i remember seeing this in a thread on here a while back, but can no longer find the link basically it was a b52 squadron doing an emergency take off exercise and all of them got up and gone within like 10 min. can anybody point me to the link again pls. thanks
And don't forget this memorable sequence from the 1963 movie "A Gathering of Eagles"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6Hpxyrhyo
I have had the privilege to witness a max effort scramble at Larsen Air base in 1964. I'll guarantee that those guys would be physically battered by the noise, shock crackle from the engines, exhaust blast, and exhaust smoke. You can't hear a thing during this exercise and as the B-52's were taking off with 100% power and water injection and after the first three airplanes you can't see anything. The engine sounds were fake and dubbed in as were the guys talking . The shrieking crackle of those J-57's is deafening when using ADI and being that close on take off you can physically feel the shock in your chest. I think the only thing worse is a bunch of KC-135's taking off and they always go ahead of the B-52's in one of these exercises.I was working on the flight line in 1952 when they were testing the XB-52 at Boeing Field and that is one loud mutha. Testing was so dangerous at times that they moved it all to Muroc,Edwards. Switches
Feels damn good knowing those guys have our backs when the **** hits the fan. The show of force there simply can not be compared. Love it....
Ross...... It was me that posted the video of a MITO (minimum interval take off) from Minot AFB which was done last June during nuclear weapon qualifications........it's on You Tube if you search B-52 MITO........they also have declassified B-58 Hustler footage of MITO trials as well. Here's the full 9:56 video of the Buffs......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ7niLYSVFo Here's the Hustler MITO footage......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq5QTpaa5wU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iOtw9aovGk
This has brought back memories of incidents and implements when the B-52 was being tested. One astonishing incident happened during one of the first 100% run up of all 8 engines. One of the trailing edge flaps fell off. Not from jet blast but from supersonic sound that failed the fittings. That also happened to the fuselage skins in the 46 Section (aft fuselage) on the KC-135. If one looks closely he will see the series of belly bands that had to be retrofitted to keep the skins intact. The engines then relied on high velocity flow for thrust. Now they rely on huge gobs of mass flow thanks to the fans. Switches
