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    The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The project was to use a Convair B-36...
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    to Pratt & Whitney. The program was intended to develop and test the Convair X-6, a planned prototype for a fully functional nuclear-powered airplane...
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    Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...
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    The Convair 990 Coronado is a retired American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American...
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    The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The...
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    Helicopters X6, a proposed 19-seat twin-engined heavy lift helicopter Convair X-6, a proposed nuclear-powered aircraft Draganflyer X6, a commercial unmanned...
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    The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas...
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    to Pratt & Whitney. The program was intended to develop and test the Convair X-6, but was canceled in 1961 before that aircraft was built. The total cost...
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  • after Trump summit". CNN. Retrieved 2018-07-20. Bradley, Robert, 2010. Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. North Branch...
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    cancelled, these engines would have been used to power the proposed Convair X-6. Data from Type: turbojet Length: 145 inches (370 cm) (with tailcone)...
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    Tailless aircraft Bell X-5 – Variable-sweep wing Convair X-6 – Nuclear reactor test aircraft (for nuclear-powered aircraft) Lockheed X-7 – Unmanned ramjet...
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    The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was...
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  • (2,900 mi, 2,500 nmi) Endurance: >6.4 hours Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Convair X-6 Convair NB-36H Myasishchev M-60 Trakimavičius...
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  • civil aircraft. Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Convair X-6 Convair NB-36H Tupolev Tu-119 Notes Trakimavičius, Lukas. "The Future Role...
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    The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) was an American, delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence...
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    missiles were also researched and discounted during the same period. Convair X-6 Myasishchev M-50 - Aviation Week hoax Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion - General...
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    Pluto – US nuclear ramjet project, 1957–1964 Convair NB-36H – American experimental plane (1955–61) Convair X-6 – US proposed nuclear-powered plane (1950s)...
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    The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. 43-52436, was a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined...
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    The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight....
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    The Convair Kingfish reconnaissance aircraft design was the ultimate result of a series of proposals designed at Convair as a replacement for the Lockheed...
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    The Rockwell X-30 was an advanced technology demonstrator project for the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP), part of a United States project to create...
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    The Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar (also known as the Hall Flying Automobile) was a prototype flying car of which two were built. Intended for mainstream...
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    experiments with nuclear-powered aircraft, the Tupolev Tu-119 and the Convair X-6. Mechanical strain is another method of storing energy, whereby an elastic...
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    The Convair XFY-1 Pogo was an experimental V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) aircraft developed during the early years of the Cold War. It was...
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    The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. A member of the Century...
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    The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair...
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    modified General Electric J47 jet engine. The planned aircraft, the Convair X-6, was to be test flown at TAN, and a large hangar with radiation shielding...
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    Elements of the X-35 design were pioneered by the F-22 Raptor, and portions of the VTOL exhaust duct design were previously used by the Convair Model 200,...
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    The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They...
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  • Bell XP-76 Northrop XP-79 Convair XP-81 Bell XP-83 XB-35 YB-49 XB-70 Valkyrie B-1A FICON project B-72 (WS-125) Convair X-6 Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion...
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