Cold War
Dec 29, 2018 14:27:06 #
Eloquently stated.
--Bob
--Bob
traderjohn wrote:
No. You are wrong. Both parties are composed of; Lying, hypocritical, self-serving egotistical dishonest untrustworthy political whores.
Dec 29, 2018 14:47:06 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
More about the B36. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker
It was designed before the cold war but used in the early phases. The B52 was the major cold war threat.
It was designed before the cold war but used in the early phases. The B52 was the major cold war threat.
Dec 29, 2018 15:57:58 #
GeneV
Loc: Lampasas, Texas
PRETENDER wrote:
I Spent couple of years at Carswell with the $#rd bomber wing with B-58s. Always wondered why they didn't last very long. i know they were supersonic and could get to a target and be gone before anyone knew it. Could be because their weapon was carried externally and their electronics completely filled the aircraft.
Back in the early 60s I worked at General Dynamics just across the field from Carswell. I flew as a flight test engineer on the last flight test program on the B-58. The Bomb/Nav system, in the second station was as big as one of the gray GI desks unlike present systems that are about the size of a bread box and more versatile and accurate. Got my crew pin after my first flight and Mach 2 pin three flights later. Later flew as FLT engineer on the F-111. Got to 55,000 feet and Mach 2.5. No pins for that, old stuff by then.
The B-58 really expanded the flight envelope in its day but it was a very labor intensive aircraft measured in maintenance man hours per flight hour and that led to its rather early retirement.
Many memories remain, like the Carswell pilots were jealous of our test pilot, Val Prahl, because they had to do the straight-in "bomber" approach to landing while Val always did the fighter 360-overhead to landing. On one landing I kept the data system running and he pulled 4.6 g's.
Ah, those were the days when it was really fun going to work.
Gene
Dec 29, 2018 16:12:13 #
Gene, back in the first 1/2 of the 80s I did a lot of work regarding crew safety in the F-111. I love that plane. We had a crew module sitting in my office. If you want to call a huge storage area with a desk my office. I also got a chance to sit in every model up to and including the E. All our program did was evaluations and recommendations. I did design some mock-up working models for a few concepts. Then went on to work on crew seats for the Apache, Blackhawk, and SH-3 helicopters.
--Bob
--Bob
GeneV wrote:
Back in the early 60s I worked at General Dynamics... (show quote)
Dec 30, 2018 00:18:30 #
GeneV
Loc: Lampasas, Texas
IDguy wrote:
More about the B36. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker
It was designed before the cold war but used in the early phases. The B52 was the major cold war threat.
It was designed before the cold war but used in the early phases. The B52 was the major cold war threat.
Interesting bit about the B-36. I was particularly interested in the part about the test bed that looked at the possibility of a nuclear powered aircraft. My father was a project design engineer on that project but he never talked much about it, even after the project was cancelled.
When I went to work at Convair in 1957 there were still B-36s flying out of Carswell AFB. I lived about two miles south of the main runway and during takeoff they just droned and droned and droned as they approached and then passed over the house. Windows rattled and dishes rattled. It was really something when they had an alert and plane after plane flew over.
Later on there were the B-52s and B-58s which made more noise but was different and also didn't last as long.
The good ole days when work was fun!
Gene
Dec 30, 2018 09:01:20 #
PRETENDER wrote:
I Spent couple of years at Carswell with the $#rd bomber wing with B-58s. Always wondered why they didn't last very long. i know they were supersonic and could get to a target and be gone before anyone knew it. Could be because their weapon was carried externally and their electronics completely filled the aircraft.
Those 58's were designed for 1 purpose only- drop a nuke. It was supposedd to replace the older 52, many of which are stilll in service. Bad design- very limitted functionality, and a, not so good airframe killed the 58.
Dec 30, 2018 14:59:16 #
gerdog wrote:
ARE YOU SERIOUS? Have you actually watched Preside... (show quote)
I believe the bone spur thing might be a lie. You want to believe it however it may not be the truth. Trump is not the answer. Who is??
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