Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Convair X-6

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Original – From the image caption: An air-to-air view of a Convair NB-36H Peacemaker experimental aircraft, part of the attempt to design a nuclear powered aircraft deemed the Convair X-6, and a Boeing B-50 Superfortress chase plane, during research and development taking place at the Convair plant at Forth Worth, Texas. This plane was modified to carry a three megawatt, air-cooled nuclear reactor in its bomb bay. The reactor was operational but did not power the plane. The NTA completed 47 test flights and 215 hours of flight time, though this is the only known airborne reactor experiment by the US with an operational nuclear reactor on board.
Reason
It's a plane meant to be powered by nuclear energy. Technical quality is good for its age, and the coolness factor makes me feel like a little boy again, imagining holing up against zombies in the Diefenbunker... (I was, needless to say, a little strange)
Articles in which this image appears
Convair X-6, Nuclear powered aircraft, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
United States Air Force

Promoted File:NB-36H with B-50, 1955 - DF-SC-83-09332.jpeg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:54, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]