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"Jdf4cheval" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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 |
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"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 You are correct. My friends at Dryden had assured me that the H would be flying the payload and I am wrong. |
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Tarver Engineering wrote: "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 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? |
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"Michael Zaharis" wrote in message ... Tarver Engineering wrote: "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 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. |
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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. |
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"JL Grasso" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering" wrote: "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 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. |
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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 |
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Limey Dave wrote:
"JL Grasso" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering" wrote: "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 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Rich Ahrens | Homepage: http://www.visi.com/~rma/ | |-----------------------------------------------| |"In a world full of people only some want to fly - isn't that crazy?" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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"Rich Ahrens" wrote in message isi.com... Limey Dave wrote: "JL Grasso" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:03:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering" wrote: "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 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. |
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