Except for the wing sweep, very close in profile to the B52. Since Jimmy Stewart was an actual bomber pilot during the war, I bet he could have flown this plane.
We used to refer to them as "6 Churnin', and 4 Burnin." When they took off, they shook the nearby buildings so much that you'd think there was an earthquake going on. Amazing airplanes!!
In the "ancient" year 1955, a B-36 flew overhead at about 500 ft. It was attempting an emergency landing at our airport in Rochester N.Y. ( ROC). My dad put us in the car and we arrived at the airport about 3 minutes later. But unfortunately the huge bomber was forced to fly over to the lengthy airport runway in Niagara Falls for its emergency landing. I never saw one of those "giants" again.
@viscountcaptain i saw one everyday ..on woodman an airway road ..till they moved it inside...the airforce museum riverside ohio gee i think it sat out front for 30 years ..me i wanted the yb49 b36 was old school an slow
i cant tell. is it called the peacemaker because its the bomber to end all bombers, or because if you stand under it's payload, it'll BLAST you to pieces? XD
My dad worked at the Convair plant in Ft Worth Texas making them things..... there is still one in Lake Worth that had half the props forward and half reversed and did not get off the ground. I saw it when I was stationed at Carswell across the flight line from there. When the sun was right you could see it in the water on takeoff and approach....
@MrCOLTSR2 ya but by 1946 when it first seen flight the war was long over ..And at the end of 1940 the air battle with England and Germany was over By 1941 Russia and Canada USA and England were pushing back till Japan entered The B-29 took the role over the B-17 then the B-36 and then the B-52
@freakyflow your a knowall yank that knows nothing ......like you dont know how close im am to you do you ? or how much of a know all but know nothing human scumbag u r .....saying the evil shit u sed about my daughter whos done nothing to u only confirms how much of a loser u r ..the karms bear is closer than you think ..and me saying nothing more is confirmation that im lookin for you and i'll find you too and wen i do you will know wat a bomber is ..i cant wait ...im coming for you .....
@etuberalism: 10,000+ miles on paper. The lighter the load the longer the range so typically about 5,000 miles. Spec' demanded that it be able to bomb Germany from the US.
I worked on the RB-36 at Ellsworth in 1955-56. Heck of an aircraft! There are 4 left. Castle Air Museum (the only RB left, actual aircraft I worked on, we called her "dirty 30"), SAC Museum in Nebraska, AF Museum in Dayton, and at Tucson. About 350 were built. Go see one if you have the opportunity.
@shortlung I'm fortunate enough to have seen the ones in Nebraska and Dayton. Magnificent piece of equipment. That must have been quite an experience working on them.
Christ on a cracker, that things fucking HUGE! Imagine if they'd had a couple hundred of those flying over Berlin in 1945? The Nazis would have all dropped dead of heart attacks.
there is a B36 at the airforce museum in dayton ohio on display...it's gigantic !!!...six pusher reciprocating engines and two jet pods...one per side...sort of a half breed !!!
@cobrabase, OK call fat fingers... My dad use to see the B-36 (notice B-36) fly when he was in the Navy. He is still impressed with them. Did you know they built the USAF museum around the B-36 (yes twice now). OH I'm retired Air Force too so I guess I need to do push ups too. LOL Thanks for the great post.
I used to live near the factory where these were built. It is adjacent to Carswell AFB.
Later B-58s were built there. I saw both planes as well as the Boeing built B-47s and B-52s. There were also F-102s and F-106s, F-4s, F105s, and F-16s.
I think the man is right. The B-36 was transition plane that staddled the late prop and early jet eras. The B-36 WAS big, slow clumsy and noisy.
wouldnt the jet engines end up making too much power, i mean that the props wouldnt be able to keep up with the jets so a bunch of the jets power will end up being wasted
@Volarknight This was the late 40s, early 50s, those jets were not that powerful. The early nukes were big and heavy so needed a big aircraft. Interesting times, by the early 50s they were fielding the B47, all jet powered, the B52 by the mid 50s, and the B58 hustler supersonic bomber by the late 50s.
@Skybolter The main reason why the engines and props were backwards is due to efficiency. Less drag, better lift off the wing because there is no prop wash going over the wing.
@BASavage81 As you rightly say, the pusher configuration avoided turbulance over the wing eliminating drag. The problem was that it also gave the engines overheating problems and they had many engine fires,
The engines were mounted in pusher configuration to eliminate turbulent air form the propellers from creating turbulence on the wings which increased the wings lift. it also inadvertently created overheating problems from lack of airflow over the radial engines.
This aircraft was designed early in WW2 when the US foresaw that they may need to bomb Europe from the USA.
I remember seeing these things at Carswell AFB in Ft.Worth when I was a little kid. These 'planes were HUGE and impressive. I wonder if there are any left today in flying condition!!! BTW Jimmy Stewart was in the movie and was at that time still a General in the air force reserve- he was a B-17 pilot in WW2 and flew many combat mission to Germany!!!
When he is taking off.......the buildings you see over the aircraft is the factory that we are currently building the F-35 in. The B-36's were all built right here in Fort Worth, TX at the Consolidated Vultee aircraft company.......later Convair, then General Dynamics, and now Lockheed Martin. I actually can say that I worked on the very last B-36. It was in a Grass-lot "Museum" right outside the plant for years. They decided to bring her back to life. I got to design the towing mechanism!
