My Dad was a flight engineer in a B-29 based on Guam and later Tinian. It was outfitted as a photo reconnaissance plane, with a tail gunner and possibly no automated turrets (not sure about that.)
They flew daytime sorties over Japan and the islands to gather intelligence and document the results of the previous night's bombing raids. He said it was noisy and frighteningly cold, and since they normally flew without escorts, the Japanese left them alone. This meant that the tail gunner, Gene Nelson, would be all the way in the tail of the plane, bored out of his mind. To combat the boredom, they played chess over the intercom.... No ordinance on these birds, just a huge pallet in the bomb bay with very, very large cameras. Dan Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2012, at 1:44 PM, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try dumping some of that cargo in the bays, see if it doesn't help > performance somewhat. ;-) Just don't do it over my backyard please. Hee > hee > > I used to help out at a local aviation museum here. We were restoring an > old Lanc. I remember reading the performance figures at the time back > then, but can't remember them now. I do remember there was quite a > difference in performance with a full load, and empty. Deliver the cargo, > and then hightail it home. Pretty slow target on the way to work though, > as I remember. Must have taken some guts to strap in to one of those old > birds!! > > Ed > 300E > > On 27 January 2012 12:01, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >> Cruising at 25,000ft, temp ~ -50C; 305kts IAS/CAS, MACH .77; 444 kts TAS >> >> Wilton >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fmiser" <fmi...@gmail.com> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:40 AM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 was: 07 R320CDI with 320259000meters >> >> >> WILTON wrote: >>>> >>> >>> Stirred up? Who, me?! Maybe y'oughta consider "mega" as in >>>> "tons" while I'm calling in a B-52 strike. ;<))) >>>> >>> >>> Speaking of. >>> >>> I was "flying" a B-52 on the computer simulator the other day. >>> And I'm curious - what is the cruising speed? With 100% >>> "throttle" I never seemed to be able to get above about 300 >>> knots at 25,000 ft flying level. Does that seem about right? >>> Or is FlighGear clueless. :) >>> >>> -- Philip >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
