BTW, several years ago, at a local air show, I was kneeling down at the
forward end of the open bomb bay doors of a B-17 and peering up into the bay
when one of the crewmen walked up and asked, "What do you think?" I
immediately said, "Small, very small." I immediately realized that I'd
better be careful not to insult somebody else's air plane, and quickly went
on to say, "I'm a B-52 guy, and comparatively, the bay is shockingly small,
but they certainly did a fantastic job for us over Europe and wherever they
were in service, and I thank God for them and the tough, brave souls who
flew them."
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] B-52 was: 07 R320CDI with 320259000meters
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
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