In article .net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" writes:

"Air Force Jayhawk" wrote in message
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Not military (anymore), but Salina Kansas airport is 13337 ft long.
Used to be Schilling AFB, rumor has it the runway was extended to
support B-70 ops until the program was canceled and the base was
closed and turned over to the city.


I think you'll find the runway was lengthened to better accommodate the B-52
and KC-135 that were scheduled to replace the B-47 and KC-97 at Schilling.

Actually, that doesn't hold up, at least in the B-52/B-47 matchup.
B-47s were horrendously underpowered. A heaviweight B-47, on a
standard day, without JATO, would be using something on the order of
11,000' of runway. The equivalent B-52C/D (The worst for takeoff),
would be off the ground in 8,000'.

Hmm. At one point, for about 10 years, there were 90 B-47s at
Pease. with about 12,000' or runway. It's rather amazing that Great
Bay didn't get filled up with B-47s running off the runway during
rejected takeoffs.

Data from the Standard Aircraft Characteristics, B-47E-IV, and
B-52C/D.

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