the aircraft used by President-Elect Dwight D
and crews flying these early airframes were pioneering the tactics and procedures that would define SAC's nuclear deterrence mission throughout the 1950s
low-volatility fuel required by the SR-71 Blackbird's Pratt & Whitney J58 engines
the Great Dome featured a full-length upper-level glass dome extending nearly the entire length of the car — far larger than the mid-train dome cars offered by other railroads — giving passengers a sweeping
The two-tone gray scheme — comprising Medium Gray over Light Gray — represented a significant evolution from the earlier European One camouflage of green and gray
Convair XB-46 45-59582 Early the aircraft used by President-ElectThese are 1 72 scale decals for Convair XB 46 45 59582, depicted in its early configuration with U. S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) markings under USAAF Materiel Command. The XB 46 was Convair's entry in the postwar competition for a new jet powered medium bomber, ordered alongside competing designs from Boeing (XB 47), Martin (XB 48), and North American (XB 45). First flown in April 1947, the XB 46 featured a sleek, slender fuselage, straight wings