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1946 Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft Ad |
1953 Convair Ad
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Popular Science
Article - June 1957 |
Fastest Bomber gets a ride from the
world's biggest.
The supersonic B-58 Hustler takes the air here under the belly of a
B-36 in a remarkable transport operation. Minus its four jet
engines and other equipment the delta-winged Hustler was partly
tucked into the B-36 bomb bay and flown and flown nonstop from Fort
Worth, Texas to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio for
extensive tests of air frame strength under extreme temperatures.
To make room for the load, inboard propellers were removed and it
flew unable to retract landing gear on four piston and four jet
engines. Both Convairs, the B-58 has a 55 foot wingspan, the
B-36, 230 feet. |
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