Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: DAVEH@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Dave Hastings) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: B-49 Message-ID: <1991May29.010356.4698@amd.com> Date: 24 May 91 13:11:00 GMT References: <1991May24.030621.9544@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Oxford University Computing Service Lines: 18 Approved: military@amd.com From: Dave Hastings Two difficulties with the B-49: - Its weapons bays could not carry the early A-bomb - Triplex-redundant digital flight control systems were not available in the late 40s - the B-49's manual FCS must have been a box of tricks! However, the B-36 must have been a nightmare to operate, and it is not surprising that USAF got rid of them ASAP. -- David Hastings | JANET: daveh@uk.ac.oxford.vax VAX Systems Programmer | INTERNET: Oxford University Computing Service| daveh@vax.oxford.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk