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25 Jun 2017 19:32 #21
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I don't think I have ever seen one fly except as vapour trails. Often wondered why they haven't been retro-fitted with 4 turbofan engines, probably ground clearence and extra flight testing.
Do they cruise on all engines or are some shut down?
Do they cruise on all engines or are some shut down?
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26 Jun 2017 12:19 #22
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Yes they use all eight engines, dont forget those engines arent that powerful thats why they use all eight. There was talk of re-fitting with four engines but it was scrapped due to cost.
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17 Sep 2018 10:00 #23
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And a thought has just struck me, given they were built in the 50s, why have they never had a flight engineer?
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17 Sep 2018 12:30 #24
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A Raytheon AESA press release 9/10/2018
New eyes for an old friend
This radar will help the venerable B-52 fly for a century
www.raytheon.com/news/feature/fly-100-years
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New eyes for an old friend
This radar will help the venerable B-52 fly for a century
www.raytheon.com/news/feature/fly-100-years
The B-52 began production in 1952, and today, there are 76 of the aircraft still serving the nation. Of the U.S. Air Force's three bomber types presently in service, only the B-52 will still be flying in 2050. No other aircraft in Air Force history will be able to claim a century of service.
To keep this airplane effective, the Air Force is upgrading key components: primarily, its radar. The current radar, a hold-over from technology developed in the 1960s, hasn’t been updated since the 1980s. The B-52 will gain new eyes to find and fight the smaller, more agile adversaries of the the digital age.
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25 Apr 2019 09:49 #25
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And I saw an article in pilot magazine about the B52 and its reckoned that the B52 will be re-engined, or thats the plan anyway.
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26 Apr 2019 07:40 #26
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I managed to catch one of the B-52's that where recently deployed at Fairford as it made it's way back to the US.
It was making it's way up the military Daventry corridor over Sywell at 10,000 feet & I was very lucky to have a break in the cloud directly overhead.
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It was making it's way up the military Daventry corridor over Sywell at 10,000 feet & I was very lucky to have a break in the cloud directly overhead.
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26 Apr 2019 17:57 #27
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How come you seem to be in the right place at the right time with your camera ?
Yes I am jealous !!
Yes I am jealous !!
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26 Apr 2019 18:29 #28
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I assume that is not a couple of Hound Dogs slung under the wings? 
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19 May 2019 10:36 #29
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I saw a documentary on the B52 on the Smithsonian channel the other day. They were talking to one of the pilots who flew Barksdale-Iraq-Barksdale on the first day of the Gulf War in 91, almost 36 hours strapped to an ejection seat! And whilst outbound over the med they were shadowed by the Libyans for the best part of an hour.
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19 May 2019 19:17 #30
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They have been doing this on and off for quite a while. Another is Barksdale-Afghanistan-Barksdale.
I asked someone who worked at NORAD about this and they explained that it sometimes makes sense to do this, rather than move all the logistics and munitions to airfields nearer the target.
His stock answer to "Why do you do this?" was "Because we can". You have to be impressed.
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I saw a documentary on the B52 on the Smithsonian channel the other day. They were talking to one of the pilots who flew Barksdale-Iraq-Barksdale on the first day of the Gulf War in 91, almost 36 hours strapped to an ejection seat! And whilst outbound over the med they were shadowed by the Libyans for the best part of an hour.
They have been doing this on and off for quite a while. Another is Barksdale-Afghanistan-Barksdale.
I asked someone who worked at NORAD about this and they explained that it sometimes makes sense to do this, rather than move all the logistics and munitions to airfields nearer the target.
His stock answer to "Why do you do this?" was "Because we can". You have to be impressed.
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