YB-60.jpg

"Troy" wrote in message ...

Nice image. Where did you get this one? I don’t know anything about this aircraft. It seems to be from the same era as the B-52. Is this an aircraft that didn’t make the cut and was dumped in favor of the 52?

Thanks!

N.

On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:49:08 -0500, "Canuck"
wrote:

?"Troy" wrote in message ...

Nice image. Where did you get this one? I don’t know anything about this aircraft. It seems to be from the same era as the B-52. Is this an aircraft that didn’t make the cut and was dumped in favor of the 52?

Thanks!

N.

The YB-60 was a swept wing, turbojet powered follow-on to the B-36.
Note the similarity in the fuselage especially. Only one flew, and
the USAF chose the Boeing B-52 as its heavy jet bomber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_YB-60

"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:49:08 -0500, "Canuck"
wrote:

?"Troy" wrote in message
.. .

Nice image. Where did you get this one? I don’t know anything about this
aircraft. It seems to be from the same era as the B-52. Is this an aircraft
that didn’t make the cut and was dumped in favor of the 52?

Thanks!

N.

The YB-60 was a swept wing, turbojet powered follow-on to the B-36.
Note the similarity in the fuselage especially. Only one flew, and
the USAF chose the Boeing B-52 as its heavy jet bomber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_YB-60

Thanks for the info Bob!~

I thought it might e something of the sort.

N.