Dwarfing the crowd beneath its wing, a Convair B-36 Peacemaker rests on a wet airfield ramp during a 1950s open house. As the largest bomber ever operated by the U.S. Air Force, the B-36 combined six pusher propeller engines with four auxiliary turbojets -- giving rise to the famous description 'six turnin', four burnin'.' Capable of striking targets across the globe without refueling, the Peacemaker was the centerpiece of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force in the early Cold War, and public displays like this one gave American families a rare close-up look at the nation's newest strategic weapon. Project: 218710