What Carries This B-36? – Key Publishing

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By: pagen01 - 7th October 2010 at 21:11

Your English is better than mine most of the time:)

I can image those engine pods did get a nickname! They weighed just over 11 tons!

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By: STRATOSAURUS - 7th October 2010 at 20:44

Very thank you all for your fast and informative answers.
And sorry for my non good english…

Regards from Spain.

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By: adrian_gray - 7th October 2010 at 19:51

Ye gods, it’s Jordan!:diablo:

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By: pagen01 - 7th October 2010 at 19:22

What is the B-36 carrying?

The B-36 was designed to be able to ferry around its own spare engines, and that is what is being carried in the pods. The pods carried four R-4360 engines complete with their nacelles and were hung from the bomb bay beams
Great picture thanks for posting!

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By: Archer - 7th October 2010 at 19:17

To support operations from forward airbases, the USAF obtained a special carrier to allow B-36s to haul two spare Wasp Majors. The carrier was fitted into the forward bombbay, with a pod sticking out to each side of fuselage to accommodate an engine.

From this site: http://www.vectorsite.net/avb36.html

So the answer is: two spare engines.