In the 1950s, the U.S. experimented with carrying a nuclear reactor on a plane, but stopped short of actually using nuclear ...

Another application was the mighty Convair B-36 Peacemaker, which exemplified a brief trend toward hybrid-piston-jet powered aircraft, with its six radial engines supplemented by four turbojets ...

The size and complicated design of the B-36 Peacemaker caused perpetual headaches for her aircrew—and maintenance crews on the ground.

The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.

The original orange BUFFs In mid-1957, NASA made the decision to replace the B-36 Peacemaker with the B-52 Stratofortress as the launch aircraft for the X-15 hypersonic research program.

For instance, the Convair company of San Diego, California, shoved a sizeable one-megawatt nuclear reactor in the bomb bay of the gargantuan B-36 Peacemaker to see how effective newly-installed ...

She Was Just Massive: The B-36 “Peacemaker” was the largest American warplane to date when it debuted after WWII, designed to carry heavy payloads across intercontinental distances. -Produced ...

The NB-52s In mid-1957, NASA decided to switch the launch aircraft (or “mothership”) for the X-15 hypersonic research project from the B-36 Peacemaker to the B-52 Stratofortress.

An effort to pile on miles in our yearlong review Jeep Wagoneer leads to a meeting with some iconic American metal.

Originally constructed as an XG-20 glider, it was fitted with four General Electric J47 turbojet engines mounted in pairs, like those on the Boeing B-47 Stratojet and the Convair B-36 Peacemaker.

Compared with the 1,600 hp Allison V-12s fitted to the P-38, the XF-11 utilized massive Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder radials—the same engines found on the Convair B-36 Peacemaker.