I dare say (with 13% ironing that)- thank heavens it was designed to operate after losing an engine.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/b-52-bomber-l ... ories.html
Also cool how planes occasionally completely shed those JT-8D's. (A 707 from LA to Flyover lost an engine exactly one week after Grandma rode it (or the route)...(sometime in the 1980s)...seems to happen less often these days.
7-Engine B-52 Double Up
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Re: 7-Engine B-52 Double Up
Not sure what JT-8Ds have to do either with the BUFF or the 707, but carry on...Also cool how planes occasionally completely shed those JT-8D's. (A 707 from LA to Flyover lost an engine exactly one week after Grandma rode it (or the route)...(sometime in the 1980s)...seems to happen less often these days.
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Re: 7-Engine B-52 Double Up
@#%^@! 1950/1960 jet engines that have little or no bypass, make a lot of noise and a nice trail faint black smoke...just living up to my purpose of being the anti-Evan and glossing over details for the big picture while not necessarily knowing what I'm talking about.Not sure what JT-8Ds have to do either with the BUFF or the 707, but carry on...Also cool how planes occasionally completely shed those JT-8D's. (A 707 from LA to Flyover lost an engine exactly one week after Grandma rode it (or the route)...(sometime in the 1980s)...seems to happen less often these days.
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Re: 7-Engine B-52 Double Up
These things just weren't built to last I guess.
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