Originally Posted by III Corps

Note that the YB had a tandem cockpit and this was after LeMay had told Boeing in no uncertain terms he was NOT going to accept a warmed-over B-47. LeMay also said he was NOT going to accept a tandem cockpit.

Convair entered the contest with essentially a B-36 with swept wings and it was a pathetic second to the BUF. Now almost 60yrs later it is easy to see how revolutionary the BUF really was. And the last H came off the assembly line in 1962. At Farnborough recently, an H made a single low pass and was covered with what looked like a new case of 'warts'. The guy who writes for Jane's was there and he said there were new things showing that he had not seen before. The BUF continues to evolve.