21.04.2010, 00:27
The XB-36 flew in 1946 it was completely different than the version on the first page,the version in the pic is a B-36D featherweight II config from the mid 50s (a light model of the B-36).1946 VERSION BELOW
The prototype(1946)....HUGE landing gear,no outboard jet engines,cockpit arrangement very different,MUCH heavier,And older engines then the late B-36s.
![[Image: Convair_XB-36_in_flight_just_after_takeo...4S-025.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Convair_XB-36_in_flight_just_after_takeoff_or_just_before_landing_061128-F-1234S-025.jpg)
The B-36 was an excellent aircraft I'll admit but when the air force(US) developed the B-52(in service 1955 XB-52 first flight 1952) and well the B-36 was an obsolete aircraft by the late 50s.
The prototype(1946)....HUGE landing gear,no outboard jet engines,cockpit arrangement very different,MUCH heavier,And older engines then the late B-36s.
The B-36 was an excellent aircraft I'll admit but when the air force(US) developed the B-52(in service 1955 XB-52 first flight 1952) and well the B-36 was an obsolete aircraft by the late 50s.