July 11, 1955. A Flight RB-36s Were To Help Inaugurate The Air Force Academy With A Flyover. The Rudder Of 492703 Blew Off In Flight. Another Incident Where The Rudder Blew Off In Flight Occurred June 8th, 1957, Over Stockton, California. To RB-36, tail no. 113739. I Painted This To Show The Great Bomber Landed Safely Each Time, Even Without Its Rudder, And Also To Show What Impressed Me The Most About This Aircraft...Its Enormousness!