"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:35:15 GMT, "Gord Beaman" )
wrote:

(BackToNormal) wrote:


Anyway, prob fixed. I'm suggesting adoption of a sentence from the B52
page which states "The use of aerial refueling gives the B-2 a range
limited only by crew endurance".

cheers

ronh

But is 'that' statement correct? Doesn't the B-52 and the B-2
(all a/c actually) use lubricating oil? How does that consumption
stack up?

In a turbine engine you should consume almost no oil. It is not
burt in the combustion as it is in a recip, and the tolerances are
close enough (at least on US built engines) that leakage is
minimal.

Al Minyard

In 1987 our squadron flight planned and proposed an around the world flight
for the B-1. We were turned down by SAC for lack of enough data on oil
burn. They were worried about running low on oil, not crew or fuel. Later,
with more data, the B-1B did complete an around the world flight.

JB