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The B1B paint isn't even RAM, which is why I assume at the airshows
they rope off the real stealth airplanes. 362436 (Ron) wrote in message ... I thought that the B1 was desiged as a low-observable aircraft; maybe not stealth, but I do remember reading that it has a smaller signature than the F-14. It wasnt really designed that way probably, but with the B-1B version, there were modifications to lower the RCS, getting rid of the variable engine inlets being among them I believe. Its not a stealth aircraft per se, but definitely a lower RCS than many other aircraft Ron Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4) Silver City Tanker Base |
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"Jeb Hoge" wrote in message om... (miso) wrote in message . com... The B1B paint isn't even RAM, which is why I assume at the airshows they rope off the real stealth airplanes. They rope off all the heavy bombers at the airshows I go to. It's been a few years, but at one show I was at they let people climb to the top of the B-1's boarding ladder and look around inside from there. The B-52, at the same show, had the bays open and you were allowed to get under the plane. |
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John Keeney wrote:
"Jeb Hoge" wrote in message om... (miso) wrote in message . com... The B1B paint isn't even RAM, which is why I assume at the airshows they rope off the real stealth airplanes. They rope off all the heavy bombers at the airshows I go to. It's been a few years, but at one show I was at they let people climb to the top of the B-1's boarding ladder and look around inside from there. The B-52, at the same show, had the bays open and you were allowed to get under the plane. I've seen open Buff bays at several shows, where you stick your head up inside them. About 20 years ago at a Castle AFB airshow, they did a Loadeo of an (inert, obviously) four B28RI clip, for time (the load team was practicing for some SAC competition). Talk about having every move choreographed so as not to waste a second, all the while working from multipage checklists in plastic sleeves held together with three rings. I'm surprised no one lost any fingers unpinning and opening/folding/closing the bomb doors. Even more fun was hand positioning the bomb trolley under the bay, especially as it must have weighed 10-15,000 lb. and the temp on the ramp was upwards of 120. Their green fatigues were literally black from sweat by the time they finished buttoning everything up -- ISTR the whole thing took about ten minutes from start to finish, including maybe five minutes spent out of sight inside the a/c, presumably making connections and settings. Or maybe they were just having a few cold ones out of sight of the crowd;-) But I doubt it. Guy |
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"Jeb Hoge" wrote
(miso) wrote The B1B paint isn't even RAM, which is why I assume at the airshows they rope off the real stealth airplanes. They rope off all the heavy bombers at the airshows I go to. I remember an open house at Kelly AFB in the '60s where I was one of a bunch of kids scrambling all through a B-52 in a hangar. Until someone came and told us to get out. :-) |
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On Mon, 31 May 2004 07:53:01 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote: I've seen open Buff bays at several shows, where you stick your head up inside them. About 20 years ago at a Castle AFB airshow, they did a Loadeo of an (inert, obviously) four B28RI clip, for time (the load team was practicing for some SAC competition). Talk about having every move choreographed so as not to waste a second, all the while working from multipage checklists in plastic sleeves held together with three rings. snip good story Anyone know if "quick turn arounds" are generally practised for the heavier platforms in the USAF/USN/USMC (obviously at least some of it happens with the above story), or is it mainly limited to CAS types, for whom every minute on the ground is another minute you're not on the cab rank? Peter Kemp |
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Well the bording ladder sounded like a real treat. I've been under the
B1B once or twice at Edwards with the bays open. The B1B doesn't look that big, but it sure has capacity in the bays. "John Keeney" wrote in message ... "Jeb Hoge" wrote in message om... (miso) wrote in message . com... The B1B paint isn't even RAM, which is why I assume at the airshows they rope off the real stealth airplanes. They rope off all the heavy bombers at the airshows I go to. It's been a few years, but at one show I was at they let people climb to the top of the B-1's boarding ladder and look around inside from there. The B-52, at the same show, had the bays open and you were allowed to get under the plane. |
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Well the bording ladder sounded like a real treat. I've been under the B1B once or twice at Edwards with the bays open. The B1B doesn't look that big, but it sure has capacity in the bays. I got my 6'4" 275# frame inside the bone at Ellsworth but didnt want to try and fit into the navigators "cut out" seat..figured I'd be stuck in there for life. R |
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