{"product_id":"convair-b36-peacemaker-194959-americas-cold-war-big-stick-tenengine-nuclear-bomber-that-could-rain-destruction-on-aggressors-anywhere-on-earth-owners-workshop-manual-9781785211935","title":"Convair B-36 Peacemaker 1949-59: America's Cold War 'big stick' ten-engine nuclear bomber that could rain destruction on aggressors anywhere on Earth (Owners' Workshop Manual)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith six powerful 2 500hp Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney radial engines  the B-36 was the largest aircraft ever to enter volume production  joining the US Air Force in 1948 as the worlds first operational bomber with hemispheric range. Two years later the type got an additional four engines  turbojets paired in pods attached to pylons outboard of the six propeller engines.At 230 ft (70.1m) it boasted the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built. Thus did the ten-engine behemoth  capable of carrying five times the standard bomb load of Britains Second World War Avro Lancaster  become the powerful tool for potential nuclear retaliation against aggressors anywhere on Earth. Ranging across Soviet skies high above the maximum altitude of Russian fighters  it threatened a reign of fire unchallenged by any other air arm in the world.  The B-36 was developed further into a powerful tool for photographic reconnaissance and served as a valuable means by which the US Air Force could obtain detailed maps of areas across the Soviet Union where little was known about the exact location of towns  cities and industrial facilities - potential key targets in time of war. The B-36 scored as the most powerful delivery system in the US arsenal for waging nuclear war  only being retired when the much faster Boeing B-52 came along and when intercontinental ballistic missiles were first deployed at the end of the 1950s.  The Convair B-36 Peacemaker Owners Workshop Manual brings to the reader a highly detailed design  technical and engineering description of the aircraft  its structure and systems across the several different variants deployed with the US Air Force Strategic Air Command. Author David Baker covers the origin and evolution of the B-36  but primarily he explains how the aircraft worked  how it was operated  how it was serviced and where the various items of equipment were installed. It also provides technical details of the variants produced  including information on dimensions  weight  performance  etc  and also on the units with which the aircraft served. The text is supported by more than 300 photographs and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665824931893,"sku":"ByrdShop_1785211935","price":55.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781785211935.jpg?v=1782408799","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/convair-b36-peacemaker-194959-americas-cold-war-big-stick-tenengine-nuclear-bomber-that-could-rain-destruction-on-aggressors-anywhere-on-earth-owners-workshop-manual-9781785211935","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}