Capt. Doug ) wrote:
: I was thumbimg through an aviation book catalog while waiting for a flight
: today and saw a blurb about a book about the NX-2. Apparently Convair
: designed it with the intention of using a nuclear reactor for thrust. Has
: anyone read the book? How far did Convair and General Electric actually get
: in the design and testing?
:

A B-36 was converted to carry an operational reactor:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/resea...bers/b3-84.htm
Convair NB-36H - US Air Force Museum Bomber Virtual Aircraft Gallery



--Jerry Leslie (my opinions are strictly my own)
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