Author David Baker offers an unrivalled insight into Convair B-36, America’s ‘Big Stick’ nuclear-capable intercontinental bomber that held the line against the growing Soviet threat during the opening decade of the Cold War. He lifts the lid on the ‘Peacemaker’, bringing together several decades of research and investigation into an aircraft that bridges the piston-engine era and the age of the all-jet bomber. With the aid of more than 300 photographs and detailed performance charts, he describes the design, development, structure and systems of the B-36 and its service with the US Air Force’s Strategic Air Command at a crucial point in post-war history.
- ISBN10 1785211935
- ISBN13 9781785211935
- Publish Date 5 October 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
- Imprint J H Haynes & Co Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English