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B-36J (serial 52-2225) of the 11th Bombardment Wing in 1955 showing "six turning, four burning" As engine fires occurred with the B-36's radial engines, some crews humorously changed the aircraft's slogan from "six turning, four burning" into "two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking and two more unaccounted for". [ 40 ] [
[6] Stewart's character is based on the real-life military career and an actual mission flown by Brigadier General Clifford Schoeffler, who crashed during an Arctic B-36 mission and survived. Brigadier General Schoeffler was on site at Carswell Air Force Base during the filming of Strategic Air Command as a consultant. [6]
In 1905, Continental Motors was born with the introduction of a four-cylinder, four stroke cycle L-head engine operated by a single camshaft. In August 1929, the Continental Motors Company formed the Continental Aircraft Engine Company as a subsidiary to develop and produce its aircraft engines. [1] A Continental engine in a 1948 Divco delivery ...
A 6-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she alerted her sleeping family to a fire in their home and ultimately saved their lives. Madalyn Karlbon was woken up by the sound of a smoke ...
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. In France where the type was first used, it is known as the Baltic while it became known as the Hudson in most of North America.
Turn back now if you don't want to be spoiled! Taylor Jenkins Reid's bestselling novel Daisy Jones & the Six is finally a TV show. Starring Riley Keough as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin as Billy ...
The answers to all those burning questions will have to wait until after the season starts March 28. Prepared baseballs fill a basket at the Cincinnati Reds Player Development Complex in Goodyear ...
A six-stroke engine is one of several alternative internal combustion engine designs that attempt to improve on traditional two-stroke and four-stroke engines. Claimed advantages may include increased fuel efficiency , reduced mechanical complexity, and/or reduced emissions .