B-36 tracked gear

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Experimental continuous tracked landing gear on a B-36 Peacemaker. Used to spread out the weight of the B-36 to allow it to land on softer runways, but was abandoned in favor of the conventional four-wheeled bogie.
Edit to remove the line on the right.

Large, very clear and not grainy. Only techinal problem is that line on the right, which probably could be cropped out. Subject is unusual, as it is the only time tracks were ever used on an aircraft.

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​​​​D.B.talkcontribs 15:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
Ah, good timing. Support crop version. --Pete Tillman (talk)
17:20, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Y'know, that is a very strange-looking piece of machinery... as is the B-36, for that matter. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's how it caught my attention. I came across the B-36 randomly and made a spontaneous decision to see if this odd photo had a change at featured. Any chance this could be closed early, so that it can taken to FPC. --​​​​D.B.talkcontribs 17:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seconder
Do you happen to know if any of these things survived? Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 02:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I doubt any survived, but then again, I didn't know they even existed. --​​​​D.B.talkcontribs 12:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]