EAA493 Mailing List: Re: B 36 Bomber Cockpit / Flight Deck Panoramic Vview

[Don Smucker (dws_jmc]

According to some research I did last night, the crew numbered anywhere from 12 to 22, depending on which variant model this one was, whether it carried the numerous gun turrets  (8 - 6 were retractible, 2 were fixed in the nose and tail, each turret had 2 20 mm cannons), crew quarters in the aft section (bunks, etc) or it was one of the "featherweight" versions.  The later models were able to go as high as 58,000 feet, remarkable for a piston pounder.  Some in the air force referred to the airplane as "2 rolling, 2 smoking, 2 kidding around, 2 lost and 2 who knew where".

Don S.

On Friday, January 24, 2014 12:38 AM, Don Treadwell <donald [at] treadwellphotography.com> wrote:

I will guess that there are two FE, one jet and one piston, or maybe left wing, right wing.  "Harry, why don't I take the even numbered engines this next leg?"  I think the Bombardier would be in the lower nose and the Navigator is back at the main spar trying to stay centered with the FB, the all important Fuel Balancer.

Way past the second bomb bay would be the tail gunner in the pointy end of the aircraft, so maybe those weren't pusher props after all.

Don

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Subject: Re: [EAA493] B 36 Bomber Cockpit / Flight Deck Panoramic Vview
From: Dale Elliott <chippiepig [at] gmail.com>
Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 7:51 pm
To: Don Treadwell <donald [at] treadwellphotography.com>

I didn't know it was a 4 place cockpit either. I figured 5 with P, CP, FE, Nav, Bombardier. Guess it had a combo Navigator-Bombardier because there's no way you're operating that thing without a Flight Engineer when there's "6 turnin' and 4 burnin'!!"

Cup holders were taken directly from a 1949 Hudson Hornet. 

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On Jan 23, 2014, at 12:32, "Don Treadwell" <donald [at] treadwellphotography.com> wrote:

I found the jet throttles, but where are the cup holders? I didn't know that it had a four place cockpit.

Don

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Subject: [EAA493] B 36 Bomber Cockpit / Flight Deck Panoramic Vview
From: "Joe Christian" <k5hmd [at] uppercanyon.us>
Date: Thu, January 23, 2014 11:36 am
To: Don Treadwell <donald [at] treadwellphotography.com>

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html
 

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