B36 – Peacemaker

NAME OF AIRCRAFTDESCRIPTION
B-36 – PEACEMAKERThe Convair B-36 “Peacemaker is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built, at 230 ft (70 m). The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal from inside its four bomb bays without aircraft modifications. With a range of 10,000 mi (16,000 km) and a maximum payload of 87,200 lb (39,600 kg), the B-36 was capable of intercontinental flight without refuelling.
TYPE OF AIRCRAFTNICKNAME/DESCRIPTION SERIAL NUMBERNAME OF MUSEUMCITYSTATE
B-36 PEACEMAKERB36H51-13730CASTLE AIR MUSEUMATWATER
CALIFORNIA
SPECIFICATIONSDESCRIPTION
STATUSRETIRED
MANUFACTURERCONVAIR
YEAR1948
MODELConvair B-36H Peacemaker
CREW15
MAX T/O WEIGHT185,973 Kg
409,996 lbs
SPAN70.1 metre – 229.98 feet
LENGTH 49.4 metre – 162.07 feet
HEIGHT46 ft. 9 in. 
MAXIMUM SPEED The maximum speed is 378 knots and the cruise speed is 200 knots.
CRUISE SPEED378 knots
700 Km/h
RATE OF CLIMB 1995 feet / minute
10.13metre / second
POWERPLANT 6x Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major & 4 General Electric J47 turbojet engines, 5,200 lbf each
Piston
RANGE10,000 mi (16,000 km)
SERVICE CEILING
ARMAMENTGuns: 1 remotely operated tail turret with 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) M24A1 autocannon
Bombs: 86,000 lb (39,009 kg) with weight restrictions, 72,000 lb (32,659 kg) normal
TYPE OF AIRCRAFTNICKNAME/DESCRIPTION SERIAL NUMBERNAME OF MUSEUMCITYSTATE
B-36JJ52-2217STRATEGIC AIR AND SPACE COMMAND
ASHLAND

NEBRASKA
B36JJis at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson. Its flight to the museum from Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona on 30 April 1959 was the last flight of a B-36. This B-36J replaced the former Air Force Museum’s original YB-36, AF Serial Number 42-13571 (see above). This was also the first aircraft to be placed in the museum’s new display hangar, and was not moved again until relocated to the museum’s latest addition in 2003. 52-2220 WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR MUSEUMDAYTONOHIO
B-36JJ-is at the Pima Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. This aircraft was the final B-36 built, named The City of Fort Worth, and lent to the city of Fort Worth on 12 February 1959. It sat on the field at the Greater Southwest International Airport until that airfield was closed and the property was redeveloped as a business park adjacent to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Some attempts were made to begin restoration at that location through the early 1970s. 52-2827PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUMTUSCONAZ

SPECIFICATIONSDESCRIPTION
STATUSRETIRED
MANUFACTURERCONVAIR
YEAR1948
MODELConvair B-36J Peacemaker
CREW13
MAX T/O WEIGHT410,000 lbs. loaded
SPAN230 ft.
LENGTH 162 ft. 1 in.
HEIGHT46 ft. 9 in. 
MAXIMUM SPEED 435 mph
CRUISE SPEED230 mph
RATE OF CLIMB 1,995 ft/min (10.13 m/s)
POWERPLANT Six Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 pusher-type radial engines, 3,800 horsepower each; and four General Electric J-47-GE-19 turbojets, 5,200 lbs. 
RANGE10,000 miles
SERVICE CEILING43,600
ARMAMENTGuns: 1 remotely operated tail turret with 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) M24A1 autocannon
Bombs: 86,000 lb (39,009 kg) with weight restrictions, 72,000 lb (32,659 kg) normal