Convair NB-36H
Civilian
Afbeelding: Wikimedia Commons
The Convair NB-36H of 1955 was an experimental aircraft carrying a nuclear reactor aboard for propulsion research—a bold Cold War gambit. At 49.4 meters with 70.1-meter span, four engines, and 676 km/h cruise, it demonstrated feasibility despite the technology's ultimate impracticality.
Specificaties
- Rol
- Experimental aircraft
- Bemanning
- 5
- Motoren
- 4
- Eerste vlucht
- 1955
- Lengte
- 49,4 m
- Spanwijdte
- 70,1 m
- Maximumsnelheid
- 676 km/h