Big John wrote:
Many times I made practice runs on B-36's in the Air Defense Command.
On almost every occasion they had one or more engines shut down.

Maybe they were just saving fuel )

Think their 20+ hour missions did not abort unless a lot of engines
had to be shut down. Forget the number now. It took so many hours to
get the bird ready and launched they did not abort except for a safety
of flight problem.

A friend of mine who was in SAC flew in B-36's and said it was
unusual to complete a mission with all engines still running and
that no one got concerned about it unless more than 3 failed or
all 3 on one side failed.

--
Jim Pennino

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