B-52 Take-Off by junge1
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This B-52 is taking of with water-injection at Anderson AFB, Guam, Mariana Islands, Micronesia.
Certain older model B-52s used water-injection for take-off when maximum thrust was required. On a KC-135A tanker, which used J-57 engines, similar to some models of the B-52, for the initial 2 minute take-off run 650 gallons of fuel, plus 650 gallons of distilled water were used.
This provided 1) more thrust, 2) more noise, and 3) much more smoke. Engines with water injections are no longer being used.
This picture was taken in April 1988 and later scanned.
Thank you for viewing and commenting on my most recent upload. I appreciate the comments. I was in the Air Force, and I think we were much better off than guys in the Army or Marine Corps in Vietnam. I did not suffer any adverse after effects from my deployment, but then I really did not experience that much. As my much younger buddies fondly tease me with a quote I had made, 'I was blessfully unaware of what was going on over there', referring to the big picture,
Sig....
Comments (51)
Awesome Shot!!
A lot of air pollution. Great action shot. It looks extremely heavy. Have a great weekend. Aloha
Wow, that's a pretty awsome capture....bet it was noisy
@ralph49. Yes it was noisy. Water-injection take-offs have a certain hum to it.
tHats COOOOL
Wonderful photo.
saw something similar to this one time, it was an AC130 doing a Jato Jet assisted takeoff, that was noisy enough, but this is a much bigger aircraft, great capture Sig!
Nice shot of a "water wagon".
Something has to happen to get you half way around the world. Before rockets this was the quickest way.
Nice image..did anything replace water injection...?
@frankie96. Yes, turbofan engines.
Sure you did know where to stand to capture a very fine shot as a huge plane takes off. I only can imagine a sound but I guess it was slight a thrill.
Awesome capture!!!!
Impressive scene..well captured Sig :)
Spectacular picture!
oh wow! excellent scene sig u really did an awesome shot of this...
This is one plane I know--what a great shot!!
Nice shot!
Awesome moment and capture my friend!!!!
this is super cool looking
Excellent action shot Sig... (Have I ever mentioned that I'm not fond of aeroplanes at all!!!!!) :)
Super shot!
fantastisches Foto!!!!
fantastic !
Impressionnant appareil, jolie capture!
wow ! Sure it makes a lot of noise ! Great capture
Beautiful composition. excellent capture
Right on the dot! Superb!
great shot
Awesome photo Sig!