B1 Bone

[Bluebird]

hi all


love this aircraft. found this very interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G48i6SErbd0

cheers
Todd

[Splitpin]

Great find , thanks for posting .... one mean aircraft.

If you have 1/2 an hour to spare ..... this is interesting .... historic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEKyTxnrXIc

[Ian Warren]

First i saw one cruz in swept back and maybe only 300knts .. they are friggen pretty ... slate grey suits them .... lucky they still have there rotary nuke racks in store .. they may need em shortly .

[Bluebird]

That was a great show. I had never even herd of the B-58. looks like a great aircraft to see at airshows.

Todd

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Bluebird @ Apr 10 2013,7:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That was a great show. I had never even herd of the B-58. looks like a great aircraft to see at airshows.

Todd

Cheers Bluebird ..... great input from you as well . Seems this place is a little dull at the moment ... no one saying anything! so keep posting those finds

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Bluebird @ Apr 10 2013,8:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That was a great show. I had never even herd of the B-58. looks like a great aircraft to see at airshows.

The Hustler would be a problem at a airshow , from memory the B-58 has a landing speed of around 230 mph , it dose still hold the world speed record at low level point to point some like 720 mph .. Tornado's are the fastest at low level but not for and at any distance running in on target around 921mph a sea level . The Convair tho is one mean looking bomber ... all weapons carried in the pod below

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 15 2013,8:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The Hustler would be a problem at a airshow , from memory the B-58 has a landing speed of around 230 mph , it dose still hold the world speed record at low level point to point some like 720 mph .. Tornado's are the fastest at low level but not for and at any distance running in on target around 921mph a sea level . The Convair tho is one mean looking bomber ... all weapons carried in the pod below

Tornados are fast but cannot carry as much or as far as an F111 but the Tornados are multi-role which is a big advantage.

BTW some interesting things about the B1B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWoqa5nGmk

Never park behind one when its taking off!

Don't forget to put the wheels down!

QUOTE

On 8 May 2006, B-1B (s/n 86-0132) from the 7th Bomb Wing, 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas, landed "gear-up" during recovery from an 11-hour ferry flight to the island of Diego Garcia. A resulting fire was quickly extinguished and the crew escaped through the top hatch with only a minor back injury to the co-pilot. The Air Force investigation concluded that the pilots disabled the aural tone generator circuit breaker which creates audible warning signals and then "forgot to lower the landing gear". The B-1B impacted and slid on the runway, causing approximately $8 million of damage to the aircraft and runway. The B-1B returned to service in 2007.[/quote]



lol I don't know what happened here.

Early B1As had this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0TVr0_m34s

The B1Bs though have 4 ejection seats.

The B52 had the worst though with 2 ejection seats that eject downwards and considering the tactic now days is to fly low level this is not a good seat to be in.

Last edited by SUBS17 on Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:03 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Ian Warren]

Now that sorta embarrassing ... " oh not really" -said the pilot- "this is the new parking technique to fool emery ground fighters to think the 16 is destroyed " UM yeah right

[HamiltonWest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdZMa9_DYw

[Ian Warren]

Brilliant display showing how to take the wrinkles out and a suntan to boot

[HamiltonWest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWl5VCrjODQ

[Ian Warren]

Best way off putting it .... fuselage length of 757 -200 .. wingspan of a 76 .. no 75 .. no 73 .. no two F-111 s glued together ...

[HamiltonWest]

B1 Bomber crashes in Southeast Montana
http://www.kpax.com/news/b1-bomber-crashes...na/?hpt=hp_t2#_

[Ian Warren]

What a waist .. those are very smooth looking aircraft .. when i saw my first one not at a display but cruising in , it is a site .. dark sleek and silent !

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 20 2013,10:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What a waist .. those are very smooth looking aircraft .. when i saw my first one not at a display but cruising in , it is a site .. dark sleek and silent !

Sad indeed , at least they got out. I saw one oz years ago ...their huge !!

[Ian Warren]

I only saw it flight once , in the three times it did not do an air display , but i was in Moolap during first industry days were across the bay had this B-52 in what seemed a sedate , it just did not look right lazily go around in circles it was back into Avalon when this B1 come through , Al and myself looked up and both said Faaaaaaaar out