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B-36 Assembly Line

Description: Photograph of the B-36 assembly line in November 1957. Planes are lined up in a warehouse as far as the eye can see. Scaffolding stands next to the wing and nose of the front plane.
Date: November 12, 1957
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-36 Flight Line

Description: Photograph of a line of B-36 airplanes. Painted on the wing of a plane in the foreground is, "USAF". In the background is a street, trees and power lines. These are RB-36Hs, one of the last variants of the Peacemaker which were built.
Date: unknown
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-36 No. 85 fuselage

Description: Photograph of the fuselage of the B-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane. It's RB-36D 44-92088. Modified to carry the "Boston camera" and re-designated ERB-36D, it was eventually scrapped at Kelly AFB in 1955.
Date: November 1, 1949
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-58 #38 Ground Crew

Description: The ground crew of Convair airplane B-58 #38 stand next to their plane on the day of the last B-58 test flight. B-58A 59-2435, used for weapons drop testing. Sent to storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ on 7 January 1970, she was subsequently scrapped on 27 June, 1977.
Date: unknown
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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