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  1. Ffinally

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    The alternate approach was to nestle a fighter up into the extended bomb bay of the B-36 which did allow escape from the fighter cockpit for (slightly) more comfort. But that obviously greatly reduced the bomber's weapons load. Neither this nor the wingtip joining were practical enough to be operational.
     
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    The versions with the added jet engines running were listed as having a top speed of 435 mph.
     
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    IIRC, max speed on the B-36H was around 435 mph, which works out to 378 KTAS, about what you are quoting. Airstart speed on my F-111s was 400 KCAS, not sure what it was on those early fighters/recce birds like that RF-84F/K.
     
  4. Bob Parks

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    I mentioned it a while back about the dishes that started rattle in the cupboard one night and we didn't know what was causing it. Living in Seattle in 1952 gave us the thoughts of an earthquake but it continued at a set frequency. Then we could hear the throb of the B-36 props coming up from the south. It took that airplane 1/2 hour to fly by. A regional air controller friend told me that the ground speed was 120 MPH. Another training mission to Alaska.
     
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    What's holding the door open? Why isn't his hair being blown? Why are the sleeves of his Tee-shirt being blown forward?
     
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    And the prop appears not to be turning!
     
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    I assumed that it was a dead stick thing. Computer graphics are getting dangerous.
     
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    Photoshop has been dangerous for quite a while! Remember the famous photo of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald? I remembered when someone posted a Photoshopped version where it looked like Ruby was holding a guitar and Oswald was singing! And it looked completely real! I wonder if photos are still allowed as evidence in a court of law?
     
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    Even Art Scholl only put one leg out.
    This guy here is really good.
     
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    I knew "Art School" and did several shows with him. He did some bizarre things. If I remember, his Chipmunk had an auto pilot. He arrived at one Abottsford show in the Chipmunk with a "copilot" sitting in his lap , a girl named Carolyn who operated "the stick" (as he put it) and he operated the rudder pedals. She did an aerobatic routine in a borrowed airplane, Art was a barrel of laughs off the airport at our billets but you did not talk to him during the show.
     
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    She is likely older than everyone who signed.
     
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    AF is getting happier with the KC-46. Second version video system appears to work well. Now they intend to buy more of them to last until the next generation tanker is competed. May be a wing-body design.
     
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    New Hampshire Air Guard, I guess. It's unusual to see the serial number on the rear fuselage, but with that tail graphic, I can understand why!
     
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