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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airport Closeups
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:04:01 -0500
Charlie, thanks for the link. It was an interesting read, and brought back memories. I was stationed at Wright Field, Dayton, OH from 1951 to 1953. The "boneyard" contained full nose sections from the B-36 as various modifications were investigated. They were often overhead, and the throbbing sound and feeling were like nothing else I have ever experienced.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/16/2015 10:21 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
Interesting. I had to look up a few of those to remind myself what they
looked like. Even more interesting was the inter-service rivalry that went
along with it:


http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/b-36-bomber-at-the-crossroads-134062323/?no-ist

   Seems little has changed in Washington.

Charlie

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

To an Aeronautical Engineer, the business end of a modern turboprop is a
thing of beauty.  Maybe not the same for everyone.  Here is the
propulsion system of a Beech King Air 350.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Propulsion.JPG.html

      You don't have to be an aeronautical engineer to appreciate a
turboprop.  That one looks downright sexy.  The intake is far better
sculpted than I usually see for a PT-6 style engine (intake in the rear,
exhaust in the front).

      Do you have a photo of the entire aircraft?

      It's tough to beat the short-field performance of a turboprop.  On
the C-130E/H, you get 60% of your maximum forward thrust when in reverse.

      BTW:  I was watching the old Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air
Command" yesterday.  Wonderful footage of the B-36, B-47, KC-97, and an
air-to-air refueling scene of a B-47 and KC-97.  Despite the number of time
I've watched this movie, I did spot one flaw this time around.  There's a
scene where you're looking at a B-36 cruising, and it has all four jets
operating.  My understanding was that those were for takeoff only.  They
burned the same 180-octane avgas as for the other six engines.


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
      - Hunter S. Thompson
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