Today the Russian Aerospace Forces operates the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear”), a long-range bomber that first entered service in 1952. It remains the only propeller-powered bomber in ...

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Only a few airplanes could be pointed to and said in confidence were designed by an absolute mad lad. But among these names, one stands out as being especially bizarre, bonkers, and certifiably loony ...

The B-36 could reach over 400 mph with "six turning and four burning," as the slogan went. Today, only four examples remain in existence, with none in airworthy condition due to the complexity of the ...

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a massive flying machine that bridged the gap between the prop and jet ages for the Strategic Air Command. It was extremely complex but it could fly far while carrying ...

The commercial market dominated aircraft interest and production during the 1930s. The Clipper ships were the big thing to travel in and much of the travel was restricted to the richer part of our ...

A Convair B-36J Peacemaker, the largest bomber ever built by the United States, was slowly rolled out onto the grounds of the Pima Air and Space Museum on Wednesday, July 1 at 9:15 am. The plane has ...

The impressive footage in this post shows a Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber performing a low pass over Fort Worth neighborhood. Neighbors in the Ridglea area south of Carswell Air Force Base ...

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was unlike any aircraft before it - a massive six-engine piston bomber with four jet engines strapped on for extra thrust. Built at the dawn of the Cold War, it was ...

Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during WWII, through construction in a former wild-west ...