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Where old planes go when they "die"

SynixMan said:
Hmmm, what's this: 32.154483, -110.837119
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Looks like one of the many Counter Spy Planes I shot down on Black Ops this weekend.

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Yup, B-57 it is. Wasn't aware that one existed. So many from the 50s-70s that came and went quickly.
 
Saw one in the pattern at Charleston AFB back in '02.
The first I saw was back in '65 at Clark AFB, PI. I was on the wing helping the FE fuel the Connie and a B-57 across the line erupted with a huge cloud of black smoke.

"Hey Chief, that plane's burning up!!!"
"Relax kid, that's how they start the damn thing."
 
The Canberra was a really exceptional airplane in its day because of better high altitude performance than most of its contemporaries. The big wing versions were almost as good as the U-2...

(Around the same time, English Electric also built another great airplane, the Lightning.)
 
Why did they smoke so bad.. We have some engines damn near of that vintage, (T-56) and they don't smoke anywhere like that. Not event the -425 in the COD.
 
MasterBates said:
Why did they smoke so bad.. We have some engines damn near of that vintage, (T-56) and they don't smoke anywhere like that. Not event the -425 in the COD.
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It was the powder in the cartridge that created the smoke. Sorta like a super blank shotgun shell. Also known as a Coffman Engine Starter.
 
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