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This is a restoration of a complete aircraft that was assigned to this museum over 60 years old. I’m the guy building from scratch. Please see my other videos.

There are several inaccuracies….

Agree. I was in a different state of mind when I filmed this three years ago.

I agree. It’s just something I’ve had and thought I’d post. More to come.

The astrodome is an original. It’s entirely possible that it and canopies were made using vacuum forming. Keep in mind that older canopies are thinner layers that are glued together to make a thick surface. This process is called laminating. The glue that was used was perfectly transparent, however it turned yellow over time when exposed to the sun. This is why museum airplanes stored outside have their canopies painted.

​@@B36HPeacemakerAlright, thanks for letting me know. Good luck with the project!

do you mean the SAC museum? if you guys open that up on a regular basis i would love to come down there to look at your plane, i have not been there in years at this point.

@@__ASAAA that’s the thing. We don’t really open her up for just anybody. I think you have to really talk to restorations ahead of time and plan it out.

@@BigBoiLoses well, I’ve been a staff member at an air museum in northwest Iowa for two years now. We have a similar policy tho. Our 727 cockpit is only open when someone (usually me) is up there just to make sure no one steals or breaks anything. Pretty sad that that’s the way it has to go though.

Earlier I suggested he mount it on a VW bug chassis and use it around town as his daily driver.

What scale are you considering?

@@B36HPeacemaker I’m not entirely sure, but I can send you the link to it

@@Shockwave3877 Is it the commercially available one with the printed paper? Looks around 1/72, if so.

@@B36HPeacemaker I think it is, I am going to modify it a bit and thanks for confirming the scale

Will do! Send money and we’ve got a deal!

I came to UA-cam to raise funds to continue building. The more funds I receive the more I will build. It would take millions of subscribers to build the entire airplane. It’s not impossible, but don’t hold your breath.

One step ahead of you.

There were two entrances, one of which was via the nose gear comportment door as you stated. You could also enter via the lower forward hatches when a ladder/stairs was used. These hatches were originally gun sighting blisters but were done away with and kept as entrance hatches on both sides of the nose until the H model came around.

I’m building the entire aircraft as soon as the funding gets here. However, as a backup plan I’m just building the upper nose.

@@B36HPeacemaker You would need an area of about...an NFL football field (maybe 2?), as well as the airspace above it, due to the rudder. The really tricky part would be towing it through the city! LOL

@@Name-ps9fx lol. Money makes airplanes fly as well as towed thru cities.

@@johnwatson3948 You appear to be correct in that it was his firm who designed the raised flight deck. Interesting stuff….

While they designed the overall layout always wondered what input they had on the canopy and frame pattern and how much they collaborated with Convair. An interesting photo on ebay shows an early mockup with a centered engineers panel and passages to the radio room on each side. Among many other things, Dreyfuss designed the handset and cradle telephone, the later trimline phone, and the round wall thermostat.

Negative. That’s not my eating space.

Season 2 of "Deadly Titanic Dives" has yet to air, but I understand they are getting ready to film.

I am at a point I have essentially obtained all of the information I require.

There very well may be arcane legislation somewhere that prohibits an individual for possessing a nuclear capable aircraft, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there is not. It is my strong opinion that the USAF denied the restoration to flight of 52-2827 because of liability. The USAF was very well aware of the complexity and extreme hazards of a B-36 flying outside the exacting supervision and knowledge of the USAF, and did not want to provide an explanation to the people of this country when the “warbird” B-36 crashed at an airshow (or worse) and killed hundreds of people. Everything has a line that shouldn’t be crossed, and I am grateful the USAF didn’t allow the B-36 to cross it.