File:Convair YB-60 040315-F-9999G-007.jpg

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Copyright holder	1952
Image title	Consolidated YB-60 in flight,1952. Convair YB-60 sweptwing, eight-jet bomber is shown here in the first flight view of the U.S. Air Force's latest addition to its air arsenal.  Equipped with eight Pratt&Whitney turbojet engines, most powerful of their type now in use, the YB-60 was rolled out of the factory at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation's Fort Worth, Texas, Division on April 6, 1952, for engine run-ups and ground tests.  First flight, on April 18, 1952, occurred just 14 days after installation of its final engine.  Planes needle-nose appearance originates from a slender boom used for test purposes.
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File change date and time	09:13, 15 March 2004
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Short title	Convair YB-60
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