"Big John" wrote in message
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Darrell

Had to stop one night to refuel at Bunker Hill. Was standing outside
of ops and heard this big noise.

Saw a big fire light up the sky and finally realized it was a B-58
taking off in burner.

More noise and fire from A/B's than I had ever seen or heard.
Couldn't tell if it was a normal take off or burning up G
They got airborne after a long run and shut down the burners and
climbed out on the mission.

Got in our refueled fighter and went home. Glad I wasn't stationed on
base with noise of '58 take-offs. (

Big John

One evening a couple years ago, inside the house, I heard a rumble, and went
outside to see what was going on. It continued for about a minute, then
suddenly quit.

A few days later, I found out what the noise was. I live in the foothills,
and a B-1-B had been doing low level river following, then kicked the burner
in and went straight up.

That happened about 5 or 6 miles away. Impressive!

Jim in NC

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