Big birds at Oshkosh

On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 10:48:04 +0100, Graham Harrison
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 14:40:37 -0500, "Byker" wrote:

Assuming flaps down, 8 engines, a 200 foot line-up distance and no wind, a
maxed-out B-52H (488,000 lbs brake release gross weight) at 500 feet
pressure altitude, OAT of 60 degrees F on a level, dry runway should have a
takeoff ground run of approximately 8000 feet

8,002 x 150 ft. runway

B-52 landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL-JK6HPAuU
takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQpTwo8lsQ

B-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8prqKnnpbbc

SR-71: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDTECZShylA

Now you know why airports with runways exceeding 8,000 ft. were considered
nuclear targets during the Cold War...



There's a story, which I cannot verify, that the RAF took a Vulcan
across the Atlantic to a bombing competition. They watched the B52s
lumber away and decided a bet was in order. I don't know what
base/how long the runway but the bet was that a fully loaded Vulcan
could make 5000 feet altitude over the "far" end of the runway from a
standing start. The Vulcan won (I think a case of good whisky).

Having seen a few Vulcans fly, I can believe this might well be true!