128 - Bomber Flight Test

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2 жыл бұрын

Bomber Month rolls on!
This week, retired U. S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Addison Thompson joins us to discuss his career as a test pilot and his role in the development flight testing of the B-1B Lancer. The complex and highly capable 'Bone' presented numerous challenges during its development, and LtCol. Thompson describes how those challenges were met to give the operational B-1B force a safe and effective weapon system.
Episode artwork adapted by Janek Krause. Bumper music by Jaime Lopez / announcements by Clint Bell.

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@JimmyTheMilkman 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up brother! Love these podcasts when I am on long drives and in the gym. I retire in 2 weeks from the Navy. I met you before at Vern's retirement at the I Bar. I have my own startup company for unmanned and autonomous technology, it would be awesome to talk to you about how you got started with the podcast.

@Mark_Ocain 2 жыл бұрын

Another home run guys! I love the 'BONE' - It works as good as it looks. A masterpiece of Cold War design and engineering. The B1 was a monster of speed and height before it was axed but the B1-B has amazing low-level chops coupled with transonic/low supersonic dash capacity to get the munitions where they need to be In a hurry. It's a column A/ column B bomber...plenty of capacity in the spirit of a B-52 heavy bomber with some of the low-level 'scoot' of an F-111. A brilliantly conceived piece of kit!

@arielalvarez2766 2 жыл бұрын

Great podcast as usual!!! I enjoyed a lot besides the B1 is one of my favorites aircrafts. Thanks a lot.

@amig-2143 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@thunderace4588 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this podcast for us.

@FighterPilotPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@keithbarnes6057 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job.

@apparition13 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all need to have him back to talk about the B-57G and the AMST program. I'm especially interested in how the two AMST aircraft handled, and which of the YC-14 and YC-15 he thought would have been a better service aircraft and why. More generally, test pilots talking about aircraft like the YA-9, YF-17, YF23, X-32, X-29, X-31, F-16xl, AFTI and VISTA, the F-15 SMTD, the F-18 HARV, etc. would be of interest to a lot of people. With regards to the B-57G, I believe it was the first laser designator equipped aircraft, and I wonder how effective it was in combat and the role it had in the development of LGBs and related tactics. And was it as pleasant to fly as I've been led to believe? I'm also of the opinion that had something like the B-57 been around they could have done the loitering CAS mission B-52s, B-1s and B-2s used up airframe life in the Middle East recently. Does he think (suitably modern) B-57s would have worked in that role?

@hoghogwild 2 жыл бұрын

The Bone, 6 times smaller RCS than an F-4 Phantom(6 m2) , 10 x smaller than a B-1A(10 m2), 100x smaller than a B-52(100m2)... and 84 Mk82 released over 1.7 seconds.. that's awesome. I'd love to know the model of F-111 that flew chase for the B-1B. It will top out the B-1 but the B-1 will out accelerate the F-111. The F-111F had the TF-30-P100's making 25,100 pounds thrust or 35% more than the A and E variants EDIT: Awesome show BTW!

@kennethkatz8278 2 жыл бұрын

F-111A, D, and E were used as chase planes at Edwards. The F-111F was the best model and used exclusively in USAFE.

@chillbaby2x 2 жыл бұрын

Usually you guys kick ass with editing, and getting good audio. Odd this time the guest has a better mic than the host.

@FighterPilotPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, steep learning curve. Ken recorded this one before the FB-111 episode

@kennethkatz8278 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed also 😮

@kennethkatz8278 2 жыл бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast Doing this podcasting stuff gives me much respect for those who do it well. Not simple.

@ji3194 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethkatz8278 Right!? I attempted a history podcast last year and man audio is NO JOKE

@chillbaby2x 2 жыл бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast Oh no, learning curve issue? no worries, man. We all start somewhere. New ventures are often scary. sorry If I sounded like I was complaining.

@genral.orlin.r7922 2 жыл бұрын

I am watching this while doing finals.😅

@FighterPilotPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you don't compromise your performance on account of our show!

@kennethkatz8278 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully a final exam in aero engineering!

@Henrislaughter821 2 жыл бұрын

@The Fighter Pilot Podcast Have any friends that are fighter pilots of the us marine core? If so do they have a KZfaq channel?

@FighterPilotPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Yes but none I’m aware of.

@Henrislaughter821 2 жыл бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast thanks for the reply!

@jdkgcp 2 жыл бұрын

Cool...but as a former news director in radio I noticed the editing. The post pretend recorded questions are obvious.... because that's not how people have a conversation naturally.

@kennethkatz8278 2 жыл бұрын

Nope Lt Col Thompson and I had several hours of conversation at a highly technical level when I was writing my book about the B-1 (to be published next year). He and I are very comfortable conversing at that level. But I was concerned that if we talked at that level, we would lose a lot of the FPP audience. So as he spoke, I made a note of the technical terms and concepts that he was using, and asked him to explain them. Not a normal conversation but I think appropriate for this podcast. Definitely did not do what you think happened.