(BUFDRVR) wrote:

Why can't a B-1 go straight up (for however short a time)?...if
it can do a 60 deg attitude then are you telling us that it
cannot go another 30 deg?....why not?...

I'm sure it could, but how long they could do it, I don't know. Personally I
think a 60-degree climb to "out-of-sight" flight level is more impressive than
a 90-degree climb to a few thousand feet above where you started the climb.


BUFDRVR

I don't doubt your assessment for a second...however...do you
really think that if an a/c can climb to 'out of sight' at 60 deg
that it can only climb a few thousand feet at 90?....doesn't
compute to me.

Mind you, while at certain weights/power level combinations this
could certainly be possible it doesn't sound very practical in
general.
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-Gord.