Boomerang1
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So I'll bite.... what is the small plane in front of the B-36?
It's the B-36's baby! It's the McDonnel XF-85, a parasite fighter designed to be carried in the bomb bay of a B-36 & used to defend the B-36 from attack from other fighters. It was a failure & ironically never flew in a B-36, only under test from a B-29. It was called project FICON.
What did enter service was the carrying of 'full size' F-84 Thunderstreak fighters semi recessed in the belly of the B-36.
Project TOM TOM was the towing of two F-84's by a wing tip coupling system. The fighters took of seperately, coupled up for a tow to the target area, seperated for combat & then coupled up for a tow back home. Severe turbulence from the larger plane's wing tip vorticies put a stop to that idea. Unlike the belly hook up the pilots of the fighters were stuck in their tiny cockpits for a 10 hour mission.
Other projects were the XC-99, a double deck cargo version which could carry 400 troops. One was built & logged up over 7000 hours as a transport for the air force. The XB-60 was an eight engined swept wing jet powered version (2 built, one flew) & the NB-36 was an experimental aircraft with a nuclear reactor on board. Google the pics. - John.
< Message edited by Boomerang1 -- 5/6/2008 8:27:04 PM >
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