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Dramatic footage shows Russian Bomber exploding during takeoff

PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:26 pm
by HamiltonWest

Re: Dramatic footage shows Russian Bomber exploding during takeoff

PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:24 pm
by Splitpin
I hope they all got out ..... i couldn't find out anything.
Not your problem Ham , but last time i checked , a TU-95 wasn't a jet ... anyway , we know what they meant.

Thanks for the heads up.

Re: Dramatic footage shows Russian Bomber exploding during takeoff

PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:32 pm
by HamiltonWest
Splitpin wrote:I hope they all got out ..... i couldn't find out anything.
Not your problem Ham , but last time i checked , a TU-95 wasn't a jet ... anyway , we know what they meant.

Thanks for the heads up.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=34e_1453214794

Re: Dramatic footage shows Russian Bomber exploding during takeoff

PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:35 pm
by Splitpin
Oh bugger :( thanks Ham.

Re: Dramatic footage shows Russian Bomber exploding during takeoff

PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:38 am
by SUBS17
Off Topic
8 june 2015.One of the co-pilots died instantly and the commander of the crew who suffered burns to 75% of the body died two months later.

"In the course of routine training flights during acceleration Tu-95 skidded off the runway. One of the engines blew up and then the burning bomber spun around 180 degrees.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=34e_1453 ... 4Upq3Dd.99


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I wonder what caused it to skid off the runway? TU95s quite an old bomber from back in the cold war.

Re: Dramatic footage shows Russian Bomber exploding during takeoff

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:44 pm
by Ian Warren
SUBS17 wrote:I wonder what caused it to skid off the runway? TU95s quite an old bomber from back in the cold war.

One thing pointed out with the TU-95s and one thing mentioned by western sources, they admired the reliability off the type and its performance, last I read from a Janes Weapons Review there was 43 aircraft, looking at the date here, must be 42 , one off the biggest things pointed out was the engines were used on many types and equaled reliability to a RR dart but on a much bigger scale.