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Convair B-36J Peacemaker 52-2827 (cn 383) Named "City of Fort Worth" after the production plant's location. This was the last B-36 to be built (14.AUG.1954) and the last one in service when retired (12.FEB.1959) with sporting markings from the 95th BW, Biggs AFB TX. On display and Preserved at Pima Air and Space Museum. The B-36 "Peacemaker" was the largest strategic bomber and the last piston engine powered aircraft at the time. Capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The Convair B-36 was the only aircraft designed to carry the T-12 Cloudmaker, a gravity bomb weighing 43,600 lb (19,800 kg). With a length of 49,4 m and a wingspan of 70,1 m the B-36 was flew first in 1946. Driven by 6 Pratt & Whitney propeller engines behind the wings and 4 General Electric jet engines it had a range of approximately 13.000 km.

 

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