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The California Parachute, the tail assembly that acted as (non-textile) parachute to retard the descent of both Little Boy and Fat Man atomic bombs – The Aviation Geek Club

Both Little Boy and Fat Man (and subsequent bombs of that type) did have, in effect, a parachute. Not a textile one; but the tail assembly is called a California Parachute. The Mk I bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy,” was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. It was delivered by the B-29 Enola Gay (on …

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‘I could see the bones in my hands.’ F-84 pilot tells the story of when he flew into the blast radius of an atmospheric nuclear test to see its effect on his aircraft – The Aviation Geek Club

Test Pilot Norvin C “Bud” Evans flew his specially modified F-84 into the blast radius of atmospheric nuclear tests to see their effect on the sturdiest aircraft in the USAF inventory in 1956. In the aftermath of World War II and during the height of the Cold War – between 1946 and 1962 – the …

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The story of the B-52 Stratofortress that carried the Flashback Test Vehicle, the Nuclear Bomb Bigger than the Soviet Tsar Bomba – The Aviation Geek Club

The Flashback Test Vehicle was larger by far than any other nuclear bomb in the US inventory at the time. It is a little bit bigger than the Soviet Tsar Bomba, the 50 megaton monster detonated in 1960 and designed to be 100 megatons in yield. After it became operational in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress …

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