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Offline Angus

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Re: You thought the B-17G was ungainly? Bulky? You ain't seen nothing yet...
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2009, 01:01:18 PM »
Seen Sally-B flying from Duxford. Nice one. Somewhat lazily flying though.
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Re: You thought the B-17G was ungainly? Bulky? You ain't seen nothing yet...
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2009, 02:36:48 PM »
That's an RB-57F talk about an alt monkey, the RB-57C (without the Tf33 pods) could climb to 50,000 feet in 15 minutes.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2726

The RB-57F's service ceiling was 82,000 feet that's some pretty rare territory.
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