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[70 copo]

The B-36 take-off in 4K. This is so well done It looks perfect.

[A12pilot]

Cripes! Constant moderate chop, occasional light turbulence during the engine run up!

That’s just cool all around! Thanks for posting!

Cheers
Dave

[mssl72]

Boy, that thing is a beast!! The 4k restoration on the film looks great! I had to look around to see if any are airworthy today. There doesn't appear to be.

https://www.airplanesofthepast.com/b36-survivors.htm

[Woj]

Wow. That was a great video.

There was a guy in North East Ohio that had one of these in pieces on his property along with some other significant older aircraft. He had a clipped wing Corsair that was used in the Cleveland Air Races and several older fighter jets to boot. I believe his intent was to start a museum. Back in the late 70's you could walk his property for $1. In 1980 a friend took me for a ride in a CAP-10 aerobatic plane and as we were flying along he said, you want to see something cool? I said sure. He rolled the plane upside down right over this guy's property. We stayed that way for 20 seconds or so to get a good look at all the planes he had. The B36 was in several pieces. I had always planned to stop at this guy's place, but never got around to it. He's long since passed away and I believe most of his planes and parts were sold.

Here's a video from someone that visited his property in 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVYWfHca5Ts

[A12pilot]

Man, that’s pretty interesting, Phil. Neat tidbit, but the original design of the B36’s landing gear was one GIANT wheel! Engineers quickly figured out you disperse more weight with multiple wheels rather than one giant one

If you go to the Dayton Wright/Pat Air Museum, they have the original gear there displayed next to the plane inside the newer hangar. That building is basically housing the B36, and all the rest of the planes are tucked under it. Really neat!

Cheers
Dave

[JRSully]

What an effort it must have been to get all those planes to his property, unreal

[70 copo]

Big B-17 raid at high altitude during big week over Europe look at the thousands of vapor trails all in a line heading for target.

Must have been a terrifying sight from the ground.

A massed B-36 high altitude attack formation would have been quite a sight to behold.

[SS427]

If you haven't seen Strategic Air Command, get it. It is a great movie if you are an airplane buff. I just watched it about 6 months ago. My tech and I visited the Air Force Museum in Dayton a couple years ago. You have no idea how big the B36 is until you are standing below it.

Gold mine on that property Phil will some pretty rare stuff and thanks for sharing. How in the world did he obtain a Handley Page Victor bomber or the Navy jet????? I would imagine many a person has tried to obtain the B25. Looks like a T28 tail as well.

[TimG]

They had to have two separate fuel supplies with Av Gas and Jet A. I wonder how much fuel that thing held.

[Woj]

I think most of us are junk yard dogs here and like a "good find" story. Check out the story of Walter Soplata bringing home his B-25. It is a great read.

The story of him getting the B36 is interesting too. It was in a book I had years ago, but will see if I can find on-line.

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-...age%3D5&page=1