On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:37:44 -0400, J Three <J3@postDontEmail.com>
wrote:
from Popular Science mag June 1967
Popular Science Article - June 1957
Fastest Bomber gets a ride from the world's biggest.
The supersonic B-58 Hustler takes the air here under the belly of a
B-36 in a remarkable transport operation. Minus its four jet engines
and other equipment the delta-winged Hustler was partly tucked into
the B-36 bomb bay and flown and flown nonstop from Fort Worth, Texas
to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio for extensive tests
of air frame strength under extreme temperatures. To make room for the
load, inboard propellers were removed and it flew unable to retract
landing gear on four piston and four jet engines. Both Convairs, the
B-58 has a 55 foot wingspan, the B-36, 230 feet.
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