[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[Gary Pewitt]

I used to live at the end of the main runway at Edwards AFB.  B-36's 
doing max load takeoffs would fly close to our apartment in the Wherry 
housing units.  The noise was unbelievable.  Furniture would walk across 
the room and items would vibrate off the shelves.  I heard that they 
were carrying as much as 84,000 pounds of concrete practice bombs.  They 
also did night time drops of extremely bright flares that lighted up the 
whole dessert.  Those must have been the recon versions.  I remember 
when they lost one right on the runway when landing.  The three engines 
on one side went into reverse thrust but the three on the other side did 
not.  Nobody got out.  Another one hit Haystack mountain, once again 
nobody survived.  My step father was in the air police there and went to 
the scenes of both crashes.


On 6/14/2013 9:59 PM, Bob Macklin wrote:
> How many people here have actually heard a B-36 close up?
>
> I have.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Johnson" 
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> To: "'john rose'" <brokenthumb at live.com>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>
>
>> I think the sound clip is taken from the scene  in Strategic Air Command
>> where the B-36 flies over the ball park.
>>
>> Scott W7SVJ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>> Behalf Of john rose
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:56 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>>
>> This site has some large pages on the B-36 and YB90. There is also a 
>> link to
>> a recording of one in flight.
>> http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20survivors.htm
>>
>> Plan your fall travels around Castle Air Museum's Open Cockpit Day 
>> Which is
>> September 1 this year.
>> http://www.castleairmuseum.org/events.html
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> From: k2gkk at hotmail.com
>>> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>>> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:07:50 -0500
>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
>>>
>>> Comprehensive Wikipedia article on B-36:
>>>
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36)
>>>
>>>
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Gary Pewitt   N9ZSV
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