Precision after the first comment :
Accordintg to wikipedia the B29 N69972 was delivered to the United States Army Air Forces in March 1945. The aircraft did not see combat, and was converted to a radar calibration aircraft in 1951.

Written on 01/06/2018

Oh yes, Convair B-36J Peacemaker 52-2827 !
Looking to the sand, may be the one from the Pima Air & Space Museum - Tuscon - Arizona (USA)
Not so many other planes with "Propelling propellers" (hélice propulsive) has been produced ?? Except several experimental planes.

who knows the reason for choosing this structure for this Convair ?

Written on 20/04/2018

Tesla propelled a car into space... not an airplane ??...

Written on 16/02/2018

Looks a beautiful air plane of comics of the 60's...

Written on 12/01/2018

Transformer ?

Written on 05/01/2018

Loren,

Haïku ?

Written on 16/12/2017

I discover...
Did someone read the assembly instructions backwards?
Or returned (left-right...) the plan in the middle of the mounting?
How strange that such a project, at the reverse of everything done before, will go up to a flying plane !

Written on 24/11/2017

Yes, last flight of Air Berlin company on 27 October 2017, between Munich and Berlin-Tegel6, said wikipedia (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Berlin)

Written on 17/11/2017

Using the pumps of the fire trucks to greet the departure of an aircraft, only occurs for very special events. What was the event of the day?

Written on 17/11/2017

Thanks for the old pictures.
If the 747 is certainly the most photographied plane...
See from time to time other plane designs is of high interest.

Never forget where we come from!

Written on 10/11/2017