Magnesium Overcast: The Story of the Convair B-36

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Summary: The "benchmark" B-36 book!!
Review: Already owning several books on the B-36, including Jacobsen's "Convair B-36", I almost passed on "Magnesium Overcast". I'm really glad I didn't. In addition to some very interesting historical background that I wasn't aware of, it has a lot of great photos and drawings I haven't seen in other publications. Some of them are a little small, but the paper quality is excellent so that isn't the problem it would be in with a lesser quality product. And the color section is just stunning, with quite a number of operational photos I haven't seen before. The weapon section defines the bomb bay modifications required to carry various weapons, when they were made, and to how many aircraft. It also covers various nuclear weapon tests and the B-36's participation in them. There is also extensive coverage on the defensive gun installations. The great thing is that it's highly readable and well organized, too. Highly recommended!

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Summary: Magnesium Overcast
Review: An excellent and long overdue book. Covers all aspects of the B-36,except possibly the crews experiences,but that is for a different book. Many,many rare photos. Sections on the XC-99 and YB-60 are "bonuses".

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Summary: Magnesium Overcast
Review: An excellent and long overdue book. Covers all aspects of the B-36,except possibly the crews experiences,but that is for a different book. Many,many rare photos. Sections on the XC-99 and YB-60 are "bonuses".

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Summary: great book
Review: Excellent book on the B-36, great photos, info. A must buy for any B-36 fan.

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Summary: Everything you ever needed to know about a B-36
Review: If there is more information available on the B-36, I'm not sure where you would find it. From layouts of the production floor to unit assignments to serial numbers to the NB-36 nuclear airplane development and experiments I had never heard of, this is THE definitive work on the B-36. The only thing I would like would be more color photos, if only because the ones already printed are fantastic!!

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Summary: One of the Best.
Review: There are many books out there on this impressive machine but this is one of the best. Highly recommended for it's coverage and production value.

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Summary: One of the Best.
Review: There are many books out there on this impressive machine but this is one of the best. Highly recommended for it's coverage and production value.

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Summary: The Complete History Of the B-36 Peackmaker
Review: This is a great history of the Convair B-36 Peackmaker. By far the most complete book yet on this aircraft. The Book also covers the C-99, YB-60 and the NB-36H Nuclear Test aircraft. Many never seen pictures before. This book covers the scraping of these great aircraft in the late 1950's to the surviors and the accident of others. The Tornado accident at Carswell AFB is well covered in this book. This book is a must for any B-36 fan or the history of SAC.