What Cockpit? MK VI
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LOL !! Evansb, I sure hope that you plan on donating your extensive library to a worthy entity when the time comes. 
It is indeed the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet - the only one of three that survives. Pictures taken by Phillip Juvet at the Western Air Museum in 1989. The aircraft has been returned to the Smithsonian NASM.
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It is indeed the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet - the only one of three that survives. Pictures taken by Phillip Juvet at the Western Air Museum in 1989. The aircraft has been returned to the Smithsonian NASM.
XP-56 Walkaround Index
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Sorry, not the B-36. The mystery aircraft is smaller and older than the Peacemaker. Given the time-line of the photograph, I don't think it is Curtis LeMay, but he does look a bit like the man.
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Sorry, not from Martin, nor Budd. 'Conestoga' has a vague connection. Although hundreds were planned, the order was reduced to ten as WW.II came to a close. Alas, only three examples of the version in the photo were completed.
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Geoff, you are correct!
The Laister-Kauffmann XCG-10A 'Trojan Horse' Troop/Cargo Glider was made entirely of wood, just like the American built Conestoga wagon, and carried over 5 short tons of freight, again, just like the Conestoga wagon. The big ship was the first U.S. built aircraft to have clam-shell cargo doors, and fuselage mounted main landing gear. The 30 ft. long, 7 ft. wide cargo hold could accommodate 40 troops, or a GM 6X6 21/2 ton truck, or an army howitzer. The aircraft's wings spanned 105 feet. You have control.
The Laister-Kauffmann XCG-10A 'Trojan Horse' Troop/Cargo Glider was made entirely of wood, just like the American built Conestoga wagon, and carried over 5 short tons of freight, again, just like the Conestoga wagon. The big ship was the first U.S. built aircraft to have clam-shell cargo doors, and fuselage mounted main landing gear. The 30 ft. long, 7 ft. wide cargo hold could accommodate 40 troops, or a GM 6X6 21/2 ton truck, or an army howitzer. The aircraft's wings spanned 105 feet. You have control.
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