All the dislikes are stupid socialistic hippy tree huggers that think if another country invades they can just hand them a flower to keep them from beheading and raping their families.
When ever I look at the B 36 I always feel like I am looking at something that Gerry Anderson thought up when he was making the thunderbirds (international rescue)! I wonder was the pilot named Virgil was the flight engineer brains? What you say? FAB Scott!
@Bloodgod40 The jets were added on as an afterthought when they realised they needed more power for take-off. It was easier adding some jet nacelles than redesigning the entire wing to incorporate more main wing engines.
This aircraft was also the testbed for the nuclear powered aircraft concept testbed NB-36H. Although never actually lifted the aircraft aloft, the concept was proven viable during 215 flight hours during which 89hrs the reactors powered the two General Electric X-39 testbed engines. The follow-on true nuclear-power aircraft was to be the Convair X-6, yet this program was cancelled by Congress. The X-6 would have been able to remained airborn for weeks at a time using no jet fuel.
@davethomas4061 Wait a minute, in the early '80s I saw a B-36 on display at General Dynamics little air museum there by the factory just outside the fence at Carswell in Fort Worth Texas. (Actually the suburb of White settlement.) Surely GD didn't give up it's own B-36, did it?
@RacerXGTO Good catch. It must have taken off from the taxiway? How bout that. I was stationed at Carswell during the '80s and once they closed the runway for maintenance. The reserve F-4s used the taxiway.
The one at the Air Force Museum isn't the only one still in existence. It is however, the only one that has been restored inside and out to museum condition, and it's the only one displayed indoors. There's a nice one at the Castle AFB museum near Merced, CA, one at the Museum in Tucson just south of Davis-Motham AFB and several others, I believe, at similar museums. None of these, even the one in Dayton, are flyable (that would be an enormous task.)
i dont think the b-36 can go for an higher altitude because watch it at 3:45 the nose wheel go hig then come low then high again then the whole rear wheels go the first wheel slowly goes up then the rest then the whole plane will go higer every slowly it looks like the plane is a very hevy for a takeoff but now a days theses planes r used very rarely after the f-117
@dieu4e56467 thats not max climb, and the f-117 and peace maker where never close to eachother in time, the peace maker has long been retired. get off youtube kid
@dieu4e56467 What the fuck are you talking about? Seriously, go back, proof-read, and repost, because we seriously have no freaking idea about what you're talking about. The only part I got was that you don't think the B-36 is used anymore because of the F-117. Wow. The B-36 program was killed by a number of things, the two most important being operational cost and the vunerability of being a propeller driven stratigic weapon in a jet age. Hence the B-47, B-52, and the B-58.
@dieu4e56467 what are you talking about??? they don't use these now a days ever cause it would cost as much as the space program. the F-117 had a completely different mission and it's retired too.
@USAF2409 Not necessarily; the four engines on the C-130 give it a FOUR THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED MILE RANGE. That means they can take the C130 to do Lindberg's flight from NYC to Paris, if they wanted.
"If all engines function normally at full power during the pre-takeoff warm-up, the lead flight engineer will sometimes say to the Aircraft Commander (AC), 'six turning and four burning.'" Erratic reliability led to the wisecrack, 'two turning, two burning, two joking, and two smoking, with two engines not accounted for.'"
My grandfather was an engineer at Convair, and my dad grew up in the shadow of the former Carswell AFB. He said that when a B-36 would pass overhead it was a real "dish shaker".
@TakeDeadAim Hey, this scene here was shot at Carswell, wasn't it? If I'm npot mistaken, they are taking off at the "wet end" of the only runway. That's Lake Worth. And that is the General Dynamics factory complex seen in the background. Then it was known as Convair, the makers of the B-36. I was stationed at Carswell as a B-52 Crew Chief and got to ride on aircraft several times. They have a B-36 on display over near General Dynamics....now known as Lockheed. (I'll always think of it as GD.)
There is an article on wikipedia with an account of events that led to crash on Feb 13, 1950 of a B 36 enroute from Fairbanks to Carswell AFB in Texas. Also there was a documentary done by CBC a few years back.
WTF? Six pusher engines and four far-outboard jet engines? Did the jets kick in at high altitudes then? What a strange aircraft, equidistant between a B-17 and a B-52
@SupernalOne the jets were added for extra thrust in case of emergency. the jets were added after one of these air craft "bomber 075" lost power in freezing temperatures near the British Colombian border. the plane lost 3 of its six propeller engines and was thought to have ditched in the ocean. the plane was found three years later near Terrace BC. the plane was thought to have been carrying a mark 4 nuclear weapon.
"Oh the B-36 it flies at 40000 ft. but it only drops a teensy weensy bomb." A line from a song my dad used to sing. The song refers to the test runs that Mac Arthur ordered for plans to drop a nuclear bomb on North Korea. We all giggled when my dad would falsetto his voice for the teensy weensy bomb part. Never had a clue what it was about until I was an adult. Dad was a USMC reserves Lt. Colonel. veteran of Korean war.
These planes ( the peace makes) they were called were built to deliver H bombs to Russia prior to the development of ICBMs. It would have been a 1 way trip as they could not carry enough fuel for the return. Fortuneatly it was a trip that never had to be made. The engines were plagued with carburetor icing problems. and one trip from Fairbanks to the lower 48 lost 3 engines off the west coast and tried to return to Fairbanks could not keep altitude and crashed into kolokot mountain, BC.
