Rockwell B1-B Lancer take off

Rockwell B1-B Lancer taking off with the full roar of the afterburners at Mildenhall May 2000. Just listen to the rasping sound of the engines. The tape even jitters with the vibration. The sound was just incredible.

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[animexfan09]

Lancer has afterburners? i think they have augmentors.

[tigershoot]

@animexfan09

They are afterburners.

[tigershoot]

@EpicShenanigansChu

It's works because there is a much wider 'catchment' area of air. The wing is much wider, so there is more air to be pushed over the wing. More air means more lift. Wikipedia has an article on swing-wing. Does not explain how it works though.

[dster230]

I WANT ONE!!!

[themanbear18]

@tigershoot No, animexfan09 is right, they have augmentors, not afterburners... it's relatively the same concept, the main difference being is the way the afterburner/augmentor section of the engine is shaped; The both provide the same thing which is extra thrust... you just have to know the engine in order to really know if it's afterburners of augmentors

[TopCatPaulCrowe]

@GalaticSpaceHero Problem is all these 'Cold War' jets, including the current B2 Spirit and the Russian TU160 Blackjack are all getting old. There will be a new US bomber, be assured & soon. Despite "Drone" aircraft minus pilots, it is not yet the end of manned flight

[USAmilitarypower]

4 anti americans disliked

[GalaticSpaceHero]

@BBQFanNo1 So what was the thrust of the Black Bird? Russian startegy wasnt much about human life expectency in all there aircraft much less there gangster life styles either. At one time all the Russian women looking for husbands becuase there was shortage of males. look at alot of there weapons ,they werent ment to last very long Fly in attack if you survive great ! Not o well! Why has Russia built so many under ground bunkers? There digging bunkers as we speak.

[GalaticSpaceHero]

Only 67 of them left and the USAF is expected to retire them? Things are getting hot every were and lets retire them with space shuttle ? Yea , f-22 and 35 will do it all ? bullshit

[FrancoHitlini]

I get sick of "My willy is bigger than yours" bullshit. The B1 is designed to fulfill a role and as far as I can see it does that pretty well. It's a nice looking bird and it sure gave Saddam and his family a few moments of contemplation. Would YOU want one dropping a couple of JDAMs on your head? That's the question you should be asking!

[BBQFanNo1]

USAF XB-70 Valkyrie had  6 × General Electric YJ93-GE-3 afterburning turbojet thrust with afterburner: 28,800 lbf. Unfortunately the military aircraft was retired too soon in February 1969. Maximum speed: Mach 3.1 (2,056 mph, 3,309 km/h)

[BBQFanNo1]

The Iron Curtain advanced aerospace secrets that were once thought as a myth were reality.

[BBQFanNo1]

The Russians have two military aircraft whose engines had the highest afterburning thrust ever exceeding 50,000 lbf. The max the British and Americans have are nothing higher than 4x 38,000 lbf. Although both Russian military aircraft entered service after 1980. So that means the Americans and the British had the World record first but the Soviet demand back in the 1970s were trying to engineer military aircraft that would equalize both American,British,and the West. So they weren't a myth.