Sunday Aircraft Cheesecake (B-36 Peacemaker)

Made only in Texas.

Part prop, part jet.

All badass.

The B-36 Peacemaker:

For an idea of just how frickin' big this plane was, check out this side-by-side photo, which makes the B-29 bomber look like a toy:

(Image found here).

Neat story describing the experience of a low flyover.

Loads of interesting history here. (Double-take: Nuclear propulsion testbed?)

Even more history here.

Posted by JohnL at July 3, 2005 10:15 PM | TrackBack