@AngleSideSideThm Acutally this is a true video. I was a Jet Engine mechanic at Carswell AFB, and worked on the 5734 aircraft. Also I was present at part of the filiming of Stretegic Air Command at Carswell AFB. I was as close as 30 feet to Jane Wyman when she drove to the gate to say goodbuy to Jimmy Stewart.
As a kid I grew up close to Carlswell AFB and watched these beauties take off and land. They were powerful. One was on static display at the old Greater Southwest Airport. Not sure where it is today.
The 8th Air Force also flew medium bombers like the B-25 and B-26 over Europe. In my previous post I was referring to just the "big" bombers, which were small by modern standards.
Yes, Jimmy Stewart was a pilot in the 8th Army Air Force during WWII. They flew over Europe and didn't fly B-29s; only B-17s and B-24s. Jimmy Stewart flew B-24s over Europe according to Wikipedia.
So if they do not see the murder and mayhem that their bombs do; its Okay>?
Terror weapon, all what it is. WW2 German war production was greater at the end of WW2 than what it was at the beginning. Bombers did little to nothing in the affect of slowing down the armament building of Germany.
Did not stop the Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail supply line to the south either.
The jet engines were so heavy on fuel that they were not used for more than about 20 mins per flight typically. One b36 did have a small nuclear reactor fitted but it was never intended to power the engines and never did. A bit of research on nulear powered subs is recommended if you want to understand why nuclear powered aircraft are not viable.
That`s not fake it`s a real plane a Convair B36 A big plane even by today's standard, the propellers are installed correctly it does not make any difference what way the rudder is pointing when on the ground the plane uses the nose wheel to steer, there are plenty of references and pics, look it up
The original b36 didnt have jet engines. Jets were not added to improve takeoff - they were used but added relatively little thrust at ground level. Their main purpose was to increase the over target height and speed. Atbove 36000 feet they added a large amount of power compared to the propellor engines that were running out of breath because of the thin air. The jets were turned off while cruising for hours to and from the target
That is one cool airplane! An older friend of mine that I used to work with was a "tail gunner" operator on one of these, he told me there was a long tunnel that you crawled thru to get to the aft section of the aircraft. Thanks for posting!
Looks like a real "gripper" on takeoff. That main landing gear stayed on the runway seemingly forever, after the rotation. The outboard jet engines were actually added to improve the dismal takeoff performance. Also, the plane looks like it would be a beast in a crosswind landing with that huge wingspan and the low slung engine pods out on the wing(s).
The B36 Peace Maker - from the days when America was Strong, Free and Proud! I nearly weep watching this and then thinking about the pathetic, wimpy, hollowed out America of today. I remember as a very young boy watching these behemoths slowly drone far overhead as they flew over my grandmothers place near Colorado Springs. I used to simply marvel at them. Still do. I spent about 2 hours thoroughly inspecting the fully restored B36 at the SAC Air Museum near Omaha, NE a few years ago.
1) The propellers on this B-36 ARE installed the correct way.
2) Being such a big plane, the B-36 did not have the nose wheel steering connected to the rudder pedals. that is why the rudder is deflected in one direction while the aircraft itself is going the opposite direction.
3) Fake looking or not, the B-36 was a real plane. I know this because my grandfather was the 3rd pilot on one towards the end of his career in the Air Force.
@mxhonda2 I take it the B-36 is the "missing link" between the B-29 and the B-52. I'm assuming that it started out with just prop engines because jets were still relatively new, and as yet, not up to lifting a bomber this big into the sky
It's a giant flying phallus symbol.
Nomoreidsleft 14 hours ago
Except for the wing sweep, very close in profile to the B52. Since Jimmy Stewart was an actual bomber pilot during the war, I bet he could have flown this plane.
Sealy57 17 hours ago
that plane needs more powerplants
britoca 23 hours ago
My god it makes the b-29 look tiny. Is this from a tv show or movie?
gingersrule1000 1 day ago
We used to refer to them as "6 Churnin', and 4 Burnin." When they took off, they shook the nearby buildings so much that you'd think there was an earthquake going on. Amazing airplanes!!
DDunker51 2 days ago
In the "ancient" year 1955, a B-36 flew overhead at about 500 ft. It was attempting an emergency landing at our airport in Rochester N.Y. ( ROC). My dad put us in the car and we arrived at the airport about 3 minutes later. But unfortunately the huge bomber was forced to fly over to the lengthy airport runway in Niagara Falls for its emergency landing. I never saw one of those "giants" again.
viscountcaptain 3 days ago
@viscountcaptain i saw one everyday ..on woodman an airway road ..till they moved it inside...the airforce museum riverside ohio gee i think it sat out front for 30 years ..me i wanted the yb49 b36 was old school an slow
Monza62000 1 day ago
Now that's is a FATTY! that needs 300m? for rotate...
onecheman 3 days ago
i cant tell. is it called the peacemaker because its the bomber to end all bombers, or because if you stand under it's payload, it'll BLAST you to pieces? XD
RallyXRacer7 3 days ago
@RallyXRacer7 It was the first true Strategic bomber during the cold war to protect the peace hence the Peacemaker.
shadowr434 2 days ago
so cool beauty
skyline3071 4 days ago
i can remember seeing this movie years ago i must go to imdb scroll down james stewarts movies find it and watch again
paulboon 4 days ago
My dad worked at the Convair plant in Ft Worth Texas making them things..... there is still one in Lake Worth that had half the props forward and half reversed and did not get off the ground. I saw it when I was stationed at Carswell across the flight line from there. When the sun was right you could see it in the water on takeoff and approach....
tonopahbubba 4 days ago
The B-36 was developed by the yanks to bomb Germany if the brits fell to Hitler.....amazing aircraft!
