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7 photos and 1 illustration tagged ficon, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- aircraft
- b36
- aviation
- convair
- republicthunderstreak
- airplane
- consolidated
- peacemaker
- ge
- bomber
- generalelectric
- pw
- prattwhitney
- militaryaircraft
- parasitefighter
- b36peacemaker
- r4360
- consolidatedaircraft
- waspmajor
- j47
- convairb36peacemaker
- convairpeacemaker
- prattwhitneyr4360waspmajor
- prattwhitneyr4360
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The last upload was April 2019.
robert kemp collection image Artwork from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2019
B-36 FICON in Bomb Bay from American Aviation Historical Society uploaded September 2015
XF-84E-15-RE (YF-96A) Thunderstreakfor B-36 from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2015
XF-84E-15-RE (YF-96A) Thunderstreak for B-36 from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2015
GRB-36F from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2015
B-36 and F-84F from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2015
B-36 from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2015
Convair : B-36 : Peacemaker from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2010
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GRB-36F
from SDASM Archives
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jbp274 said:
Whoa! FICON in action!
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Veedubber79 said:
Republic XF-84E-15-RE (YF-96A) Thunderstreak 49-2430 under test as a parasite fighter (FICON = "Fighter Conveyor") with GRB-36F-1-CF Peacemaker 49-2707 (later re-re-designated as JRB-36F). Chase a/c is EF-84E 49-2115; pilots were Maj Clyde Good and Lt Col Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson (WWII ace in "Old Crow" Mustangs). The Thunderstreak prototype is now at the NMUSAF in the R&D section.
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apollosoyuz_75 said:
This is one of my favorite bad ideas of all time.
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Jim Smith said:
Some amazing scary stuff and some very cool aircrew!
B-36 and F-84F
from SDASM Archives
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Veedubber79 said:
Republic XF-84E-15-RE (YF-96A) Thunderstreak 49-2430 under test as a parasite fighter (FICON = "Fighter Conveyor") with GRB-36F-1-CF Peacemaker 49-2707 (later re-re-designated as JRB-36F). Pilots were Maj Clyde Good and Lt Col Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson (WWII ace in "Old Crow" Mustangs). The Thunderstreak is now at the NMUSAF in the R&D section.
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Jim Smith said:
wow! imagine sitting in this little fighter for the hours necessary to reach the target. And then what? What a seemingly crazy concept! But, i still am mesmerized by the B-36.
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Veedubber79 said:
He could actually climb in & out of the cockpit while it was retracted into the bomb bay, so the idea was to climb in just before launch (which could be completed in about 1.5 minutes). Getting back aboard under wartime conditions was another matter, however... www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/16254344504/in/photos...