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Rolls-Royce wins Pentagon contract to build new B-52 engines
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| Sep. 24, 2021 6:25 PM ET
Posted on 09/25/2021 8:26:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: conductor john
Have seen it many many times.
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:27:37 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
To: TexasGator
Or seriously fails at plugging B-52 into any search engine then hitting ‘Images’.......
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:28:11 AM PDT
by
cranked
To: conductor john
He plays the Brit officer by the coke machine. He plays Dr. Strangelove. And astonishingly, he plays the President.
Amazing movie. And the B-52 was still secret at that time. Nobody was allowed looks inside. The interior was accurate enough that SAC conducted a security review to explain how the inside layout of the 52 was so close to reality.
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:28:40 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
To: Seruzawa
Yay. B52s keep flying. We’ll be seeing the great grandchildren if the original pilots flying them eventually.The last B-52 pilot has not been born yet....
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:29:02 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
To: adorno
The B52 is just a good, basic flying truck for carrying a payload.
It’s why they endure.
65
posted on
09/25/2021 9:31:17 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: blueunicorn6
The beauty of having more than one aircraft engine becomes brutally obvious when you have an engine failure and your jet becomes a brick.
66
posted on
09/25/2021 9:33:19 AM PDT
by
WMarshal
("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
To: kosciusko51
Rolls-Royce makes a good engine, but it is disappointing that GE and P&W lost out.Maybe Rolls Royce kicked back money to Hunter - or added a little something extra to our WOKE Generals. Did you know Lloyd Austin lives in a multimillion dollar mansion? And that none of these guys can win a war?
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:33:25 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Same people who supplied pallets of bricks for BLM are supplying tent poles for illegals.)
To: Fai Mao
Retrofits often replace the entire pylon, engine, and nacelle. The big problem is room under the wing. That was the problem for the larger diameter engine retrofitted to the 737 Max 8. The big nacelle engine had to be moved forward to provide ground clearance which changed the aerodynamics which, in turn, were compensated for in software.
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:35:41 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
To: blueunicorn6
The reason for 8 engines is the technology didn’t exist in turbines to run a 25,000 lb thrust turbojet. The Air Force took existing 10,000 lb engines and put them in pairs to make the equivalent to a larger engine. 8 engines means 80,000+ lb thrust.
The J57 engine that powered the original B52 originally also powered the 707,kc135,c141,dc8,even some fighter jets the f100&101,and the sky plane U2, The next gen of the J57 became TF33 and then J52/JT8 that powered the A4,A6,first gen of 737s ,727, dc9,MD80, plus E6 E8 com and planes as well.
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:38:56 AM PDT
by
JD_UTDallas
("Veni Vidi Vici" )
To: Rummyfan
And likely as not, won’t be born this century...
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:39:09 AM PDT
by
null and void
(No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
To: GOPJ
And that none of these guys can win a war? Sure they can!
They just won a war in Afghanistan.
Only a quibbler would point out they won it for the Taliban.
A win's a win!
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:41:35 AM PDT
by
null and void
(No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
To: Blue Highway
Wiki says the last B-52 Stratofortress was built in 1962.
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:46:30 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: blueunicorn6
The B-52 takes eight engines.
73
posted on
09/25/2021 9:49:20 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(OUT OF FB JAIL! and back on the attack. 4 hours! Now back in FB jail-again!)
To: maro
Eight engines per plane. Grouped in two per pylon.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:53:38 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
To: BenLurkin
Just wrong.
Don’t care about GE but P&W needed the contract.
Nothing wrong with Rolls just not our people.
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posted on
09/25/2021 9:55:37 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
To: BenLurkin
OK
Maybe this plane needs 8 engines.
How many transmissions does it need?
That must be one heavy clutch pedal.
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posted on
09/25/2021 10:03:18 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: BenLurkin
My first thought was how the Rolls-Royce “Merlin” engine was the perfect upgrade to our P-51 Mustangs.
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posted on
09/25/2021 10:11:04 AM PDT
by
04-Bravo
To: BenLurkin
True to form the USA and our workers be damned. Would love see the kickbacks on this.
79
posted on
09/25/2021 10:12:37 AM PDT
by
kenmcg
(tHE WHOLE )
To: adorno
“That bomber will be flying for the next 500 years. And then, the Chinese or Taliban will inherit them. ;)”
Good one!
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posted on
09/25/2021 10:13:16 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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