Convair XC-99

San Antonio, Texas (TX), US

Convair XC-99, the only prototype of the transport version of B-36.

Convair XC-99

San Antonio, Texas (TX), US

Convair XC-99, the only prototype of the transport version of B-36.

No Longer There, Airplanes - Classic Aircraft
Links: www.air-and-space.com, www.airliners.net
By: sessman

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Comments

Hinkkanen

@ 2006-02-26 14:12:09

That's not B-36 but Convair XC-99, the only prototype of the transport version of B-36, more here:
http://www.air-and-space.com/xc99.htm

Anonymous

@ 2007-12-24 10:37:17

I (Raymond Caldwell) was a security guard at Barksdale AFB Oct 51-oct 52. The plane was loaded with aircraft engines for record weight flown. Partially completed, it had a minor structural failure, was unloaded, put in repair for about 4 months , repaired, loaded to max payload, flt summer of 52. Set world record.

Anonymous

@ 2016-10-07 09:18:07

nice aircraft, can't wait for it to be restored!

mlc1us

@ 2016-10-08 18:30:19

Sadly, restoration isn't in the cards for this one. What's left of it is in the bone yard Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson, Arizona. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XC-99#Retirement_and_display