Re: NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT

At 09:10  11/02/02 -0600, you wrote:

>wayback in the  1950s and 1960s, the  USAF actually had one or  two
>nclear powered  bombers. i think they were either B-29s or B-36s.

Maybe not the B-36 per say, but one was converted to a test aircraft,
the 
NB-36H. a quick search returned this:

http://www.brook.edu/FP/projects/nucwcost/anp.htm

As I understand it the reactor was carried to see if it could be done,
the 
B-36H's 'normal' engines still propelled the aircraft.

Cheers

Derek

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