B-36 memories

Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:16 pm

Harrowing and amusing tales of the Cold War, from the vantage point of flight crews of the B-36 Peacemaker. Good reading.

http://www.7bwb-36assn.org/reflect.html

Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:39 pm

Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

Kevin

Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:47 pm

the sound of the b-36 is haunting, while i only heard it on video, it's unique!!!

Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:45 am

Wow! Great reading indeed with cool photo's.

Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:05 pm

tom d. friedman wrote:the sound of the b-36 is haunting, while i only heard it on video, it's unique!!!

I vividly remember the B-36 sound from days visiting my grandparents in El Paso, Texas in the 1950s.

Long after the last B-36 was gone, I heard a somewhat similar aircraft sound over Guam in 1975 or so and looked up to see a C-124 (four R-4360s, right?) Not quite the same but similar.