running over-square

"Thomas Borchert" wrote

And the B-36. Berlin and Dresden never would have been bombed without
running oversquare...

Berlin and Dresden were bombed with B-36's?
--
Jim in NC

"Clark" wrote

Right after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

chuckle Yeah, that's the ticket! The German's bombing Pearl Harbor;
that's the ticket!

What I would give, to see a real, full sized B-36 flying overhead, and doing
a few takeoffs and landings and fly-bys, just one time!

Think it will ever happen again?
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote:

What I would give, to see a real, full sized B-36 flying overhead, and doing
a few takeoffs and landings and fly-bys, just one time!

When I was a 6-year old Air Force brat on Williams AFB ca. 1953, some B-36s
went overhead at low altitude and were so loud I peed my pants. The sound was
so overwhelming I didn't even realize what had happened until I went back in
the house.

What an airplane!

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Clark,

Right after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.


Uhm, not really. Not that Hitler wouldn't have liked to. ;-)

I meant the 17s...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote in
:

Blueskies,

That was one of the 'tricks' Lindbergh taught the P-38 pilots to
increase their range in the Pacific...


And the B-36. Berlin and Dresden never would have been bombed without
running oversquare...


A, the B36 was only a pipedream in WW2, and running oversquare in a
supercharged airplane is not relevant to the discussion anyway. For one
thing, the engines were geared, for another, the MP pressures for takeoff
for even the lowest boosted airplanes were in the order of 32 inches, with
some running well over 40 inches.
IOW you're comparing apples with oranges.

Bertie