[Milsurplus] B-36 run-up

[Grif]

I seem to remember from somewhere, perhaps material at the Air Force Museum
at Wright-Pat many years ago, that the normal pre-flight (not while on
alert) on the B-36 took 8 hours! Maybe someone with real experience can
correct me on this.

Grif, KF4JG
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From: "Clarence M. Owens" <Owens_Clarence_M at cat.com>
To: "Unserviceable but Repairable" <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>;
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] B-36 run-up


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> of the B-36 when visiting the Air Force Museum.  What a beast!  Also, a
> unique sound, unlike any other plane I have heard pass overhead.
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> Have a 14 page flight-line check-list that a bro-in-law* supplied
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> * this neat guy, bless his heart, has trouble w. which end of a spark plug
>   goes in the hole.  And manual is a testimony to reducing huge tech
>   assignments to 'regular guys.'  This tabA-slotB biz once a cornerstone
>   of US' mfg. success.
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