DENIS SMITH wrote:

The B36 had two straight pipe turbojet engines  slung under each wing
tip for a total of ten, if memory serves.  Quite a piece of machinery!!

Prior to takeoff, the pilot would query the flight engineer as to the
engine's status.  The flight engineer's standard response was "Six
turnin' and four burnin'!"

Russell Kent
(My godfather was a Chrome Dome gunner...)

 
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