B-1 lancer

My dad built the wings on these bad boys back in 79 I think it was when he was in the Air Force

Ive been at an airshow where they had that, i went inside and its MASSIVE! and they have to refuel in mid air cos its too heavy to take off otherwise

youre an idiot. b-1's routinely launch with 140,000 lbs of jp-8 on board. its not that big inside either. a simple equipment bay, two backseats, a toilet and two front seats. retard.

So just becos the inside is small, doesnt mean it aint one of the worlds largest bombers. It needs to refuel in mid air because of its size, and it uses 3/4 tank of fuel just to get off the ground. And no, i am not an idiot, maybe i should have redone to wording. The inside is tiny. but the outside is HUGE! just try standing behind it when its getting tested. The heat is horrible

im a b-1 maintainer. youre not going to tell me anything i dont know. it launches with the fuel needed for its mission. why put 200k of fuel on a jet scheduled to come down 2 hours later? and if you were close behind it with engines running youd be dead. they were probably running apu's

It does NOT use 3/4 tank to get airborne. I was deployed with B-1's for 4 months and talked to many pilots. It's fuel burn is about 600gal per minute on takeoff and after burner cutout it can still fly for over 5 hours without refueling. Stop pretending to know shit.

lol, the amount of ppl who get grumpy easy here. I dont care about it anymore, im just letting u know what ive been taught. It depends what version it is u know. The B-1 at maximum load will sumtimes be refueled in midair about 30 minutes into mission. i didnt say ALWAYS!!! Plus, i sed, try standing behind it when it was being tested. We were about 50 metres away, and its engines werent on full. YOU get your facts straight

Oh my facts are strait. And of course its hot back there, and if you were 50 meters away i'm damn sure it wasn't in AB because it would have killed you. Yes they do refill sometimes with 30 minutes but thats only because they usually get dibs on the tanker over everything else. Sometimes if you wait the tanker might need to be somewhere else.

smooth noise from a meaty bugger nice aircraft :]

It looks like the B-9 mustang