MrCOLTSR2 5 days ago
@MrCOLTSR2 ya but by 1946 when it first seen flight the war was long over ..And at the end of 1940 the air battle with England and Germany was over By 1941 Russia and Canada USA and England were pushing back till Japan entered The B-29 took the role over the B-17 then the B-36 and then the B-52
freakyflow 4 days ago
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@freakyflow your a knowall yank that knows nothing ......like you dont know how close im am to you do you ? or how much of a know all but know nothing human scumbag u r .....saying the evil shit u sed about my daughter whos done nothing to u only confirms how much of a loser u r ..the karms bear is closer than you think ..and me saying nothing more is confirmation that im lookin for you and i'll find you too and wen i do you will know wat a bomber is ..i cant wait ...im coming for you .....
myrg500gamma 4 days ago
Shouldn't Cary Grant be at the wheel ????…
vincent7520 1 week ago
@vincent7520
Nope... it's an airplane not a submarine. LOL.
cobrabase 1 week ago
@cobrabase Of course !… How mindless I am ! …
LOL
vincent7520 6 days ago
6 turnin', 4 burnin'...This plane was designed to bomb Germany from America, had England fell. This thing was TRULY "cutting edge" for its day...
chg657 1 week ago
Cool plane, but by the time it took off, everyone would be dead..
MrToecutter10 1 week ago
wow, very cool. Anybody know the range of this beast
etuberalism 1 week ago
@etuberalism: 10,000+ miles on paper. The lighter the load the longer the range so typically about 5,000 miles. Spec' demanded that it be able to bomb Germany from the US.
digglyda 1 week ago
I worked on the RB-36 at Ellsworth in 1955-56. Heck of an aircraft! There are 4 left. Castle Air Museum (the only RB left, actual aircraft I worked on, we called her "dirty 30"), SAC Museum in Nebraska, AF Museum in Dayton, and at Tucson. About 350 were built. Go see one if you have the opportunity.
shortlung 1 week ago
@shortlung I'm fortunate enough to have seen the ones in Nebraska and Dayton. Magnificent piece of equipment. That must have been quite an experience working on them.
kaysandesses 6 days ago
Sure, you wouldn't know whether you were coming or going in that yoke!
eirbiz 1 week ago
We should have nuked the fuck out of Russia and China when we had 100's of these beasts.
coldfarted 1 week ago
Christ on a cracker, that things fucking HUGE! Imagine if they'd had a couple hundred of those flying over Berlin in 1945? The Nazis would have all dropped dead of heart attacks.
yesanded 1 week ago
there is a B36 at the airforce museum in dayton ohio on display...it's gigantic !!!...six pusher reciprocating engines and two jet pods...one per side...sort of a half breed !!!
mschiffel1000 1 week ago
Wait shit, nvm
TheRaackMan 1 week ago
This is the plane that ended WWII, Luke airbase has an entire building dedicated to just one, and it barley fits.
TheRaackMan 1 week ago
@TheRaackMan Err... the b-29 ended WWII
LeBartman 1 week ago
@TheRaackMan lol,..maybe on your planet dude.
fluffy1931 1 week ago
This was built at the height of prop/Jet technology of the day To this day NOTHING has ever come close to this beauty....this IS a proper bomber.
soundnicetome 1 week ago
AWESOME!!!!!
Sergeantsteamer 1 week ago
So a watered down b-52?
Imprezaman555 1 week ago
Man I would give almost anything to see that thing fly! ;( I'm too young I never got to see it in action.
chrisvonderlinn 1 week ago
6 turning and 4 burning :-)
REDmastMEDIA 2 weeks ago 9
the thunderbirds are go ! Ha Ha Ha ..... seriously it was impressive if not cumbersome
johnsvideochannel 2 weeks ago
Oh to live in a time where America was looking forward to the future...not now where we're fighting for what we've got.
redreaper2020 2 weeks ago
the b-29 is better than the peacemaker
sistersea62 2 weeks ago
Hey, it was from a movie - I recognised Jimmy Stewart in the cockpit !
tarantellaonline 2 weeks ago
@transdrole bye
cobrabase 2 weeks ago
I wonder how much it would cost to fill the B-38 up with high octane today?
brentandvuk 2 weeks ago
@brentandvuk
B-38...... sigh......
You know.... I asked one of my high school classes if they had ever heard of Chuck Yeager. They thought it was the name of a brewery.
It's official.... western society is doomed.
Folks... read a book at least ONCE before commenting.
cobrabase 2 weeks ago
@cobrabase, OK call fat fingers... My dad use to see the B-36 (notice B-36) fly when he was in the Navy. He is still impressed with them. Did you know they built the USAF museum around the B-36 (yes twice now). OH I'm retired Air Force too so I guess I need to do push ups too. LOL Thanks for the great post.
brentandvuk 2 weeks ago
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Beauty? You mean clumsy and noisy and slow?
transdrole 2 weeks ago
@transdrole
You sir are a troll.
cobrabase 2 weeks ago 18
@cobrabase
I used to live near the factory where these were built. It is adjacent to Carswell AFB.
Later B-58s were built there. I saw both planes as well as the Boeing built B-47s and B-52s. There were also F-102s and F-106s, F-4s, F105s, and F-16s.
