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Fishtailed
23rd Jul 2009, 16:10
The English Electric Canberra (of sorts) is still going strong in the US of A (Looks mighty strange though)
The North Spin - News: Continued Testing with NASA's WB-57 #926 (http://www.thenorthspin.com/news09/041309tns.html)
VinRouge
23rd Jul 2009, 16:27
2 U-2 engines I believe.
The B Word
23rd Jul 2009, 18:32
Here's a pic from Kandahar...those engines look too big for a U2 are you sure??
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2211/2517050844_d25464580d.jpg?v=0
JEM60
23rd Jul 2009, 18:35
I have videod both these aircraft. They have been in an out of Mildenhall several times in the past couple of years, doing air sampling over East Anglia. The engines are the same as the C.141 Starlifter, and there are plenty of them lying around. I believe [tho' not certain] that there is a third aircraft in reserve.
GreenKnight121
23rd Jul 2009, 19:05
The RB-57F had 16,500 lb.s.t. TF-33s (turbofan version of J57), the WB-57Fs do also.
The U-2 started with a 11,200 lb.s.t. J57, changed to a 17,000 lb.s.t. J75, then got a 19,000 lb.s.t. F118.
Buster Hyman
23rd Jul 2009, 22:22
Canberra Still Working
I was about to jump on here & tell you that this sort of thing doesn't happen in Canberra...then I saw the pics...:O
Wiley
24th Jul 2009, 01:37
You beat me to it, Buster. My first reaction was "Highly unlikely if it's after 4.21 p.m. Monday to Friday or on a weekend."
...and inside those hours, some would like query the definition of 'work'.