Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major
Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major exact radial piston-engine variant identified in an official U.S. Air Force museum record as the engine used to power the Convair B-36; this packet asserts propulsion identity only and does not infer a vehicle installation, actor attribution, or adjacent R-4360 variant.
Identity
- Aliases
- R-4360-53Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53R4360-53 Wasp Major
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major exact radial piston-engine variant identified in an official U.S. Air Force museum record as the engine used to power the Convair B-36; this packet asserts propulsion identity only and does not infer a vehicle installation, actor attribution, or adjacent R-4360 variant.
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 04:00:38 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 04:00:38 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Official museum record explicitly names the Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 engine used to power the B-36; this packet preserves that exact suffix without writing the vehicle relationship.
- Publisher
- National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Title
- B-36 Fuel Injection System
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Official museum aircraft record corroborates the B-36's six-engine Pratt & Whitney R-4360 propulsion context; exact installation remains outside this identity packet.
- Publisher
- National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Title
- Convair B-36J Peacemaker