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From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B52 trivia
Message-ID: <1991Feb9.025708.12@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 9 Feb 91 02:57:08 GMT
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From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop)
eli@PWS.BULL.COM (Steve Elias) writes:

>Apparently,
>the B52 somehow gets more relative lift on the tail end than do
>most planes.  If the pilot doesn't get the nose up fast enough,
>the plane actually will take off tail first, riding the nose wheel!  

     Also, they barely rotate when taking off.  The aft landing gear is
far aft of the CG in order to accomodate the bomb bay, and the wings don't
generate enough moment for a normal rotation.

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