On Tue, 18 May 2004 15:09:12 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:

There was no proposal to power the B-36 with one.

Well, of course it wasn't a B-36, but Convair did indeed have a
knockoff of the 36 on the drawing board with the reactor behind the
crew compartment.

Convair was desperate for any engine that would enable it to keep
building the 36. The Boeing B-52 was coming along fast.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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