X-43A successful flight

"Jdf4cheval" wrote in message
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I was visiting friends in Petaluma, California on Saturday. The local
cable
channel showed video of the launch, and about 10 minutes of OO8 returning
to
base. The video of 008 may have been live. I've seen her several times at
Edwards, but never airborne!

It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.


The X-43A flew this afternoon.

4780 miles per hour.

Not bad.

Tarver Engineering wrote:
It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:
It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would be
flying the payload and I am wrong.

Tarver Engineering wrote:
"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg


You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would be
flying the payload and I am wrong.



BTW, how has the -H been deveoped? I remember some dire warnings early
on when that aircraft was added to the fleet that it would not be able
to fulfill all of the roles that the old -Bs do. Have they been able to
work around that?

Will they eventually retire the final -B carrier and rely fully on the -H?

"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:
"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg


You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would
be
flying the payload and I am wrong.

BTW, how has the -H been deveoped? I remember some dire warnings early
on when that aircraft was added to the fleet that it would not be able
to fulfill all of the roles that the old -Bs do. Have they been able to
work around that?

My information is that the L-1011 launch airplane has them beat in payload
and climb rate. A lot of work has been done on the H WRT instrumentation
and I know it was expected to debute with the X-43 launch.

Will they eventually retire the final -B carrier and rely fully on the -H?

That is something that was already supposed to have happened.

Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message

BTW, how has the -H been deveoped? I remember some dire warnings early
on when that aircraft was added to the fleet that it would not be able
to fulfill all of the roles that the old -Bs do. Have they been able to
work around that?


My information is that the L-1011 launch airplane has them beat in payload
and climb rate. A lot of work has been done on the H WRT instrumentation
and I know it was expected to debute with the X-43 launch.


Will they eventually retire the final -B carrier and rely fully on the -H?


That is something that was already supposed to have happened.



Thanks.

"JL Grasso" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:
It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would be
flying the payload and I am wrong.

As per . . .


Extremely UNusual on the other hand........for him to acknowledge it.

Limey.

Michael Zaharis wrote in message ...
Tarver Engineering wrote:
It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Fa...-005-DFRC.html

Limey Dave wrote:

"JL Grasso" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would be
flying the payload and I am wrong.

As per . . .



Extremely UNusual on the other hand........for him to acknowledge it.

Yeah, but notice he blamed it on someone else and tried to impress with
his alleged inside contacts. Par for the course for Splappy.

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Limey Dave wrote:

"JL Grasso" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"

wrote:


"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

It is a new B-52, so you didn't see what you thought.

Wrong. It was one of the older B-52s. Note the tall tale, indicating
that it is not the new H- model that NASA recently converted.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space...al.02.nasa.jpg

You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would
be
flying the payload and I am wrong.

As per . . .

Extremely UNusual on the other hand........for him to acknowledge it.

Yeah, but notice he blamed it on someone else and tried to impress with
his alleged inside contacts. Par for the course for Splappy.

I have been around enough B-52s to recognize the tall tail, so I can't blame
my mistake on someone else.