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On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 10:48:04 +0100, Graham Harrison
<edward.harrisom.one@btinternet.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 14:40:37 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>
>>Assuming flaps down, 8 engines, a 200 foot line-up distance and no wind, a
>>maxed-out B-52H (488,000 lbs brake release gross weight) at 500 feet
>>pressure altitude, OAT of 60 degrees F on a level, dry runway should have a
>>takeoff ground run of approximately 8000 feet
>>
>>8,002 x 150 ft. runway
>>
>>B-52 landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL-JK6HPAuU
>> takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQpTwo8lsQ
>>
>>B-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8prqKnnpbbc
>>
>>SR-71: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDTECZShylA
>>
>>Now you know why airports with runways exceeding 8,000 ft. were considered
>>nuclear targets during the Cold War...
>>
>>
>
>There's a story, which I cannot verify, that the RAF took a Vulcan
>across the Atlantic to a bombing competition. They watched the B52s
>lumber away and decided a bet was in order. I don't know what
>base/how long the runway but the bet was that a fully loaded Vulcan
>could make 5000 feet altitude over the "far" end of the runway from a
>standing start. The Vulcan won (I think a case of good whisky).
Having seen a few Vulcans fly, I can believe this might well be true!
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