aircraft
Convair YB-60
The Convair YB-60 was a prototype heavy bomber built by Convair for the United States Air Force in the early 1950s. It was a purely jet-powered development of Convair's earlier mixed-power B-36 Peacemaker.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Convair
- First flight
- 1952-04-18
Specifications
- Max speed
- 441 kt
- Range
- 2,540 nm
- Service ceiling
- 53,300 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 300,000 lb
- Empty weight
- 153,016 lb
- Powerplant
- 8 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-3 turbojet
- Engines
- 8
- Seats
- 9
- Length
- 171 ft
- Wingspan
- 206 ft
- Height
- 60.5 ft
- Number built
- 2
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.