B-36 Peacemaker

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Post by rwdfresno » Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:17 pm

F2G Super Corsair were the R-4360 versions. They saw the most action as air race planes. There have also been a couple of Seafurys re-fitted with the 4360 the most successful being Dreadnaut built by the Sanders.
hate to be nit picking. but on the 4360 it was not refered to as 4 rows with 7 cly,s. it was 4 rows and 7 banks as the cly,s were not in line but off set .
Also, I was thinking back about the "row vs. bank;" All radial engines with multiple "rows" or "banks" of cylinders are offset for better cooling and for better rotational balance. The P&W R-2800 and W R-2600 etc have offset rows as well.

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Post by GI. » Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:34 am

and dont forget the R 2000,
i think the A1E ski raider [Sandy,s] also used the 4360 during viet nam. and like your corsair both used the four bladed prop.
a nick name for the 4360 was the corn cobb.
i think the R 2800 was the most used on more acft. then any outher eng. but i may be wrong. Merry Christmas from GEORGIA.

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Post by rwdfresno » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:55 pm

Well as long as we are giving props (no pun intended) to radial engines we have to mention the P&W R-1830, the most successful piston aircraft engine of all time. More than 170,000 built. The R-2000 was essentially a "bored out" R-1830. Of course who could forget about the enormously successful W R-3350 which was used by dozens of aircraft types and saw service through the 1970's.
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Post by GI. » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:13 pm

You are right, but the two most important were the ENOLA GAY and BOXCAR. did i spell that right ?

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Post by rwdfresno » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:32 pm

The 393rd Bomb Squadron's B-29 Bockscar that dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki derived it's name from the aircraft's regular pilot in command Frederick C. Bock. He did not pilot the aircraft of that fateful day however he was present on the mission as pilot of the observation B-29 The Great Artiste. The crew of The Great Artiste and the crew of Bockscar swapped aircraft for the mission, The Great Artiste also flew in observation of the first Atomic mission on Hiroshima making it the only B-29 to be on both missions. The Great Artiste survived until 1948 when it ran off the runway and was heavily damaged. It was scrapped out a year later. Luckily Bockscar was saved and is now in the museum at WPAFB. I got this picture of it last year.


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Post by GI. » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:26 pm

Rwdfresno, i did not mean to hijack your B 36 post. it was a great aircraft, and i have seen it and heard it in flt. many times. i would like to tell you about about a B-29 that i had the honor of helping to put back togeather here in Ga. a real combat Vet. should i start a new post B-29s ?

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Post by rwdfresno » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:47 pm

Feel free to post here if you want. Either way I will be interested to hear about it.
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Post by GI. » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:40 pm

RWD, our B-29 asso. here in Ga. was going to get a B-29 to display here in Ga. about 15 years ago but it did not happen, maybe you saw it on the hist. chan. [frozen in time] about a B-29 that was found but after many hr,s of labor and $$$$ went up in flames and is now on the bottom of a frozen lake for ever in my life time. any way our org. found another B-29 with a real war record, a real decor. ww2 vet. agin please excuess my spelling. my sect. use to do all that trick stuff. ill get back tommorow EST.

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Post by GI. » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:02 am

RWD, our B- 29 is tail # 44-70113 [Z58 later Z square 58] it was with the 500th bomb GP. flying out of Saipan. it flew firebombing attack,s on the japanese mainland that killed far more japanese then the two atomic bombs later.
it flew 27 bombing missions, shot down three japanese fighter,s, and flew five mercy drops of food to POW camps as the war ended.
her nose art name during WW 2 was Marilyn Gay. not to be confused with [Enola]. it is now on display at Dobbins ARB Ga.
i had the honor of being a small part of it.
when i drive by it and see the people who come to visit it in there japanese cars and taking pic,s of it with there japanese camera,s i wonder if the old war bird could talk. what would it say? :? :? :?

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Post by rwdfresno » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:21 am

Very interesting. I am going to be in GA at some point during 2007 I may stop by and take a look myself.
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