Brian Pierson advances his scratch-built Convair B-36H cockpit, adding aluminum canopy work, functional controls, and wiring, ...

Government leaders didn't bite their tongue about the B-36 bomber. It never dropped a bomb or flew any combat missions, and was dubbed the "billion-dollar blunder," leading to serious internal ...

A nuclear test aircraft called Convair NB-36H was also built using a modified B-36, but beyond testing, the idea was also scrapped because of radiation shielding and contamination concerns.