The XB-36

Week of July 1, 1946
Perhaps in response to the beginning of the cold war and the need to reach a long-distance enemy, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas, rolls out one of the biggest bombers ever, the six-engine XB-36.

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