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B-36 Peacemaker Desktop Model Plane
SKU: NC09019
The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force USAF is now available in a Desktop Model by Mastercraft.
Delivery 7 to 10 days
Product Description
Length: 8.5"
WingSpan: 12.5"
Code: NC09019
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. It is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built (230 ft or 70 m), although there have been larger military transports. The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering all the nuclear weapons in the US arsenal from inside its two bomb bays without aircraft modifications. With a range greater than 6,000 mi (9,700 km) and a maximum payload of 72,000 lb (33,000 kg), (and thereby having the ability to carry both the US's atomic fission and thermonuclear weapons), the B-36 was the world's first manned bomber with an unrefueled intercontinental range.
Throughout its development, the B-36 would encounter various delays. When the United States entered World War II on 7 December 1941, Consolidated was ordered to slow down the B-36 project and increase production of the B-24 Liberator. The first mockup was inspected on 20 July 1942, following six months of refinements. 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) and designed to produce an earthquake bomb effect. The B-36, including its GRB-36, RB-36, and XC-99 variants, was in service as part of the USAF Strategic Air Command from 1948 through 1959.
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