[ARC5] OT: B-36 Nuke Article

[Scott Robinson]

Reading about the  B-36, the 136 spark plugs (not sure that number is 
correct: 36 cylinders times 6 is 216, even worse!) that needed changing 
every 12 flight hours were not popular with the ground crews.

Peace,

Scott

On 11/7/16 8:02 AM, jeepp wrote:
> Should anyone be interested, the Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air
> Command" in which the B-36 is featured in detail and includes the radio
> op position w/ the ART-13.
> Jeep K3HVG
>
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> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
> Date: 11/7/16 9:52 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ARC5] OT: B-36 Nuke Article
>
> OK,  OT,  but I’m pretty sure nobody will object…..
>
> An interesting article came across on of the security newsletters I
> receive at the office concerning the discovery of a fake nuke from a
> B-36 crash in 1950.
>
> http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20161107-canada-to-investigate-object-that-could-be-a-nuke-lost-in-1950
>
> In case you have trouble with the link in the word “interview” in the
> paragraph “The co-pilot of the flight explained in a 1998 interview
> <http://users.waymark.net/proweb/brokenarrow3.htm>”,  here’s the URL
>
> http://users.waymark.net/proweb/brokenarrow3.htm
>
> I just read the indicated page (I’m at work),  but there’s a lot more on
> the web site.
>
> I’ve always admired the B-36 but have only seen one at the old Greater
> Southwest Air Museum in Grapevine TX in the very early 1980’s (which I
> believe is now at a nearby museum).   The events of the article occurred
> 8 years to the day before I was born!
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
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