I think the man is right. The B-36 was transition plane that staddled the late prop and early jet eras. The B-36 WAS big, slow clumsy and noisy.
ireload2 1 day ago
@transdrole A troll in it's natural habitat, don't get to close, it might become aggressive
MrRetrospex 1 week ago
@transdrole troll alert!!!
Tdawg429 1 day ago
No that's a big combat plane that drops bombs on specific targets, a B-17 is a bombar!
TheCraftedMine 2 weeks ago
@TheCraftedMine
"Bombar?"
For the love of God.... please go back to playing X-box.
cobrabase 2 weeks ago
i saw that in prima museum in tucson in september
jango1968 2 weeks ago
wouldnt the jet engines end up making too much power, i mean that the props wouldnt be able to keep up with the jets so a bunch of the jets power will end up being wasted
Volarknight 2 weeks ago
@Volarknight The jets were only used for take off and "dash speed" over target. For normal cruising they were shut down.
SuperAncientmariner 2 weeks ago
@Volarknight This was the late 40s, early 50s, those jets were not that powerful. The early nukes were big and heavy so needed a big aircraft. Interesting times, by the early 50s they were fielding the B47, all jet powered, the B52 by the mid 50s, and the B58 hustler supersonic bomber by the late 50s.
EnigmaNZ1 2 weeks ago
The star of this is Jimmy Stewart. Hollywood actor and Brig Gen in the Air Force Reserve.
TheMichaeltime 2 weeks ago
This is the greatest airplane, but the only strange thing is that, why this B-36 Bomber has his all 6 propellers backwards ?
Skybolter 2 weeks ago
@Skybolter The main reason why the engines and props were backwards is due to efficiency. Less drag, better lift off the wing because there is no prop wash going over the wing.
BASavage81 2 weeks ago
@BASavage81 As you rightly say, the pusher configuration avoided turbulance over the wing eliminating drag. The problem was that it also gave the engines overheating problems and they had many engine fires,
SuperAncientmariner 2 weeks ago
@BASavage81 SORRY DUDE, MY MISTAKE
Skybolter 2 weeks ago
@Skybolter
Does anyone actually READ the thread before opening their fat cyber voices?
The answer is just a few tiny posts below yours.
cobrabase 2 weeks ago
@Skybolter Its a pusher.....Lets leave it at that.......kids these days. oi vey
betheputneysans 1 week ago
@Skybolter
The engines were mounted in pusher configuration to eliminate turbulent air form the propellers from creating turbulence on the wings which increased the wings lift. it also inadvertently created overheating problems from lack of airflow over the radial engines.
This aircraft was designed early in WW2 when the US foresaw that they may need to bomb Europe from the USA.
Anlushac11 1 week ago
It don't get no better, I needed to be alone after seeing this
bowman321123 2 weeks ago
at 2:50 almost sounded like Colonel Sherman Potter..
RFKFANTS67 2 weeks ago 6
@RFKFANTS67
You're kidding right.....
YES. IT IS HARRY MORGAN WITH RED HAIR PEOPLE!!!!
cobrabase 2 weeks ago 3
@cobrabase Rest In Peace Harry.
teddybeareleventeen 2 days ago
I remember seeing these things at Carswell AFB in Ft.Worth when I was a little kid. These 'planes were HUGE and impressive. I wonder if there are any left today in flying condition!!! BTW Jimmy Stewart was in the movie and was at that time still a General in the air force reserve- he was a B-17 pilot in WW2 and flew many combat mission to Germany!!!
panzerleader49 2 weeks ago
When he is taking off.......the buildings you see over the aircraft is the factory that we are currently building the F-35 in. The B-36's were all built right here in Fort Worth, TX at the Consolidated Vultee aircraft company.......later Convair, then General Dynamics, and now Lockheed Martin. I actually can say that I worked on the very last B-36. It was in a Grass-lot "Museum" right outside the plant for years. They decided to bring her back to life. I got to design the towing mechanism!
SchwartzeBaron 3 weeks ago
What a beast. Thanks for posting!
MrColt45acp 3 weeks ago
All the dislikes are stupid socialistic hippy tree huggers that think if another country invades they can just hand them a flower to keep them from beheading and raping their families.
vexviper 3 weeks ago
When ever I look at the B 36 I always feel like I am looking at something that Gerry Anderson thought up when he was making the thunderbirds (international rescue)! I wonder was the pilot named Virgil was the flight engineer brains? What you say? FAB Scott!
bigtopbollocks 3 weeks ago
What a monster! Bet you could pack some serious ordinance into this plane!
stratovani 3 weeks ago
Are those turboprop engines or piston?
deezynar 3 weeks ago
@deezynar
Piston, Pratt&Whitney 28cylinder R 4360-25, 3250HP each
leneanderthalien 3 weeks ago
@leneanderthalien
Thanks for filling me in.
deezynar 3 weeks ago
Why on earth did they mix propellers and jets on the same plane?
