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![Just A Car Guy: the Convair XB36 and NB 36, and B 36... Not the only aircraft that tested caterpillar tracks for landing gear, but the only to try a reactor for power Just A Car Guy: the Convair XB36 and NB 36, and B 36... Not the only aircraft that tested caterpillar tracks for landing gear, but the only to try a reactor for power](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l0QVii9AFbw/V4HTX1GNIuI/AAAAAAAEU_Q/5BcTjUwfOs4_0s1jMcSVK6c9_yOotIkdACLcB/s1600/13521945_10154367347829306_5327255872377972781_n.jpg)
Just A Car Guy: the Convair XB36 and NB 36, and B 36... Not the only aircraft that tested caterpillar tracks for landing gear, but the only to try a reactor for power
![NB-36H "Convair Crusader" (ex B-36H-20-CF) / Unit: unknown Serial: 51-5712 / Circa 1957. Formerly B-36H-20… | Military aircraft, Fighter aircraft, Aircraft design NB-36H "Convair Crusader" (ex B-36H-20-CF) / Unit: unknown Serial: 51-5712 / Circa 1957. Formerly B-36H-20… | Military aircraft, Fighter aircraft, Aircraft design](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3f/bb/e0/3fbbe02e1fc5069409ff8d56305beef0.jpg)