Chris707 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) A search on the Peacemaker didn't yield any topics here, so thought I'd start one: from the LIFE archives: GE ad showing the outboard J47 pod opened up: http://www.google.com/books?id=eFQEAAAAMBA...ado&f=false B-36D crash at Kirtland: http://www.google.com/books?id=fVEEAAAAMBA...-36&f=false 89 men standing on a Peacemaker wing: http://www.google.com/books?id=90wEAAAAMBA...-36&f=false FICON: http://www.google.com/books?id=AUgEAAAAMBA...-36&f=false Convair ad showing an early aircraft: http://www.google.com/books?id=oE0EAAAAMBA...-36&f=false Peacemaker with B-58 test article underneath: http://www.google.com/books?id=XEoEAAAAMBA...-36&f=false Chris --------------------------------------------------- B-36 3-view plans Edited July 3, 2010 by Chris707 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Thank you for posting! I like the B-36. My first painted kit was a B-36. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Some of my pics. I made a trip to Dayton a few years back when they were in the process of moving aircraft around in preparation of opening the new third building. I was not aware they were doing this, and I was surprised and lucky enough to catch the B-36 outside, in decent lighting conditions: In retrospect, I wish I had shot lots more pictures that day! And as she's displayed today, in a very dark cave..... :) - Patrick . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Wow! Those are great! what a lucky find for you. I wonder..who gets to dust the B-36 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 My first ever recollection of the "Peacemaker" is in the Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air Command" that one had a lot of B-36 footage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 That was a pretty good movie. B-36 & B-47's A guy could go broke buying all the silver paint needed for those. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) Re: "Strategic Air Command" If you're ever in S. California, pay a visit to the March Field Museum. When I was stationed there in the late 80's they had the B-47 nose section mockup that was used to film the B-47 cockpit scenes for that movie. I was a volunteer for the museum and got up inside it. It's perfect! http://www.marchfield.org/ Edited February 5, 2010 by Kalashnikov-47 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grandadjohn Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The B-36 at Pima Air and Space Museum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Sweet! Thanks for that pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 These were posted a few years back, but I'll repost them here as I can't find the old posts. How about a few from inside the beasty. Some of the nice fellas doing the restoration on the Peacemaker in the Strategic Air and Space museum invited me in for a look at the work on the flight deck. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 WOW! Thanks Spruemeister! I was appreciate those inside shots. Those will help with my eventual build of the B-36 I just got. Really cool stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Re: "Strategic Air Command" If you're ever in S. California, pay a visit to the March Field Museum.When I was stationed there in the late 80's they had the B-47 nose section mockup that was used to film the B-47 cockpit scenes for that movie. I was a volunteer for the museum and got up inside it. It's perfect! http://www.marchfield.org/ It's still there, or it was a year ago... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinxx1 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 My homage to the B-36: http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/B36/B-36.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmanrick Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 My Uncle Jack was an ordnance handler on B-36's back in the mid-50's. He had some very interesting stories to tell, which helped encourage me to want to join the USAF! Love that plane! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) RB-36 at Castle Air Force Base Museum, Atwater, CA, photographed during my honeymoon. The little white dot beside the nose leg in the front view is my wife! Edited February 5, 2010 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Just an amazing plane, thank you for all who posted, especially the interior shots Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superbullfrog36 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 This is one BIG SOB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Spruemeister AWESOME pics! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Awesome pictures, especially the interior shots. Looks like a great restoration, I'd love to see some more pictures of the interior. I still wish that the AF would have considered a "heritage flight" and try to keep a example of some notable aircraft in flightworthy condition for airshows, etc. I would have loved to see a B-36 (and a B-58) in the air. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Jinxx, That is a very nice web page. I've bookmarked it. Look at the amount of shade under the wings. You could have a company picnic under them. thanks folks. Please keep the pics coming! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 (edited) Cliff, Here's an original of 2827 just as she is about to go on display outside Ft. Worth International. They hadn't even finished the concrete work for the walk ways yet. She looks pretty good here. Makes one wonder how it would have gone if the foundation had actually succeeded in getting the plane back into the air. I should have fixed the lighting on the slide. Sorry. Rick L. Edited February 7, 2010 by Spruemeister Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The B-36 at Pima Air and Space Museum John, Wow, she sure looks nice now. I guess you have been there very recently as this was the "before" pics I took last summer. In retrospect, I wish I had asked to get inside. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grandadjohn Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Unfortunately no Ray, my son and I where supposed to go with my grandkids the Friday after Thanksgiving, but I ended up getting out of the hospital on Thanksgiving Day after a two week stay, Had an infection in my leg. We haven't been able to reschedule it yet, hope in the next month or two Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDWMatt Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 John, Wow, she sure looks nice now. I guess you have been there very recently as this was the "before" pics I took last summer. In retrospect, I wish I had asked to get inside. Ray Gee, you have all sorts of pics, don't you Ray? The B-36 is one of my all-time favorites. I had a chance to crawl around inside this aircraft when it was in Ft. Worth. When I used to test F-16's I was down at Lockheed and my friend and I wandered down to the Lockheed museum hangar to see it. It was in pieces at the time. The old coots at the hangar were so excited that we were interested in the B-36 that they let us crawl around in the forward and aft fuselage sections. Got to sit in the pilot's seat and pretend I was Jimmy Stewart. The cockpit was surprisingly cramped for such a large aircraft (although better than a B-52). Most of it was taken up by that huge flight engineers station. The museum guys had done a full cockpit restoration. They said they had gotten some of the engine instruments from a KC-97 that had been at the Nevada test site. The instruments were radioactive and had to be de-contaminated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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