On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:22:40 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>"Jess Lurkin" wrote in message news:mgkaun9gog@news3.newsguy.com...
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>> Yowsah! *Another* money-shot! Just a few years earlier, 4 feathered props
>> was NOT a good thing!
>
>The 5,500 hp Wright XT35 Typhoon turboprop was more powerful than all four
>of the standard Wright Cyclones combined.
>
>More powerful versions were intended to be installed on the future B-52
>before it was decided to got with a pure jet design.
The BUFF is loud enough with 8 jets, if it had been equipped with turboprops it
probably would have been as loud as the Tu-95 Bear bomber, IMHO the loudest
airplane ever built. The Bear is a beautiful airplane however.
When I was assigned to the puzzle palace, rumor was the Bear could be tracked
using SOSUS when flying over the Atlantic.
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