Warbird Information Exchange

Here's some cool Film Clips of a B-36 Fly-by & Take-off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2IWZgW7 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZSpqFPS ... re=related

Wow, ... and I thought My C-5's at Dover were big!! ... Digger

6 turnin and 4 burnin...what a magnificent beast!

Thanx Digger for those clips...never get tired of seeing her in flight!!

On a side note, IIRC, Jimmy Stewart was a pilot in WWII, correct? I think that he also stayed in the AF reserves and retired as a Brig General. Anyobdy know if he qualified as aircraft commander on the Big Stick? He seems genuinely in awe in the cockpit with the fellas in the pre-flight/flying scenes.

Thanx for any additional info...

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Demand my respect and never gain it. -Me

...just another plane dreamer.

From what I remember, yes, he was qualified in the B-36. He also got his B-58 checkout and Mach 3 pin during filming of "Champion of Champions".

The Video/Sound clip that Digger posted of the Fly Over....Man what a sound, a sound that "needs to be Heard" on the Airsho circuit...Needs To be Seen and Heard...There has to be a way to put one of these babies back in the air...

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Gary Lewis
J.A.F.O.

I was down at Lackland this past Tuesday and saw the remains of the XC-99 version of the B-36. I talked with Fernando Cortez and Ottis Rogers at the History and Traditions Museum. Got a chance to look at about 50 of the airplanes on display around the base there.
The airplane was never intended to be disassembled or transported any other way than by it's own power once it left the factory. I will even say it would be impossible to restore and get licensed, at any cost, a flyable B-36. Have any ever been under civilian ownership? The XC-99 was briefly in the 1970's. When reviewing those accident reports it sounds like the airplanes were coming apart with each flight hour. They were only in the Air Force inventory for 10 years, total. Compare that with the B-52, C-47, U-2, C-130A, T-38's and many other good designs.
I wish the WIX had a penalty box that folks had to donate $10 bucks every time they mention putting a B-36 or B-58 on the warbird circuit!

Stewart got his Mach 2 pin in the B-58. The B-58 never saw Mach 3.
There is no mention in his biography of a B-36 check-out.

Steve G

I wish the WIX had a penalty box that folks had to donate $10 bucks every time they mention putting a B-36 or B-58 on the warbird circuit! [/quote]

Marine Air....I think we all actually know that a B-36 will not ever fly in our friendly skies...It is merely a dream to be able to see what once was.
And definitely, a Hustler being reborn is out of the question
Have a nice day

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Gary Lewis
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Thank you for the correction, you are correct that it was the Mach 2 pin he got, and just barely. On his Mach 2 flight, the #3 burner wouldn't light and they had to go into a dive to make it.