B-52 Gone Viral
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kwselke
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Roadtrash
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Hey it's got babies!
steveno
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Lockheed D-21 - Wikipedia
they tried launching it from a version of the SR-71 as the speed was needed for the engine but they lost a SR-71 in the process. it wasn't all a successful program.
Ben Rich had a chapter about it in his "Skunk Works" book. a very good book to read
they tried launching it from a version of the SR-71 as the speed was needed for the engine but they lost a SR-71 in the process. it wasn't all a successful program.
Ben Rich had a chapter about it in his "Skunk Works" book. a very good book to read
Ivan the Butcher
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Every day I learn something, is a good day! Thanks for sharing.
Ivan
Ivan
Targets Guy
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They used to carry their own fighters for protection.
Westie1
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It was a M-21, not an SR that was lost. The M-21 was a modded A-12, which was the forerunner of the SR. There is a D-21 on display next to an SR at Beale AFB near Marysville Ca.
zzzippper
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Actually they did try parasite fighters with the B-36. McDonnell Aircraft made the Goblin but it was a flop as well as being arguably the ugliest airplane ever made.
steveno
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D-21 launch accident narrated by Kelly Johnson
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMyC2urCl_4[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMyC2urCl_4[/ame]
vigil617
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I had the rare pleasure last weekend of being able to sit in the co-pilot's seat of the B-52 my son-in-law had helped bring to an air show at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC. Also saw the compartment below the flight deck where he does his work as a navigator. A way cool experience!
He sat in the pilot's seat and described the controls, showed me the curtains that are deployed for protection against the light from a nuclear explosion, and so forth. The only thing he warned me not to mess with was a lever to the right of the engine controls, on my side of the cockpit when I was contorting myself into the seat from a standing position. He said it would deploy the drag chute if pushed forward.
This plane was the second-to-the-youngest in the B-52H fleet. The 39th of 40, made in 1961. I'm older, but not by much!
He sat in the pilot's seat and described the controls, showed me the curtains that are deployed for protection against the light from a nuclear explosion, and so forth. The only thing he warned me not to mess with was a lever to the right of the engine controls, on my side of the cockpit when I was contorting myself into the seat from a standing position. He said it would deploy the drag chute if pushed forward.
This plane was the second-to-the-youngest in the B-52H fleet. The 39th of 40, made in 1961. I'm older, but not by much!
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carpriver
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in 1966 when I was a young sky cop walking a post around a B-52 at K.I. Sawyer AFB MI. the B-52 carried 2 hound-dog missiles one on each side, not sure of the role of the missile. It was above my pay grade. I was 19 years an was told not to let anyone near the aircraft with a line badge, (actually it had to be 2 people with the Right line Badges).
I did some research, the Hound dog was a nuclear tipped missile used as a stand off weapon to distroy USSR radar sites well before the b-52 got to the target. Cool beans now I know
I did some research, the Hound dog was a nuclear tipped missile used as a stand off weapon to distroy USSR radar sites well before the b-52 got to the target. Cool beans now I know
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Westie1
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Downstairs is where all the real work gets done. Though the bus drivers upstairs do work from time to time. One thing though, the seats downstairs fire down. Can make life interesting.
Launching was a snap.....
Just let go and fly. Now 'recovery' was a much different story. Trying to hook up to a 'trapeze' while being buffeted by turbulence.
Anybody remember Tom Swift Jr.'s flying lab, the Sky Queen? It had a compartment in the rear to lauch a small jet fighter and a super helicopter. Kind of like Star Trek's Enterprise 'shuttle bay'
Just let go and fly. Now 'recovery' was a much different story. Trying to hook up to a 'trapeze' while being buffeted by turbulence.
Anybody remember Tom Swift Jr.'s flying lab, the Sky Queen? It had a compartment in the rear to lauch a small jet fighter and a super helicopter. Kind of like Star Trek's Enterprise 'shuttle bay'
Launching was a snap.....
Just let go and fly. Now 'recovery' was a much different story. Trying to hook up to a 'trapeze' while being buffeted by turbulence.
Anybody remember Tom Swift Jr.'s flying lab, the Sky Queen? It had a compartment in the rear to lauch a small jet fighter and a super helicopter. Kind of like Star Trek's Enterprise 'shuttle bay'
Just let go and fly. Now 'recovery' was a much different story. Trying to hook up to a 'trapeze' while being buffeted by turbulence.
Anybody remember Tom Swift Jr.'s flying lab, the Sky Queen? It had a compartment in the rear to lauch a small jet fighter and a super helicopter. Kind of like Star Trek's Enterprise 'shuttle bay'
And decidedly dangerous.....
So ugly it made the B-36 shy away upon return.
muddocktor
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And even BUFFs are cute when young!
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