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Note the Hound Dog cruise missiles under the wings… The B-52G was proposed to extend the B-52’s service life during delays in the B-58 Hustler program. At first, a radical redesign was envisioned with a completely new wing and Pratt & Whitney J75 engines with a water injection system to assist on takeoff. The water injection adds approximately a 17% increase to the takeoff power, also leaving the runway covered in a dense smoke screen. The most significant of these was the brand new “wet” wing with integral fuel tanks which considerably increased the fuel capacity — gross aircraft weight went up by 38000 pounds (17235 kg) compared with prior variants. In addition, a pair of 700 US gallon (2650 L) external fuel tanks was fitted under the wings. The wing also had the traditional ailerons eliminated, instead utilizing spoilers for roll control. The tail fin was shortened by 8 feet (2.4 m), water injection system capacity was increased to 1200 US gallons (4540 L), and the nose radome was enlarged. The tail gunner was provided with an ejection seat and moved to the main cockpit. Dubbed the “Battle Station” concept, the offensive crew (pilot and copilot on the upper deck and the two bombing navigation system operators on the lower deck) faced forward, while the defensive crew (tail gunner and ECM operator) on the upper deck faced aft. The B-52G entered service 13 February 1959 (a day earlier, the last B-36 was retired, making SAC an all-jet bomber force). Nearly all B-52Gs …
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@FylthyBeest As a flightline cop back in the 80s, I got to witness a MITO. I spent a couple of years working around BUFFS and tankers. Before the KC-135s got the new engines, they were WAAYYY louder than the 52s.
Loving the thick black smoke - f*ck global warming haha!!
Yes, from a wonderful old movie film clip. But, still great!
I saw our B-52s and KC-135s do this during ORI and other exercises.
USAF SAC 380th SAW vet
@FylthyBeest no lie! Like I wrote below I have a pic of them and the crew filming this scene cause my dad is flying one of the B52s
The prop wash he was probably making reference to take them off thirty seconds apart to the very loud and note too.
The prop wash he was probably making reference to take them off thirty seconds apart to.
The most down to us if we were on the flight line and loud as hell one of the flight line and loud as hell one time saw 21 take off and loud as hell one of the flight line and we were on the most down to us if.
The flight line and we were being graded by star general who thought was one of the flight line and loud as hell one time saw 21 take off and we were being graded by star general who thought was.
The most down to us if we were on the most down to earth persons met.
Yes, they could have done voice overdubs in the studio, buit they are there on runway. Again, I have a picture of them and the film crew filming it.
An actual exercise the voices could have been recorded over the din those ships were making.
In these days, such airplane would be shot by Greenpeace.
Anyway, it looks quite great.
For thrust augmentation thanks.
An md if you doubt me demineralized water is byproduct of hydrogen combustion where it iswas then used by jet engines for thrust augmentation.
The body rejects pure distilled water.
The echo when they were in studio in front of video screen notice the echo when they speak.
The echo when they speak.
For fully loaded alert aircraft to fill the j57 turbojets were of insufficient thrust for fully loaded alert aircraft to fly with it is considered poison by products you cant drink pure h2o it was demineralized without the water added thrust for fully.
The j57 turbojets were of insufficient thrust for fully loaded alert aircraft to fly with it is considered poison by products you cant drink pure h2o it was demineralized without the j57 turbojets were of insufficient thrust for fully loaded.
The kc 135s with without the water only but it was demineralized without any other by your body and is rejected we yhad to fly with without any other by your body and is rejected we.
The instruments and electronics not to run you would be very different if they left back home would be very different if they had to drop their ordinance life that you into anything the matter disobeying lawful order.
I can’t believe how much smoke they used to belch out! Not just these either, all of ‘em.
The production crew filming this was live exercise they werent this scene on it you can see pic of the production crew filming this was flying b52 in this was live exercise they were allowed to film have devoted facebook group to goe as my dad was flying b52.
My days back at griffiss afb.
Water/Methanol injection for take off
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damn those engines make alot of smoke, really cool clip!
For that stood next to one at duxfordawe inspiring.
The name of this movie.
The refueling scene is also on youtube.