Greatest Modern Bomber

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by pbfoot

I wonder if its called a fag bomber in the same way the A6 Prowler is called the queer because as a A6 Intruder jock told me it was unatural for 4 men to sit so close the B2 guys are pretty close to each other maybe

Maybe?!? But then again 4 men sit close together in the B-1, the only difference is they're going 800 knots on the deck!

[cheddar cheese]

As much as I love the B-1...has to be be B-52.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

As much as I love the B-1...has to be be B-52.

Agree! When I'm around my father in law, we'll talk a lot about the B-52 and B-1. We don't mention "that other bomber" too much! (Even though I worked on it for 7 months)

By the way my father in law still holds 7 world speed records with the B-1 by himself...

CHECK OUT THE PAYLOADS AND SPEEDS!

Sub-class : C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 10 000 kg payload : 1 078.20 km/h
Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)
Aircraft:
Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'N/S 58'
Database ID 3840

Sub-class : C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 15 000 kg payload : 1 078.20 km/h
Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)
Aircraft:
Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'N/S 58'
Database ID 3841

Sub-class : C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 20 000 kg payload : 1 078.20 km/h
Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)
Aircraft:
Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'N/S 58'
Database ID 3842

Sub-class : C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 25 000 kg payload : 1 078.20 km/h
Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)
Aircraft:
Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'N/S 58'
Database ID 3843

Sub-class : C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 30 000 kg payload : 1 078.20 km/h
Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)
Aircraft:
Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'S/N 58'

Class C (Aeroplanes)
Sub-class C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload : 1 089.36 km/h

Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)

Aircraft: Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'S/N 58'

Class C (Aeroplanes)
Sub-class C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 5 000 kg payload : 1 078.20 km/h

Date of flight: 04/07/1987
Pilot: Robert CHAMBERLAIN (USA)
Course/place: Palmdale, CA (USA)

Aircraft: Rockwell B-1B (4 General Electric F101-GE-102, 14 000 kg each)
Registered 'N/S 58'

He is posted on 18 more as "co-pilot."

http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=ga&id=2119

http://records.fai.org/pilot.asp?from=ga&id=2230

If you go to these sites you could see many of his records that were broken.

I still say if I won the Lotto, I'm taking him to Russia where we'll rent a Blackjack for a week and take back all his old records!

[CurzonDax]

I leave for vacation and find that we are now discussing modern aircraft! The horror, the mayhem, the...the...the...what da 'ell, the Strato Fortress kicks ass. To me its the most adaptable bomber that the USAF has ever had in thier inventory.

:{)

[cheddar cheese]

Very impressive Joe! Good info there

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

Very impressive Joe! Good info there

Thanks CC! They did this over 4th of July weekend - He has the certificates hanging in his home office along with awards signed by Ronald Regan.

I guess originally they set something like 85 world speed and altitude records with the B-1.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well even though I think the B-1 is the best bomber out there at the moment and I love the plane I have to go with the good old B-52. Hell Yeah the "BUFF"! I mean come on she could carry a massive amount of payload and she was one of the cold war deterants. She so damn good she is still in use today. Maybe not dropping iron bombs as much anymore like she used to but shes still kicking ass!

[Nonskimmer]

She's like that old truck in the driveway that you just don't want to get rid of.
Old, but trusty.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by Nonskimmer

She's like that old truck in the driveway that you just don't want to get rid of.
Old, but trusty.

Yep!

[Nonskimmer]

The motto of the Canadian Air Force?


...That's not really funny.

[FLYBOYJ]

[CurzonDax]

There was a story out of the 1st Gulf War where a pilot flying a BUFF out of Diego Garcia found out it was the same '52 his father had flown in the '70s.

:{)

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I actually read that in the Stars and Stripes.

[CurzonDax]

There is also something symbolic of the BUFF, representing all that there was about the cold war. It was even used satirically in Dr. Strangelove.

:{)

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I agree