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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2008, 10:32:01 AM »
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oh did he? I thought they both lived?
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« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2008, 12:20:31 PM »
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Did they file a flight plan?  ;)

(apparently the most important part of any flight, according to the media when reporting on crashes)


:rofl  Naaa they were just taking it up for a spin!

I'm sorry Chairboy, after 22 years in the Airforce, that is just the funniest thing I have ever heard. :aok
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« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2008, 01:37:53 PM »
I have spent a lot of time in Guam with the bombers; from the pics of the crash site, it was just airborn when it went down in front of the wash rack and Hangar 1.  I wish I had a dollar for every time I stood in front of hangar 1 watching bombers take off and I'm sure glad I wasn't standing there watching that one.

We have had a lot of near misses at Guam, as we conduct a large amout of bomber operations from there.  Here is a pic of the last misshap we had there back in 2005 with a B-1.  They were very lucky to have made it back to the island with a catistrophic engine fire.

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« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2008, 02:10:04 PM »
after 100 years and billions in development, birds still fly better than humans.
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« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2008, 03:03:39 PM »
I wonder how much it would cost to build a B-2 with today's technology.  Also, does rain still wash off the radar absorbing material?
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« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2008, 03:45:42 PM »
I don't think it's so much the rain will wash off the radar absorbing material, but more the fact that the material absorbs moisture which will freeze at altitude and over a period of time cause damage to the structure.
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« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2008, 04:20:42 PM »
Had the built more, the cost per plane would have dropped dramatically----the half-billion-per reflected the total cost of the program divided by the # of planes built
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« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2008, 05:27:59 PM »
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after 100 years and billions in development, birds still fly better than humans.



I dunno, we still have birds fly into our windows occasionally, and no B-2's yet so I'd say the B-2s are ahead.
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« Reply #23 on: February 23, 2008, 05:58:38 PM »
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I don't think it's so much the rain will wash off the radar absorbing material, but more the fact that the material absorbs moisture which will freeze at altitude and over a period of time cause damage to the structure.

I know supersonic planes get hot and expand, I don't know about sub sonic planes though
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« Reply #24 on: February 23, 2008, 06:03:15 PM »
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after 100 years and billions in development, birds still fly better than humans.


Name me one bird that can fly at mach 2+
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« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2008, 07:47:54 PM »
Any bird can, assisted.

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« Reply #26 on: February 23, 2008, 09:14:07 PM »
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« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2008, 11:50:16 AM »
Name one plane that can reproduce itself then take care of itself for several years.

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