But it was flown more than a few times with an operating reactor.
Following missions the reactor was lowered out of the plane into a pit in
the ramp for safe keeping at the Convair plant in TX. Apparently the pit is
still there. FYI the cockpit shielding on this plane was about 10" thick
lead. Talk about nose weight! This is all covered in a great book titled
"The X-Planes."

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Kevin McCue
KRYN
'47 Luscombe 8E
Rans S-17 (for sale)




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