"Bruce R" wrote in message
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: "John Szalay" john.szalay.at.att.net wrote in message
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: Story on this one?? Are the 4 main engines off and props feathered??
Test
: bed for the engines on the B-36??
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: Bruce

The engines props were feathered when testing the turbine engine mounted
on the nose. There also were tests using a huge radial engine too.
http://www.pointniner.com/2008/08/si...-aircraft.html
Here is a page on the history of the B-17.
http://www.456fis.org/HISTORY_OF_THE_B-17.htm Scroll way down the page
until you come to EB-17 conversions. Couldn't find where there was any
reference to the B-36 during any of these tests.

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