Bloodgod40 3 weeks ago
@Bloodgod40 The jets were added on as an afterthought when they realised they needed more power for take-off. It was easier adding some jet nacelles than redesigning the entire wing to incorporate more main wing engines.
nervchemnitz 3 weeks ago
@Bloodgod40 The jet engines of the time used too much fuel and produced to little power for the aircraft to use full time.
fauxshaman 3 weeks ago
Blimey.....weve come a looooooong way since then
thebizzle2605 3 weeks ago
This aircraft was also the testbed for the nuclear powered aircraft concept testbed NB-36H. Although never actually lifted the aircraft aloft, the concept was proven viable during 215 flight hours during which 89hrs the reactors powered the two General Electric X-39 testbed engines. The follow-on true nuclear-power aircraft was to be the Convair X-6, yet this program was cancelled by Congress. The X-6 would have been able to remained airborn for weeks at a time using no jet fuel.
userdenied58 3 weeks ago
SIX TURNING AND FOUR BURNING, LET'S GO !
Sportster20042001 3 weeks ago
your wrong, parcelmate, it's Col.Sherman T. Potter.
Sportster20042001 3 weeks ago
@Sportster20042001
"HORSE HOCKEY!"
cobrabase 3 weeks ago
If I'm not mistaken, the flight engineer for this movie is Harry Morgan ( M.A.S.H, 4077 Col. Sherman Potter), if I'm wrong, please correct me.
parcelmate 3 weeks ago
Another poster here said it first, and he is right, the camera plane took off in formation with the B-36. And did it perfectly too. Totally awesome.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@JetMechMA they knew how to make REAL movies, in those days, not like the computer generated bullshit we see now.
Sportster20042001 3 weeks ago
@davethomas4061 Wait a minute, in the early '80s I saw a B-36 on display at General Dynamics little air museum there by the factory just outside the fence at Carswell in Fort Worth Texas. (Actually the suburb of White settlement.) Surely GD didn't give up it's own B-36, did it?
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@RacerXGTO Good catch. It must have taken off from the taxiway? How bout that. I was stationed at Carswell during the '80s and once they closed the runway for maintenance. The reserve F-4s used the taxiway.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
First, thanks for posting this.
6+4 engines. The ratio of hour of flight time to man hours of maintenance must have been ugly.
Duckleft 3 weeks ago
My God what a beast and what a helluva sound it made
likepatsandGTOs 3 weeks ago
Imagine this thing powered by 6, 15,000sHP turboprop engines!!
6V92TA 3 weeks ago
@6V92TA they are not turbo props they are radial piston engines
newgun2000 3 weeks ago
The one at the Air Force Museum isn't the only one still in existence. It is however, the only one that has been restored inside and out to museum condition, and it's the only one displayed indoors. There's a nice one at the Castle AFB museum near Merced, CA, one at the Museum in Tucson just south of Davis-Motham AFB and several others, I believe, at similar museums. None of these, even the one in Dayton, are flyable (that would be an enormous task.)
Spoffo 3 weeks ago
@Spoffo A B-36 is on display indoors at Strategic Air Command, Ashland Nebraska
643emerald 3 weeks ago
@643emerald I think they still have one at Wright-Patterson AFB (USAF Museum) in Dayton, OH as well.
datainmotion 3 weeks ago
i dont think the b-36 can go for an higher altitude because watch it at 3:45 the nose wheel go hig then come low then high again then the whole rear wheels go the first wheel slowly goes up then the rest then the whole plane will go higer every slowly it looks like the plane is a very hevy for a takeoff but now a days theses planes r used very rarely after the f-117
dieu4e56467 4 weeks ago
@dieu4e56467 @dieu4e56467
Uhhh.. yeah.. okaaaaay.. um.... sure........
Somebody is smoking something.....
cobrabase 4 weeks ago 21
@cobrabase I want some of whatever that dude was smokin....because it really baked that guy's brain! On another note: awesome!
hpygolkyone 3 weeks ago
@dieu4e56467 thats not max climb, and the f-117 and peace maker where never close to eachother in time, the peace maker has long been retired. get off youtube kid
jarrod989 3 weeks ago 4
@jarrod989 WERE* learn grammar that exceeds the level of an 8th grader plz.
DiamondPilotDan 3 weeks ago
@dieu4e56467 ?? aahh well its kind of hard to fly a museum aircraft...
HerkMeck 3 weeks ago
@dieu4e56467 Dude you are so whacked out you are on another planet. This bird was probably retired before your father was born.
userdenied58 3 weeks ago
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@dieu4e56467 Dude you are so whacked out you are on another planet. This bird was probably retired before your father was born.
userdenied58 3 weeks ago
@dieu4e56467 What the fuck are you talking about? Seriously, go back, proof-read, and repost, because we seriously have no freaking idea about what you're talking about. The only part I got was that you don't think the B-36 is used anymore because of the F-117. Wow. The B-36 program was killed by a number of things, the two most important being operational cost and the vunerability of being a propeller driven stratigic weapon in a jet age. Hence the B-47, B-52, and the B-58.
dumbenoughou812 2 weeks ago
@dieu4e56467 what are you talking about??? they don't use these now a days ever cause it would cost as much as the space program. the F-117 had a completely different mission and it's retired too.
Wurtle38 2 weeks ago
4 burning & 6 turning...the thing is massive
4NICK8TER1 4 weeks ago
I can see why this plane doesnt exist anymore. Im sure this plane was a gas hog with all those engines.
USAF2409 4 weeks ago
@USAF2409 Not necessarily; the four engines on the C-130 give it a FOUR THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED MILE RANGE. That means they can take the C130 to do Lindberg's flight from NYC to Paris, if they wanted.
It's the jets that really suck fuel...
WheelDweller 4 weeks ago
Interesting factoid. Jimmy Stewart was an actual bomber pilot. He flew combat missions in B-24s over the European theater during WWII. No shit.
