August 8th 1946, the Convair B-36 “Peacemaker”took to the skies on her maiden flight. The B-36 was a strategic bomber operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. It is the largest mass-produced piston-enginedaircraft ever built, with the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft, at 230 ft. The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal without needing aircraft modifications. With a range of 10,000 mi and a maximum pa