Thread: B-1B Reengine?
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Old October 8th 03, 10:43 PM
Greg Hennessy
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 18:08:00 GMT, Mark Schaeffer
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From the online Los Angeles Times, Oct. 8, 2003:

"The Air Force also is considering putting new engines on the B-1 to
double the speed of what is already one of the fastest bombers in the
world."



I thought the speed of the B model was limited due to the inlet design ?
Changing the engines wont change that I would have thought. What did they
have in mind, 60000 lb Kutzenovs off the blackjack ? Or something clever
with inlet redesign and engines from the F22 ?



greg

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