My Favorite WWII Aircraft Wallpapers, by lesofprimus.....

[GermansRGeniuses]

Why does everyone call it the Halibag, it sounds lame

You've got the reason for me calling it that, then!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Erm, I think I get it

 

[HealzDevo]

From what I know the B-36 Peacemaker was a heavy bomber intended to replace the B-29 as a heavy bomber. One things for sure. I would hate to be on the receiving end of that bomb-load as Japan. The bombing site wouldn't exactly look good after this plane had done its carpet bombing of a city. It actually flew in the Cold War, as a nuclear bomber/heavy bomber of the Americans. I have all sorts of images of it I should post at some stage.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Post them ASAP! There are all sorts of great pics of the B-36, its a fantastic plane.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the B-36 was never really intended to bomb japan, from the outset it was designed as an inter-continetal bomber to hit germany from america, it was later used during the cold war...................

and it was the hilifax crews that dubbed it the "halibag", and you can't argue with them.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

I can, they were probably much shorter than me

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Erm, I think I get it

It means I call it the Halibag because I think the plane is lame...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well that's not the original reason it was called that............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Well it should have been

Erm, I think I get it

It means I call it the Halibag because I think the plane is lame...

Aha so I did get it

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Oh, a smart one now, are we?

 

[evangilder]

Here are some B-36 pics that I have.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Hmmm, what happened in the first??

 

[Nonskimmer]

I never realized it had been fitted with jets. Kind of an odd combination, isn't it? Or was it part of a trial?

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Nope, it was a widely used variant, the B-36J, as well as the mothership in the FICON combo...

 

[Nonskimmer]

I see. Well, I guess I'll have to do a bit more reading!
Thanks, GRG.

 

[lesofprimus]

The first pic is missing his rudder......... WTF??????

 

[Medvedya]

I have a mental image of an over-keen pilot and a mechanic running and waving after him as he taxis off to the runway...........

 

[evangilder]

I don't know the story with the missing rudder, but that must have been fun. That rudder is humungous, so I would imagine that it would feel a little strange to fly it that way. Someone sent me the picture with no story. Looks like a pretty clean break off. Wish I knew...

 

[lesofprimus]

Musta been a real bitch to land that thing.... Hope there wasnt a cross-wind......

 

[Nonskimmer]

Yeah, me too!

(Nice new avatar, les. )