[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[Jack Antonio]

On 6/11/2013 12:34 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Did the B-36 have two, different fuel systems?

No, the J-47 engines burned the same avgas as the
R-4360s.

I have a book, titled B-36 Photo Scrapbook, which
shows two different radio installations. The
earliest one is from the 1948-50 time frame and
depicts an early B-36B. The radio op position is
an AN/ARC-8, and is pretty uncluttered. There is
an AN/ARC-3 shown there as well. Along with what
is probably a BC-453 mounted alongside the desk.

A later picture, from 1955, of an RB-36H,
shows the AN/ARC-8, but it looks like the HF radio
was installed more as an afterthought, nestled in and among ECM gear.

Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4