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B-1B Night Takeoff

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago

YouTube description:

Video by Staff Sgt. Mariko Frazee 379th Air Expeditionary Wing
A B-1B Lancer with the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in support of operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom's sentinel takes off at night.

3 Comments

Chaucer says...

i wonder how much fuel that burned. I think I remember seeing a documentary that after these big birds take off and get to altitude, they almost immediately have to refuel. I wonder if thats because they burn so much fuel on take off or they dont carry that much because they have weight restrictions.

My sister-in-law used to fly these and flew missions in Afghanistan (maybe Iraq, I forget). The plane's nickname is the "Bone" (originally from B-One). Their pilots are called Bone Drivers. She never called herself that at family get-togethers though, for some reason.

Well every plane has a takeoff weight restriction... but according to Jimbo's big bag'o'trivia the B1-B was strengthened fairly early in development so it could take off with a full fuel load, and they even managed that change without adding much weight.

The SR-71 on the other hand used to take off with just enough fuel in the tanks to get airborne, and then refuel in the air.

i wonder how much fuel that burned. I think I remember seeing a documentary that after these big birds take off and get to altitude, they almost immediately have to refuel. I wonder if thats because they burn so much fuel on take off or they dont carry that much because they have weight restrictions.

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