Sun sets on the propellor age - USAF Convair B-36J Peacemaker strategic nuclear bomber, 1955..

Six Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major 28-cylinder 4-row 71.489-litre radials, 3800-hp each

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Four General Electric J47-GE-19 turbojets, 5,200-lbf each

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Markings: USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) 95th Bombardment Wing, Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas (1953-59), 'City of Ft. Worth'

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Background: USAF Boeing EB-47E Stratojet ELINT six-jet bomber, 1953

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Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona

 

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