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From: jpg@sdchema.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: B-36 and the Flying Wing (nostalgia)
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Date: Sat, 1-Sep-84 14:20:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  1 14:20:44 1984
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>    I'll take a stab at the B-36 name -- my guess: Stratofortress.
>    (or was that the B-29?...)

>    PS -- Love this sort of discussion; this is one of the most
>    enjoyable groups to read...




     I'm pretty sure that the Stratofortress was the B-29 (the unsuccessful
     civilian airliner version was called the Stratoliner). This is a wild
     guess but I think that the B-36 was nicknamed the flying cigar.


     Pilot: "We're out of gas"
     Passenger: "How long will we be stuck up here?"


     Jerry Greenberg