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.
Anonymous, yes, B-58. The pod underneath is both fuel and the weapon.
Family friend was a Hustler driver. He laughed about being able to fly faster than the fighters escorting him. Only time he ever got intentionally beat was by the Blackbird.
One of the first to have integrated avionics, when something failed ALL the shops (Comm/Nav/Radar/Autopilot/Instruments) sent maintenance crews out to work the problem. Boy could it go!
I grew up in Dallas and when Carswell AFB had drills, the Hustlers were already breaking the sound barrier when they flew over. That's about 30 miles. Always looks fast even on the ground.
Don't know what happened to my post yesterday....John Denver's dad set speed records in one of these....one on my favorites.....great name....Hustler....
They were retired in 1970, but I know they had one in the air in summer of '77, since I had one nearly blow me off the hywy 101 overpass next to NASA/AMES/Moffett NAS one evening as it was landing. No mistaking that planform! That overpass is just slightly offset from their runway, fortunately.
Lots of neat aircraft used that base. NASA had a version of the U2 that flew nearly every day, and it would spool up it's old style engine right over my place on final. Can you say LOUD?
A speedy bear to fly and designed strictly as a nuke strike vehicle. Never made it to Vietnam and that's probably just as well.
ReplyDeleteB-58 Hustler ? I'm just WAGging it here, an aviation fan probably nailed it just glancing at the photo.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, yes, B-58. The pod underneath is both fuel and the weapon.
ReplyDeleteFamily friend was a Hustler driver. He laughed about being able to fly faster than the fighters escorting him. Only time he ever got intentionally beat was by the Blackbird.
One of the first to have integrated avionics, when something failed ALL the shops (Comm/Nav/Radar/Autopilot/Instruments) sent maintenance crews out to work the problem. Boy could it go!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Dallas and when Carswell AFB had drills, the Hustlers were already breaking the sound barrier when they flew over. That's about 30 miles. Always looks fast even on the ground.
ReplyDeleteIf that wasn't enough for you to look at, there's this:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEKyTxnrXIc
I couldn't get over how casual they were about hats on the flightline.
Don't know what happened to my post yesterday....John Denver's dad set speed records in one of these....one on my favorites.....great name....Hustler....
ReplyDeleteMy Dad would circle the field and watch those beasts take off from McConnell AFB back in the late 50's/early 60's.
ReplyDeleteThey were retired in 1970, but I know they had one in the air in summer of '77, since I had one nearly blow me off the hywy 101 overpass next to NASA/AMES/Moffett NAS one evening as it was landing. No mistaking that planform! That overpass is just slightly offset from their runway, fortunately.
ReplyDeleteLots of neat aircraft used that base. NASA had a version of the U2 that flew nearly every day, and it would spool up it's old style engine right over my place on final. Can you say LOUD?