Sonovabich Posted May 9, 2017 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8 Device: Windows Posted May 9, 2017 Gotta say i don't think i ever heard of this Aircraft before. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/b36-peacemaker.html hxtr 1
hxtr Posted May 9, 2017 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.95 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted May 9, 2017 What idiot put the engines on backwards?
bds1961 Posted May 9, 2017 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 174 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5370 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 14015 Achievement Points: 47518 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 175 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Posted May 9, 2017 My Moms new husband worked on those. Huge plane hxtr 1 Awards
AyaqGuyaq Posted May 9, 2017 Member ID: 3773 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 39 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3138 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 2983 Achievement Points: 24456 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2022 Birthday: 11/03/1966 Posted May 9, 2017 Beautiful plane--even the tunnel from the fore to the aft of the plane was pressurized. Ayaq hxtr 1 Awards
Bogleg Posted May 9, 2017 Member ID: 907 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 96 Topic Count: 126 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2731 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3928 Achievement Points: 26177 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 02/10/1969 Device: Windows Posted May 9, 2017 At least it was operational - it just got obsolete quickly due to massive advances in jet propulsion. The DOD has plenty of huge failures that never saw the light of day. Ones that even cost more money: http://articles.latimes.com/1985-08-28/news/mn-24923_1_air-defense hxtr 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 10, 2017 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 10, 2017 Yup that one was in the AF lovefest movie with James Stewart. The B70 was 1.5 billion, in those days, for two planes. 2 billion on the A12, for none. Many more examples. And depending on who you ask, some people say the F35 is the worst blunder of them all. Awards
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