Jump to content

Wikipedia:Picture peer review/B-36 tracked gear

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Experimental continuous tracked landing gear on a B-36 Peacemaker. Used to spread out the weight of the B-36 to allow it to land on softer runways, but was abandoned in favor of the conventional four-wheeled bogie.
Edit to remove the line on the right.

Large, very clear and not grainy. Only techinal problem is that line on the right, which probably could be cropped out. Subject is unusual, as it is the only time tracks were ever used on an aircraft.

Nominated by
​​​​D.B.talkcontribs 15:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • I like the image for what it is. It's funky, and it would catch my eye and get me to click on it on the main page. I wish the accompanying article told a bit more, but that doesn't matter for a FP. I think it's unique enough that it would be a good image for the main page. I don't usually go into details on technical quality on images, though, (except micrographs), but hopefully someone else will give you feedback in this area, and that will be a deciding factor on whether you go for FP. --Blechnic (talk) 00:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC) PS For now, please just crop the line out and re-upload, there's no point in showing it with that portion in. --Blechnic (talk) 00:07, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I like it too -- good encyc. value, albeit for a narrow topic. Do crop the right, please. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:20, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, good timing. Support crop version. --Pete Tillman (talk)
17:20, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Y'know, that is a very strange-looking piece of machinery... as is the B-36, for that matter. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's how it caught my attention. I came across the B-36 randomly and made a spontaneous decision to see if this odd photo had a change at featured. Any chance this could be closed early, so that it can taken to FPC. --​​​​D.B.talkcontribs 17:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seconder
  • I'm seconding this as a formality, but why don't you submit the cropped edit it yourself? Good luck with it!
Do you happen to know if any of these things survived? Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 02:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I doubt any survived, but then again, I didn't know they even existed. --​​​​D.B.talkcontribs 12:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]