Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: THE ORIGIN OF THE B-36
CHAPTER TWO: DEVELOPING THE B-36
CHAPTER THREE: TYPE EVOLUTION AND PRODUCTION
CHAPTER FOUR: VARIANTS AND DERIVATIVES
CHAPTER FIVE: ANATOMY OF THE B-36
CHAPTER SIX: SERVICE LIFE
CHAPTER SEVEN: FLYING THE B-36
CHAPTER EIGHT: REMINISCENCES
APPENDIX
• Classic Cold War-era nuclear bomber – US Strategic Air Command’s
legendary ‘Big Stick'.
• David Baker is an acclaimed aerospace author.
• Fully illustrated with archive photographs and technical
illustrations.
• The B-36 is the last remaining jigsaw piece connecting the Haynes
B-17, B-24 and B-29 Manuals.
David Baker worked for NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990, and was part of the team at Houston Mission Control throughout the Apollo 13 mission. He has written more than 80 books on aerospace technology.
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