2IDSGT 4 weeks ago
@2IDSGT And retired as a brigadier general in the AF Reserve.
cjallen2 3 weeks ago
There is a nicely preserved one that can be seen indoors at the airforce museum in Ohio
SCHN4UZ3R 4 weeks ago
"If all engines function normally at full power during the pre-takeoff warm-up, the lead flight engineer will sometimes say to the Aircraft Commander (AC), 'six turning and four burning.'" Erratic reliability led to the wisecrack, 'two turning, two burning, two joking, and two smoking, with two engines not accounted for.'"
Beautiful Military porn. Love it AND loathe it!
dicksatan 1 month ago
Jimmy Stewart was like yea you boys are doing an ok job i guess i'll let you take off
ChallengerGuy22 1 month ago
My grandfather was an engineer at Convair, and my dad grew up in the shadow of the former Carswell AFB. He said that when a B-36 would pass overhead it was a real "dish shaker".
TakeDeadAim 1 month ago
@TakeDeadAim Hey, this scene here was shot at Carswell, wasn't it? If I'm npot mistaken, they are taking off at the "wet end" of the only runway. That's Lake Worth. And that is the General Dynamics factory complex seen in the background. Then it was known as Convair, the makers of the B-36. I was stationed at Carswell as a B-52 Crew Chief and got to ride on aircraft several times. They have a B-36 on display over near General Dynamics....now known as Lockheed. (I'll always think of it as GD.)
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
We can imgine the weight of all those electric, electronic and pneumatic systems compared to today. But this was a real beauty from outside anyway.
SIM754 1 month ago
beautiful times and beautiful aircrafts
cristianospeedtriple 1 month ago
Would have been better with the B49.
paullubliner 1 month ago
There is an article on wikipedia with an account of events that led to crash on Feb 13, 1950 of a B 36 enroute from Fairbanks to Carswell AFB in Texas. Also there was a documentary done by CBC a few years back.
08braven 1 month ago
They had engine cooling problems, and problems with ice build-up as well....
jordan390a 1 month ago
WTF? Six pusher engines and four far-outboard jet engines? Did the jets kick in at high altitudes then? What a strange aircraft, equidistant between a B-17 and a B-52
SupernalOne 1 month ago
@SupernalOne the jets were added for extra thrust in case of emergency. the jets were added after one of these air craft "bomber 075" lost power in freezing temperatures near the British Colombian border. the plane lost 3 of its six propeller engines and was thought to have ditched in the ocean. the plane was found three years later near Terrace BC. the plane was thought to have been carrying a mark 4 nuclear weapon.
infinus5 1 month ago
@infinus5
wow, another Broken Arrow, eh? Air-intake icing is a perennial problem for piston engines, I guess. Thanks for the info:interesting
SupernalOne 1 month ago
@SupernalOne
actually the "broken arrow" that occurred where i live was technically the first one that the US air force has disclosed
infinus5 1 month ago
@SupernalOne prop engines were 6-R4360s Jets were 4-J-47s
terriwine 1 month ago
"Oh the B-36 it flies at 40000 ft. but it only drops a teensy weensy bomb." A line from a song my dad used to sing. The song refers to the test runs that Mac Arthur ordered for plans to drop a nuclear bomb on North Korea. We all giggled when my dad would falsetto his voice for the teensy weensy bomb part. Never had a clue what it was about until I was an adult. Dad was a USMC reserves Lt. Colonel. veteran of Korean war.
morg52 1 month ago
@morg52 Yeah a "teensy weensy H-Bomb".
terriwine 1 month ago
These planes ( the peace makes) they were called were built to deliver H bombs to Russia prior to the development of ICBMs. It would have been a 1 way trip as they could not carry enough fuel for the return. Fortuneatly it was a trip that never had to be made. The engines were plagued with carburetor icing problems. and one trip from Fairbanks to the lower 48 lost 3 engines off the west coast and tried to return to Fairbanks could not keep altitude and crashed into kolokot mountain, BC.
08braven 1 month ago
@08braven i was wondering if anyone knew about that incident :D
i live near the crash site in the town of smithers and work at the Bulkey Valley museum so i know alot about this air craft and its short history.
infinus5 1 month ago
The B-36 sure was an awesome plane. Wish I would have been around in the 50s to see them fly.
ovationpdh 1 month ago
oh yeah n probs can be on back of a engine
mindyzachbaubles 1 month ago
thunderbirds are GO
mindyzachbaubles 1 month ago
Hydrogen imsorry!
2007Colonial 1 month ago
The B-36 could exceed 50,000' in flight and go over 400mph with 72,000 lbs of bombs, not bad for 1940's technology! And carry the Hydogen bomb!
2007Colonial 1 month ago
2:08 what you came here for.
AngleSideSideThm 1 month ago
@AngleSideSideThm Acutally this is a true video. I was a Jet Engine mechanic at Carswell AFB, and worked on the 5734 aircraft. Also I was present at part of the filiming of Stretegic Air Command at Carswell AFB. I was as close as 30 feet to Jane Wyman when she drove to the gate to say goodbuy to Jimmy Stewart.
phantomish1 1 month ago
@phantomish1 Uh ... Wrong reply button? I wrote a link to the takeoff, the best part.
