Convair B-36 Peacemaker – Six Turning Four Burning | War History Online

The jet built to detach midair, the Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a 10-engine Cold War monster bomber. But what's rarely known is that it carried a parasite fighter jet inside it. Called the XF-85 Goblin, the tiny fighter was stored in the bomb bay and could be launched mid-flight to defend the bomber, then return and dock back inside using a trapeze system. The idea was to give the bomber its own flying bodyguard. In tests, the docking was nearly impossible due to turbulence. It worked, but barel

The retractable twin M24 20mm cannon turrets of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker #peacemaker #history #vintage #ww2 #airshow #warbird #aircraft #texh #technically #airplane #aviationgeek #engineering #B36Peacemaker #ConvairB36 #aviation | Commemorative Air Force Mile High Wing

Convair B-36J Peacemaker Responding to the U.S. Army Air Forces' requirement for a strategic bomber with intercontinental range, Consolidated Vultee (later Convair) designed the B-36 during World War II. The airplane made its maiden flight in August 1946, and in June 1948 the Strategic Air Command received its first operational B-36. Some B-36s served as photographic reconnaissance aircraft, and others were adapted to launch and retrieve specially modified RF-84F/K reconnaissance planes. https:/

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