Is this B-52 photo real?

I saw a photo of a Piper Cub breaking the sound barrier. What does that
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"Hobo" wrote in message
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URL of photo:
http://www.caselab.okstate.edu/burat.../mach1buff.jpg



I found a photo on the web which was described as a photo of a B-52
breaking the sound barrier. I do not believe this plane can do such a
thing in a positive manner. Is the photo genuine?

"Hobo" wrote

Is the photo genuine?

That's a BUFF in APASF.

APASF = (Adobe Photoshop Assisted Supersonic Flight). :-)

I found a photo on the web which was described as a photo of a B-52
breaking the sound barrier. I do not believe this plane can do such a
thing in a positive manner. Is the photo genuine?

This could happen....although the picture needs to be rotated 90-degrees so
that the aircraft is pointed *straight down*! Actually, at around .84 Mach
(Indicated, about .92 Mach True) at high altitude, under the right conditions,
you can begin to see the shock wave just off the ALQ-172 antenna on the nose.
Seeing this is usually where pilots will look down at the A-A TACAN and see
their wingmen stretching out to 3+ miles. You also imagine the hundreds of
obscenities being hurled at from 3+ miles away


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

good to here from Buffdrur again, and being an old buff crew chief it was
fun watching everyone discuss this. and Hell I even saved the picture to
enjoy over and over again. but it is correct that the only way this bird
could do this is straight down from a very high altitude.

Bill maddog Maddux
"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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I found a photo on the web which was described as a photo of a B-52
breaking the sound barrier. I do not believe this plane can do such a
thing in a positive manner. Is the photo genuine?

This could happen....although the picture needs to be rotated 90-degrees
so
that the aircraft is pointed *straight down*! Actually, at around .84 Mach
(Indicated, about .92 Mach True) at high altitude, under the right
conditions,
you can begin to see the shock wave just off the ALQ-172 antenna on the
nose.
Seeing this is usually where pilots will look down at the A-A TACAN and
see
their wingmen stretching out to 3+ miles. You also imagine the hundreds of
obscenities being hurled at from 3+ miles away


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

but it is correct that the only way this bird
could do this is straight down from a very high altitude.

And only once

Good to hear from you again Bill.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

Haven't been on the newsgroup in a while, I have moved for my wife's health
to here home state of Missouri. I am a little close to a Buff Base now.
Keep them Flying Bufdrvr. sure do miss the old girls.
"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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but it is correct that the only way this bird
could do this is straight down from a very high altitude.

And only once

Good to hear from you again Bill.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

"Bill and Susan Maddux" wrote in message
. ..
Haven't been on the newsgroup in a while, I have moved for my wife's
health
to here home state of Missouri. I am a little close to a Buff Base now.
Keep them Flying Bufdrvr. sure do miss the old girls.


Well I guess Missouri is between the two B-52 bases, Barksdale and Minot but
close???

Tex

Not saying this is real. It's an obvious fake, but a B52 is capable of creating shock eggs. A shock egg isn't 100 percent evidence of supersonic flight, only of humid air.