Article

2024-01-06 Science & Technology

US Air Force strategic bomber Rockwell B-1B Lancer crashed during landing

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by badanov 2024-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top

#1 The good news - and there's a lot - is this:

*The crew is warm safe, and dry, albeit likely in need of new underwear.
*We have an intact wreck in a fairly confined space with easy access.
*We have a team already in action, made up of capable, smart, and experienced professionals trying to figure out what the hell went wrong.
*There are several mothballed B-1s available at AMARC that can be brought back into service at a far, far lower cost than that of a new airframe. (It will take a year or two, but it's doable - a B-52 was brought back recently, and another B-1 is in process.)

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-01-06 05:53|| 2024-01-06 05:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Some poor sob just got assigned with a big report of survey.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-06 08:14|| 2024-01-06 08:14|| Front Page Top

#3 192,000 pounds of little pieces lying around...

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-06 09:30|| 2024-01-06 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Training is hazardous. And the less you do of it the more hazardous it is.

Posted by Glenmore 2024-01-06 13:03|| 2024-01-06 13:03|| Front Page Top

#5 ^#5 2 B-1's are parked a couple of blocks from me - here in Tucson. :)

Posted by borgboy 2024-01-06 14:23|| 2024-01-06 14:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Should read ^1.

Posted by borgboy 2024-01-06 14:24|| 2024-01-06 14:24|| Front Page Top

23:57 Canuckistan sniper
22:15 crazyhorse
21:51 Vortigern Phert8938
21:48 trailing wife
20:38 Woodrow
20:34 AlanC
19:46 Crusader
19:28 Slenter Panda4300
19:10 Procopius2k
19:08 Frank G
18:27 Rambler in Virginia
18:25 Skidmark
18:19 Skidmark
18:16 Skidmark
18:07 Skidmark
18:06 Skidmark
18:01 Skidmark
17:55 trailing wife
17:15 DarthVader
17:15 746
16:03 SteveS
16:01 trailing wife
15:57 trailing wife
15:52 SteveS