Convair YB-60 image - Aircraft Lovers Group

The Convair YB-60 was an American experimental bomber prototype for the United States Air Force canceled on 14 August 1952.On 25 August 1950, Convair issued a formal proposal for a swept-winged version of the B-36 with all-jet propulsion. The United States Air Force was sufficiently interested that on 15 March 1951, the USAF authorized Convair to convert two B-36Fs (49-2676 and 49-2684) as B-36Gs. Since the aircraft was so radically different from the existing B-36, the designation was soon changed to YB-60.

The YB-60 betrayed its 72% parts commonality with its piston-engined forebear. The fuselages of the two aircraft were largely identical, although the YB-60 had a longer, pointed nose with a needle-like instrument probe, instead of the B-36's rounded nose, and the tail surfaces were all new, swept to match the wings, instead of the B-36's more antiquated design. The swept wings used a lot of B-36 parts, with a wedge-shaped insert at the wing root to sweep the wings back more than the B-36's wings. Now retired, both airframes were scrapped. The airplane in the background is a Convair B-36F-5 Peacemaker.