Originally Posted by
HoundDog
LC: Hydro & FLAP happy:These baby's sure were on Water.
This is the first thing I say the day I arrived at K.I.Sawyer in May of '65 standing on the 2nd floor fire escape because a ORI had just started and they didn't have timeto process me in just then. I thought they were going to loose the last one from Wake Turbulence Then came the KC's man they had a ride.
OH LC: do U remember on those B-52 D's What the P&W J57's dash number was?
U are right The B-52 D had Turbo Jets not Turbo Fans witch would be even more Likely to flame out ingesting gobs of water
Engines: Eight Pratt & Whitney J57s of 12,100 lbs. thrust each <---Turbo Jets
B52 H the last dash has Turbo Fan Engines. And because they tell the Fuel Capacity of the H model (the only ones flying still Flying)
I'd guess it would be OK for U to tell the Fuel Capacity of the B-52 D model.
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BOEING B-52D STRATOFORTRESS
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After it became operational in 1955, the B-52 remained the main long-range heavy bomber of the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War, and it continues to be an important part of the USAF bomber force today. Nearly 750 were built before production ended in Oct. 26, 1962; 170 of these were B-52Ds.
Yes hound Dog, we had Quite a Ride back then, 1963,64, Those babies thundered down the runway , flaps down and locked, then the fun began, turn on the water, what smoke (Black) you could see from maybe 10 miles away when they launched.
In that time the B-52d carried 275000 LBS of fuel, 18000 lbs of water, that was the EWO load, (Emergency War Order) when we were on Alert Status. Which means the Aircraft is fully loaded with Nuclear Bombs, rockets chaff and Ammo for the Tail Gunner, 50 ca. and 20mm guns. It way awesome to watch them after launch. Learned a lot in those days. I don't remember the dash number of those J-57's just remember the J-57. On alert we used shotgun starters, canisters of propellent about 12"" round, light them off on #2 engine, which would start the start sequence of those engines, created turnover of that engine, which supplied hydraulics , phnumatics, and fuel to the other 7 engines , what a trip, even for the Pilots.