![]() 05/12/2015 at 12:56 • Filed to: Planelopnik | ![]() | ![]() |
I’m a Hustler, baby.
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One of my favorites! Who needs a B-1B when you have these?
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She was a beautiful bird.
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Go pop some popcorn and watch this.
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They looked ugly and odd.
Then again, I’m a fan of the ugly.
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Dat supersonic bomb truckness.
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Is that Jimmy?
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Mmmm B-58
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Yup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ste…
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It’s kind of crazy how fast aero-development was happening post WWII. 1946, the Bell X-1 has its first flight, then breaks the “sound barrier” in 1947. Less than 10 years later this bad boy has first flight and is designed to go double the mach number. Kind of crazy to think about that kind of leap in such a short time.
It kind of makes me sad to think about programs like the X-43 which had its first successful flight over 10 years ago and I haven’t really heard much about hypersonic scramjets since besides the X-51.
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Great story about the B-58 in the Smithsonian Air & Space magazine.