North America 2024

Fremont, Nebraska – Strategic Air Command Museum

The giant Convair B-36 Peacemaker is impossible to do justice to with a camera. Walking beneath its wings one feels entirely dwarfed, and that the thing could fly is hard to comprehend. It is also unusual in having its 6 propellers on the rear of the wings. It was used by Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1948 till 1955 as the primary nuclear weapons delivery vehicle until it was replaced by the jet-powered Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The two aircraft are in this enormous hanger, and it takes minutes to walk around them.

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