Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made.

Posted by Paul in Mich on January 30, 2005 at 14:14:02 from (66.188.26.29):

In Reply to: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. posted by RedandGreen on January 29, 2005 at 17:32:02:

When I was a lad of 11, we visited my uncle who was stationed in Albuquerque, N.M. There was a wing of B-36"s deployed there. It was a sight to behold watching those monsterous beauties take off and wonder if they were going to run into the mountain to the west. They never did, but I shall never forget that drone that was unique to that plane alone. They were elongated B-29"s with a wider wing span to handle the 6 rear mounted prop engines along with the 4 jet engines. For those of us who remember the transversion from prop engine planes to jet planes will also never forget the fingerprint sounds that accompanied such planes as the P-51 Mustang, the F-4U Corsair, the Lockheed Constellation, and other magnicient aircraft from a bygone era. At the time, I didnt think it as being anything but a job, but I was fortunate enough to work for Curtis Pitts back in 1957 (right out of HS) and work on a couple of Pitts specials, which also had a drone of their own. My first airplane ride ever was with Mr. Pitts in his personal bellanca. Today, I look back at that experience as anything but a job.

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• Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. Larry NE IL 21:28:26 01/30/05 (2)
  • Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. Paul in Mich 07:23:58 01/31/05 (1)
    • Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. Larry NE IL 21:06:10 01/31/05 (0)
• Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. txblu 20:45:00 01/30/05 (1)
  • Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. Paul in Mich 07:28:35 01/31/05 (0)

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