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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: rotating bomb bays on b57
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Date: 13 Dec 90 03:34:32 GMT
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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
I just saw a "wings" episode that mentioned that the rotating bomb bays on the
b57 aircraft allowed the plane to maintain full speed over the target during
its run.  I don't understand how the rotating bomb bays could provide that
capability over "regular" bomb bay doors -- unless the reduced drag of the
rotating design made that much of a difference in air speed.  My first
inclination would be that it wouldn't, but...

derek
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Derek Terveer						det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG
Minnesota Field Hockey Association,  Nort