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On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 14:40:37 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

>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
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>8,002 x 150 ft. runway
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>B-52 landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL-JK6HPAuU
>         takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQpTwo8lsQ
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>B-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8prqKnnpbbc
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>SR-71: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDTECZShylA
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>Now you know why airports with runways exceeding 8,000 ft. were considered
>nuclear targets during the Cold War...
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There's a story, which I cannot verify, that the RAF took a Vulcan
across the Atlantic to a bombing competition.   They watched the B52s
lumber away and decided a bet was in order.   I don't know what
base/how long the runway but the bet was that a fully loaded Vulcan
could make 5000 feet altitude over the "far" end of the runway from a
standing start.   The Vulcan won (I think a case of good whisky).
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