tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post7358716389386265374..comments2024-03-29T05:15:59.987-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Your Sunday Morning Jet NoiseComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-66254299824017251862015-12-30T15:06:18.904-05:002015-12-30T15:06:18.904-05:00RST started out w a 7,000 footer... in '62 SAC...RST started out w a 7,000 footer... in '62 SAC parked a few B-52s there during the Cuban thing and some of the slabs cracked, so when the 9,000 ft extension happened they thickened n reinforced<br />hanshttp://hanshowe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-91903086546223507702015-12-29T16:32:17.159-05:002015-12-29T16:32:17.159-05:00hans, they didn't reinforce the runways for a ...hans, they didn't reinforce the runways for a Shuttle diversionary field?Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-66734698560007536992015-12-29T07:40:14.189-05:002015-12-29T07:40:14.189-05:00heh, indeed, Don... sounds like fun - too bad it&#...heh, indeed, Don... sounds like fun - too bad it's 600 miles away... right after Rochester, MN got its 9,000 foot primary B52s would come up from Omaha and do touch n gos... my dad was an ATC there and he'd give me a heads-up so I could get out there and watch... the runways and taxiways there were reinforced and 3 feet thick so RST could be a diversion field in case things Ruskie got intensehanshttp://hanshowe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-45524895428175265272015-12-29T04:52:01.269-05:002015-12-29T04:52:01.269-05:00Hans: You'd appreciate the current scene at E...Hans: You'd appreciate the current scene at Ellsworth, since they've got the Bone now. Nothing has rattled me more than having a B1 bank overhead after takeoff at Nellis. Seriously rattled my fillings, even over the 8x vipers we were launching (and the 4x eagles sitting next to us ready to go).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964058531678889807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3760129805557684432015-12-28T06:19:37.014-05:002015-12-28T06:19:37.014-05:00used to watch B-36s take off from Ellsworth AFB ou...used to watch B-36s take off from Ellsworth AFB outside Rapid City... the earth shook and your viscera did too when you were within a couple hundred feet of them... an astounding spectacle, especial to a 5 year old hanshttp://hanshowe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-55722627959191840942015-12-27T22:12:01.000-05:002015-12-27T22:12:01.000-05:00What I most liked about that film was the shot of ...What I most liked about that film was the shot of a B-36 takeoff, <i>one continuous take</i>, from brake release to gear up. Paul Mantz took it from a B-25 in echelon left.Deadstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484321108126882385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-54396723525426372292015-12-27T15:35:35.016-05:002015-12-27T15:35:35.016-05:00Deadstick, yeas, but that one's been taken dow...Deadstick, yeas, but that one's been taken down from YouTube.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-1914972206433753142015-12-27T14:48:59.842-05:002015-12-27T14:48:59.842-05:00looks like they were using water injection, judgin...looks like they were using water injection, judging by the soothanshttp://hanshowe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-20053702526180623492015-12-27T09:20:38.152-05:002015-12-27T09:20:38.152-05:00The movie Strategic Air Command did a much better ...The movie <i>Strategic Air Command</i> did a much better job on one of those.Deadstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484321108126882385noreply@blogger.com