Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcmc!rjn From: rjn@hpfcmc.UUCP (rjn) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Supersonic bombers Message-ID: <11800002@hpfcmc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 16:09:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfcmc.11800002 Posted: Wed Sep 12 16:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 02:40:07 EDT References: <773@eisx.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:eisx:-77300:hpfcmc:11800002:000:443 Nf-From: hpfcmc!rjn Sep 18 12:09:00 1984 [] re: demise of B-58 I have heard that loss of an engine while supersonic was very dangerous in the B58 and could result in total loss of control resulting in aircraft breakup. I recently read that even in the SR71, an engine-out will crack your helmet smartly against the canopy, even though the engines are much closer to the a/c centerline and the yaw is quickly compensated for by the on-board computer. Bob Niland hplabs!hpfcla!rjn