska panhandle and British Columbia , then head inland over Washington state and Montana .
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress: USAAF 44-85828: On indoor display, wearing the livery of 42-31892 "I'll Be Around". [1] Boeing B-29A Superfortress: USAAF 44-70016: On indoor display. Sister ship of one of the two airworthy B-29s, Doc. Boeing EB-47E Stratojet: USAF 53-2135: On outdoor display Boeing KB-50J Superfortress: USAF 49-0372: On outdoor ...