Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: ozrocker on May 16, 2012, 11:02:47 AM
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The longest serving Combat A/C still in our Active A/F inventory gets a long life extention.
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/15/not-your-grandfathers-b-52/?ESRC=sm_DODBuzz.nl
Pretty awesome is that they want to use the B-52 to support Carrier TF Commanders in the A/O.
:cheers: Oz
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A lot of other good info on that site. :aok
Is there any problem with structural fatige on the older airframes? Are they retrofitting or are they building brand new Craft with the New Gadjets?
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Think how many spare parts we would have had if we hadn't chopped them up?
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/23/article-1253068-086DC2A3000005DC-104_470x423.jpg)
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Think how many spare parts we would have had if we hadn't chopped them up?
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/23/article-1253068-086DC2A3000005DC-104_470x423.jpg)
There are dozens more sitting untouched.
I know they have had some structural work done and they are inspected constantly for signs of fatigue because they are so old.
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I've wondered why they don't melt down those old jets? All that aluminum must be worth a fortune.
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I've wondered why they don't melt down those old jets? All that aluminum must be worth a fortune.
They do. After they've been chopped and positioned as depictated below for a specified time so the opposition satellites can verify destruction in accordance with the SALT treaty, they are sold off to scrape yards.
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Cool :aok
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A lot of other good info on that site. :aok
Is there any problem with structural fatige on the older airframes? Are they retrofitting or are they building brand new Craft with the New Gadjets?
The last "Brand New" B52's rolled out of Seattle in 1962, the "H" model. So it's purely upgrades.
I'm sure structural & mechanical maintenance is often and thorough.
:cheers: Oz
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I saw 2040 2042 put forth as the retirement date of the B-52s back in the 1990s.
Is this a new update?
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Why not Dale Brown mod.. :)
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Why not Dale Brown mod.. :)
LOL! I was thinking the same thing after reading the article and the proposed mods they want to add to the BUFF.
ack-ack
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good question, there has to be some turbofan engines that make more power than those j-79 pods. fibersteel also sounds like it might be a realistic and attainable mod for a few of the buffs also.
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Why not Dale Brown mod.. :)
Nah, ya gotta go with the Vampire. :aok
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Nah, ya gotta go with the Vampire. :aok
but if you say that you need the cheetah mod
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Why not Dale Brown mod.. :)
Man, am I glad I Googled that! I have some reading to do... :cheers:
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Wow... Service until 2040? That would make them around 90 years old. That would be like taking a B-17G and using it in the modern day military. Wouldn't they have to make new ones eventually? They're only so many patches you can fix for a plane.
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I'm sure flight hours are very restricted now.
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Thing about the B-52 is ..
.. they don't go the speed of heat, they don't pull a lot of G's,
..and they're built better than yer average bridge to haul that massive design load.
If they aren't hauling close to a million pounds,
they're down right 'sprightly' and the crew has to be on top of it during climbout or she'll get away from them.
Even the original avionics loadout has lightened considerably.
No more hydraulically tuned transmitters !!
(imagine slidin one o those in, at shoulder height, in the rain ..they were frik-kin HEAVY)
-GE aka Frank
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Think how many spare parts we would have had if we hadn't chopped them up?
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/23/article-1253068-086DC2A3000005DC-104_470x423.jpg)
Few hundred B52's among many other types of military aircraft sitting in the aircraft graveyard in Tuscon AZ