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NB-36H ( X-6 )

Photo By Coll B. Thouanel
Role Experimental aircraft
Manufacturer Convair
First flight Not flown
Status Cancelled
Primary user USAF
Developed from Convair B-36
The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The project was to use a Convair B-36 bomber as a tested aircraft, and though one NB-36H was modified during the early stages of the project, the program was cancelled before the actual X-6 and its nuclear reactor engines were completed.

 

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