AngleSideSideThm 1 month ago
As a kid I grew up close to Carlswell AFB and watched these beauties take off and land. They were powerful. One was on static display at the old Greater Southwest Airport. Not sure where it is today.
werksdesign 1 month ago
The 8th Air Force also flew medium bombers like the B-25 and B-26 over Europe. In my previous post I was referring to just the "big" bombers, which were small by modern standards.
piccardo99 1 month ago
The common Air Force saying about the B-36 when they were fitted with jet engines was "Six turnin and four burnin".
piccardo99 1 month ago
Yes, Jimmy Stewart was a pilot in the 8th Army Air Force during WWII. They flew over Europe and didn't fly B-29s; only B-17s and B-24s. Jimmy Stewart flew B-24s over Europe according to Wikipedia.
piccardo99 1 month ago
Damn those things were gorgeous! Are there any left?
clusterfak 1 month ago 2
@clusterfak The Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio has the only intact B-36 in existence.
bartkurtsteck1953 4 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
The jets were pods from the Boeing B-47 minus training wheels.
Burned avgas in the B-36 to avoid fuel mixing - slightly reduced power.
keebordking 1 month ago
are those twin turbines at the end of the wings? if not then what is it?
lamoboy 1 month ago
@kekelala1976 you are a dumbass piece of shit
ilikchez 1 month ago
So if they do not see the murder and mayhem that their bombs do; its Okay>?
Terror weapon, all what it is. WW2 German war production was greater at the end of WW2 than what it was at the beginning. Bombers did little to nothing in the affect of slowing down the armament building of Germany.
Did not stop the Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail supply line to the south either.
korz53 1 month ago
Six a turning and four a burning.... only on a B-36
hathganus 1 month ago
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hathganus 1 month ago
The B-36 was steered with a tiller on the ground that was not connected to the rudder.
wanderingwinos 1 month ago
The jet engines were so heavy on fuel that they were not used for more than about 20 mins per flight typically. One b36 did have a small nuclear reactor fitted but it was never intended to power the engines and never did. A bit of research on nulear powered subs is recommended if you want to understand why nuclear powered aircraft are not viable.
cliffwhite2812 1 month ago
That`s not fake it`s a real plane a Convair B36 A big plane even by today's standard, the propellers are installed correctly it does not make any difference what way the rudder is pointing when on the ground the plane uses the nose wheel to steer, there are plenty of references and pics, look it up
LeePainter36 1 month ago
The original b36 didnt have jet engines. Jets were not added to improve takeoff - they were used but added relatively little thrust at ground level. Their main purpose was to increase the over target height and speed. Atbove 36000 feet they added a large amount of power compared to the propellor engines that were running out of breath because of the thin air. The jets were turned off while cruising for hours to and from the target
cliffwhite2812 1 month ago
That is one cool airplane! An older friend of mine that I used to work with was a "tail gunner" operator on one of these, he told me there was a long tunnel that you crawled thru to get to the aft section of the aircraft. Thanks for posting!
pilotmountain1 1 month ago
With all errors, it is a great video. Thanks for shqring it.
64jorthom 1 month ago
I bet that baby sucked fuel like no tomorrow.
MJD1701A 1 month ago
Looks like a real "gripper" on takeoff. That main landing gear stayed on the runway seemingly forever, after the rotation. The outboard jet engines were actually added to improve the dismal takeoff performance. Also, the plane looks like it would be a beast in a crosswind landing with that huge wingspan and the low slung engine pods out on the wing(s).
herbergreen 1 month ago
The B36 Peace Maker - from the days when America was Strong, Free and Proud! I nearly weep watching this and then thinking about the pathetic, wimpy, hollowed out America of today. I remember as a very young boy watching these behemoths slowly drone far overhead as they flew over my grandmothers place near Colorado Springs. I used to simply marvel at them. Still do. I spent about 2 hours thoroughly inspecting the fully restored B36 at the SAC Air Museum near Omaha, NE a few years ago.
charliehorsenm 1 month ago
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Looks fake to me as i spotted 2 mistakes:
1) the propeller of the pusher plane is installed the wrong side.
2) when taxiing, the plane turns right but the rudder deflects left.
3) the root chord looks weak enough to hold 3 engines and including a jet engine far tip.
Is this a sci-fi?
Kekelala1976 1 month ago
@Kekelala1976
You are officially a dumb-ass.
cobrabase 1 month ago 74
@cobrabase I second that!!
bushranger51 1 month ago
ROFL.
vngrdxujo 1 month ago
@Kekelala1976
1) The propellers on this B-36 ARE installed the correct way.
2) Being such a big plane, the B-36 did not have the nose wheel steering connected to the rudder pedals. that is why the rudder is deflected in one direction while the aircraft itself is going the opposite direction.
3) Fake looking or not, the B-36 was a real plane. I know this because my grandfather was the 3rd pilot on one towards the end of his career in the Air Force.
mxhonda2 1 month ago 9
@mxhonda2 I take it the B-36 is the "missing link" between the B-29 and the B-52. I'm assuming that it started out with just prop engines because jets were still relatively new, and as yet, not up to lifting a bomber this big into the sky
Mechknight73 1 month ago
@Mechknight73 i probably wouldn't leave out the b-47 before jumping to the 52
ChallengerGuy22 1 month ago
@ChallengerGuy22 SO right!
terriwine 1 month ago
@Mechknight73 more like the missing link between the B-29 and the B-47, which was the first all jet bomber.
terriwine 1 month ago
@mxhonda2 Hey My Dad (Capt. T.G. Olsen "Vampire") flew the B-36 too. He was base