Originally Posted by
morton
I know it is comparing Apples and Pears but I have just come across this on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOgsgnZ8dw
Note how the B52 uses the curvature of the Earth to become airborne and the Vulcan doesn’t!
‘Mass rapids’ are all well and good but standing under a Vulcan doing a rapid start and then spooling up to 90% to cross feed the other three engines is a great way to check for loose fillings.
Didn't that Vulcan sound great? Anything in front of it would have been frightened out of the way!