And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Interestingly, according to this article the F-102 was used by B-58 pilots for training as it had similar characteristics as the Hustler, but was cheaper to operate.
They had to add a large belly tank to the F-102's in order to simulate the "drag" of the H-bomb carrier/fuel tank, (AKA "the pod") used by the B-58. This wasn't a real problem for the aircraft as both had the same canopy melt temp.@ 800Ft AGL @ SL. After the U-2 shoot down in the 50's they were tasked with high speed low level attacks with multi megaton H-bombs, something that the 1450 MPH @ 370000 feet B-58 was ill suited to do. Shortly after that the still mostly new B-58's and F-102's were quietly sent to the "bone yard"(NASA(CIA) kept some of both aircraft for "training" into the 70's )---Ray
A very serious aircraft.
ReplyDeletePretty sure that's a F-102 or F-106. The B-58 was much bigger and had engine nacelles on the wings instead of intakes on the fuselage.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, according to this article the F-102 was used by B-58 pilots for training as it had similar characteristics as the Hustler, but was cheaper to operate.
DeleteYup, F-102.
DeleteThey had to add a large belly tank to the F-102's in order to simulate the "drag" of the H-bomb carrier/fuel tank, (AKA "the pod") used by the B-58. This wasn't a real problem for the aircraft as both had the same canopy melt temp.@ 800Ft AGL @ SL. After the U-2 shoot down in the 50's they were tasked with high speed low level attacks with multi megaton H-bombs, something that the 1450 MPH @ 370000 feet B-58 was ill suited to do. Shortly after that the still mostly new B-58's and F-102's were quietly sent to the "bone yard"(NASA(CIA) kept some of both aircraft for "training" into the 70's )---Ray
ReplyDeleteF-102 Engine inlet nacelles on the F-106 were back about 5 feet and a totally different inlet shape....
ReplyDeleteHey, anyone remember 'loft' bombing? I always wanted to see a demonstration of that. Not with a nuke, of course...
ReplyDeleteDid it quite a bit in my ute. Not with a nuke, of course :-)
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