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Big birds at Oshkosh
Byker (byker@do~rag.net) 2017/09/03 13:40

Assuming flaps down, 8 engines, a 200 foot line-up distance and no wind, a
maxed-out B-52H (488,000 lbs brake release gross weight) at 500 feet
pressure altitude, OAT of 60 degrees F on a level, dry runway should have a
takeoff ground run of approximately 8000 feet

8,002 x 150 ft. runway

B-52 landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL-JK6HPAuU
         takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQpTwo8lsQ

B-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8prqKnnpbbc

SR-71: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDTECZShylA

Now you know why airports with runways exceeding 8,000 ft. were considered
nuclear targets during the Cold War...






















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