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How many negative Gs would it require to pull off this manoeuvre as described by the Daily Mail?
Figures quoted are a velocity of 500mph and starting altitude of 250ft AGL. Article here, not that it makes things much clearer.
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Lol. Inverted u-turn 250 feet off the ground? Perhaps if it was an rc toy...
Also, if you see something 1,600 ft away from you, just bank a little to the side or up and every-ones happy.
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The first comment basically calls them out on it at least.
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Some of the comments are horseshit
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To be expected what with it being daily mail
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Also the heavily sarcastic comment from a user in romford is not me. Just want to clarify that.
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This is pretty cool, actually: http://nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html
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Wow. That's brilliant. Imagine sitting in that for nine hours straight wearing a space suit over Russia in the 80's.
Did the pilots have to pee themselves or just hold it in I wonder. -
[quote]These images were taken in 1990 in the Persian Gulf. US carriers and B-52s were conducting joint exercises when two of the bombers requested permission for a low pass. While it's a high altitude bomber, the B-52s also fly at low altitudes to avoid enemy radar and air defenses. When the B-52s approached the carrier, they announced they were six miles away but the carrier controllers couldn't see them because they weren't looking down.
*"Here's what that low pass looked like from on board the squid's boat. If you'll note, you can see the helo from where the 1st pic was taken from. Fighters are fun, but bombers make national policy."
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Jim Meacham, MSgt, USAF, Ret.[/quote]
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It's at about 50', maybe in enough ground effect to need a slight nose down pitch to fly level. They seem to be very nose down on final:
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Also, the tandem gear means no rotation before take off, so the wing is at a high incidence relative to a "level" fuselage
so they probably fly a bit nose down all the time, a bit like a Whitley -
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Boeing_B-52_with_no_vertical_stabilizer.jpg
Fins are over-rated anyway. The B2 does fine without one :-)
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Oof. B52s are much smaller in real life compared to how they look in pictures. They can also take off nose-down...
Also, they plan on keeping them in service until 2050, that's 100 years in total...
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Amazing. That's a beautiful photo.