Code One Magazine: The X Planes, X-6

X-6
Mission: The X-6 was designed for a specially-configured B-36 that was to serve as a full-scale nuclear-powered aircraft testbed. Its mission was to explore the feasibility of installing and routinely operating nuclear engines suitable for long-endurance flight. No X-6 was ever completed, but a single “shield test aircraft” in the form of the one-off reactor-equipped NB-36H successfully completed forty-seven flights without major incident. The X-6 was to be powered by a single General Electric P-1 nuclear reactor unit delivering heat to four heavily modified General Electric J47 turbojet engines.

Manufacturer: Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft
Number Built: 0
Sponsor: USAF, Atomic Energy Commission
Fastest Flight: NA
Highest Flight: NA
First Flight: NA
Last Flight: NA
Total Flights: NA
Length: 162 feet 0 inches (est.)
Wingspan: 230 feet 0 inches (est.)
Height: 46 feet 8 inches
Gross Weight: unknown

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