English subtitles for clip: File:B-36 bomber.ogv

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 Meanwhile, in this building at Fort Worth, Texas, another great Air Force achievement

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 of a different kind was taking shape.

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 The B-36, the first genuine intercontinental bomber.

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 No aircraft had ever had a wingspread like this, 230 feet.

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 That's equal to a distance from home plate in Yankee Stadium to a point over 100 feet

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 beyond the second base.

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 No bomber ever had such tremendous fuselage space.

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 From nose to tail and from wall to wall, the equal of ten good-sized living rooms.

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 The B-36 was first conceived in 1941, and by 1946 she was ready for her first test flight.

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 Big, wasn't she?

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 Her main function was to carry bombs, but she went up well armed with eight gun turrets,

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 each mounting two 20-millimeter cannons that could fire explosive shells as well as armor-piercing projectiles.