[AR] Re: B-58 \ was Ozone etc.
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:27:37 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 20 Sep 2016, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
So what was the problem with the B-58...
There was a brief attempt to convert it to a low-level penetration
mission, but it had never been designed for that, and it couldn't go
supersonic at low level.
Which in hindsight was of no importance, since you can fly lower at
subsonic speed, and that turns out to be more helpful. But at the time it
was a mark against the B-58. (The USAF obsession with supersonic speed at
low level also contributed to the F-111 fiasco.)
Apparently it actually did pretty well at low-level penetration, but you
could clearly do better at lower cost with an aircraft actually designed
for it.
Henry
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