Interesting Article for WWII Aircraft Buffs

[TheoneandonlytrueGod]

I have been fascinated with the B-36 Peacemaker since I first saw it at the Air Force Museum as a boy. It was a year too late to see action in WWII and was rendered obsolete almost immediately because of jet fighters. I would love to have seen this thing fly, mostly because I love the heavy drone of large turboprops.

Next to a B-29:

The B-36 after the war was retrofitted with a huge body used to ferry parts from somewhere in Texas (as I understand it) to McClellan AFB outside Sacramento, CA and back. On more than one occasion I was privy to it landing at McClellan and let me tell you it didn't fly it floated. As it approached the base it seemed to be moving at a less than a   leisurely pace so slow in fact I didn't think it would actually land but float there so it could be unloaded and then reloaded . What sight.