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[earntaz]

Under BRAC, Chanute AFB, Il was closed ... there was a B-36 on display at that time. A crew disassembled the bird, loaded it onto train cars and shipped it to Castle AFB, Ca. The bird was reassembled and is now on display there.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Man, that’s pretty interesting, Phil. Neat tidbit, but the original design of the B36’s landing gear was one GIANT wheel! Engineers quickly figured out you disperse more weight with multiple wheels rather than one giant one

If you go to the Dayton Wright/Pat Air Museum, they have the original gear there displayed next to the plane inside the newer hangar. That building is basically housing the B36, and all the rest of the planes are tucked under it. Really neat!

Cheers
Dave

Like this.

[70 copo]

Here is the video portion showing the detailed B-36 preflight checks including JET start up.