The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was unlike any aircraft before it - a massive six-engine piston bomber with four jet engines ...

Summary: The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was the largest mass-produced piston-engined bomber ever, developed during WWII and serving as a nuclear deterrent during the early Cold War.

That distinction would go to the Convair B-36 “Peacemaker,” a strategic bomber that was operated from 1949 to 1959. It was also the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever built ...

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St. Helena resident Mike Nieman has a side business besides renting motorcycles. He will start up his B-36 engine up for tourists.

Sgt. Hackenberg and his fellow crew members survived a B-36 engine fire in flight and a crash landing. This columnist, having survived a fire in flight, has some understanding of how concerned ...

In the Napa Valley people are gathering to see a very unusual attraction -- Mike Nieman's engine from a B-36 bomber.