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B-2 flies again nearly 4 years after fire

تم الإرسال منذ 10 سنوات

When you've Only Got 20 B-2 Bombers, keeping all of them flying becomes important. When one of a B-2 bomber’s four engines caught fire during what the Air Force called a “routine” engine start while on the ground at Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base in February 2010, the service said it was no big deal. (swampland.time.com) المزيد...

Zachary Colescott

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joel wiley منذ 10 سنوات 5

Pardon my initial impression. I first thought the photo at the bottom was the aircraft in question with 'minor damage'. Glad to hear its flying again.
ROFL

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Zachary Colescott منذ 10 سنوات 3

I thought the same thing. Had to read the caption a couple of times.

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Greg L منذ 10 سنوات 1

same lolol

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RECOR10 منذ 10 سنوات 1

Awwww...little duct tape and some paint - that one will be good as new

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joel wiley منذ 10 سنوات 1

I can hear them now at the rental return desk "It's just a tiny scratch, and it was there when I rented it!"

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tiptank منذ 10 سنوات 1

Oh please. Everyone knows that you wouldn't use duct tape on a Stealth Bomber.

Speed Tape! lol

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Musketeer1 منذ 10 سنوات 1

I never bothered to learn, I always thought they only had 2 engines.

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Martin Haisman منذ 10 سنوات 1

1944 Engine failure/fire in H IX V2 flying wing downed aeroplane. 1954 de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes over sea. Limited investigation techniques can not rule out engine failure (Attributed to decompression - but how?). Northrop-Grumman-Boeing B2 engine fire damage. All three engines in the wings. Awesome aeroplanes and fantastic engineering but increased risk in event of engine failure. B2 downed on take-off too 2 billon tax dollars up in smoke. I wonder what the cost was to rebuild it to flying condition?

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Cricket DOP منذ 10 سنوات -2

Why would you rebuild? The technology is soon becoming obsolete. Pilotless drones are the true wave of the future.

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oowmmr منذ 10 سنوات 1

What an important plane. I stood next to one at Edwards years ago, it was behind the rope, its not as big as I thought. In the future flying wing airliners will grace the sky's. Wings Rule!

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Kent Thompson منذ 10 سنوات 1

Four years to fix a war plane. That's cool.

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gretnabear منذ 10 سنوات 1

some background 'Program office brings home 'wounded warrior'
Posted 8/23/2011 Updated 8/24/2011
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123269146

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Cricket DOP منذ 10 سنوات 0

Unbelievable. What has this country come to? Revealing the actual numbers of these jets that should ONLY FLY AT NIGHT should still be classified!

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Martin Haisman منذ 10 سنوات 1

The US has always trumpeted successes and there is always someone leaking something. The first concept/development B2 in 1979 showed prototypes being built (Somewhere in my overdose of files I have a pic). It is a pity that there are a only few that take their secrets to the grave. On such example was a neighbour of my fathers who worked on Convair B36 bombers as an engineer, and a courier to the Pentagon. He never told anything beyond standard operations and pressed several times never said a word. Brian was an excellent example, nice guy and family man. He was also a New Zealander and maybe why he got the job.

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Cricket DOP منذ 10 سنوات 0

U2/TR1 & SR71 ceilings are still classified along with SR REDLINE.

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B-2 flies again nearly 4 years after fire

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