It is no small thing to say that the B-36 was the midwife of the modern bomber age. Quite literally, in fact, given its unique hybrid engine setup combining the jet power that came to define the ...
The B-36 was a flying leviathan. It had a wingspan of 230 feet and was designed to be the largest mass-produced piston-engine aircraft ever built. Combining six Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major ...