B-1B

[Грозев]

Втори загубен бомбардировач от състава на ВВС на САЩ в рамките на два месеца.
Този път B-1B се е запалил на земята в авиобазата в Катар.


B-1 plane catches fire in Qatar

The crew of a US B-1 bomber aircraft are safe after their plane caught fire in an incident in Qatar, the US air force has said.

The long-range bomber was "involved in a ground incident and caught fire" at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, an air force statement said.

The incident occurred while the plane was taxiing after landing, the statement said.

A defence official had earlier told Reuters news agency the plane crashed.

The four crew members evacuated the aircraft and are safe after the incident, which occurred at 2120 local time (1820 GMT), the air force said.

The fire has been contained and the incident is under investigation, the statement said.

The base, 35km (20 miles) south of Qatar's capital, Doha, is used by the US as the headquarters for its air operations in the Middle East.

The B-1, usually flown by a crew of four, reaches supersonic speeds and can fly intercontinental missions without refuelling.

The aircraft has been in service since the Cold War and has a "reasonably good" safety record, defence analyst Paul Beaver told the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7331740.stm

[борден]

Това не е ли трети случай за последните няколко седмици? Защо ми се върти в главата, че малко след случая с B-2 в Гуам, USAF загубиха и един B-1B? Или да съм сънувал...
А от тая новина не може да се разбере дали самолета е унищожен, или само повреден (поправимо).

[Грозев]

През март, за има няма две седмици, имаше два излезли от пистата B-1B.

[Кало]

на 11 март в гуам - след приземяване и слизане на екипажа, по неясни причини, Б1Б изведнъж тръгва и се забива в няколко машини, като май е списан заради твърде големите повреди.

[Moss]

Според описанието на случката, самолета е ударил две пожарни с лявото си крило. На единия камион самолета му счупил стъклото и му смачкал кабината.

A pilotless B-1B Lancer bomber collided with two parked fire trucks before coming to a stop Friday afternoon at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The collision also damaged the bomber’s left wing.

Just why the bomber began rolling on its own and the events leading up to the flight line accident are under investigation. The jet had been sent to the Pacific region to appear at the Singapore Air Show and was not on a combat rotation.

According to Air Force reports, the 28th Bomb Wing crew took off from Andersen Friday morning on a trip home to Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.

Shortly after takeoff, one of the jet’s hydraulic systems failed, prompting the aircrew to return to Andersen. The jet landed at 12:10 p.m. and came to stop.

Emergency ground teams responding to the stricken jet’s landing, spotted leaking hydraulic fluid, prompting the crew to shut down the jet’s engines and get out of the plane But while all this was going on no one apparently put chocks next to the jet’s wheels to prevent the B-1B from moving.

Then, the $283.1 million B-1B began to roll on its own, striking two P-23 fire trucks with its left wing.

The plane finally came to a halt with one fire truck trapped under the wing. The other truck suffered a smashed windshield and cab. No one was injured.

The incident was the second major accident at Andersen in two weeks involving Air Force bombers. On Feb. 23, a B-2 Spirit bomber crashed and burned seconds after becoming airborne. Those two pilots successfully ejected before the bomber hit the ground.

[reaper]

Срамота ако са изгоряли 200 милиона долара заради едни чеки. Ако е така, наземния персонал май ще го командироват в Кандахар (сори за офтопика)

[Грозев]

Срамота ако са изгоряли 200 милиона долара заради едни чеки. Ако е така, наземния персонал май ще го командироват в Кандахар

Изгорелия B-1B още не е много ясен.
А този на който не са му сложили колодките само е отнесал две пожарни. Все ми се струва, че не е едва ли ще е за хвърляне самолета.

[Марко Марков]

Американците модернизират B-1. Първите изпитания след промените в авиониката са започнали....

Boeing B-1 With FIDL Avionics Upgrade Completes 1st Phase of Flight Test
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2009 -- Boeing has successfully completed the first phase of flight test for a B-1 bomber upgraded with new digital avionics. The B-1 Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL) flight test plan for Phase 1 concluded Oct. 16; it included nine sorties performed by the U.S. Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base.
"This upgrade replaces 25-year-old avionics processing, displays and keyboards," said Eric Vanderslice, B-1 FIDL program manager for Boeing. "Those old systems have very limited functionality. It also changes the configuration of the limited display space that helps the crew perform the aircraft's mission. We are going from bulky cathode-ray-tube screens to higher-functioning flat-panel displays, giving crews more situational awareness and more space."
Phase 1 included observations of how the crew acclimated to the new configuration; temperature and vibration tests on the new hardware; and functionality tests of all the display-related software upgrades, including the new moving maps. An 8-inch by 10-inch flat-panel display shows a picture of the terrain below that changes as the aircraft moves, much like a GPS system does in a car. B-1 crews will enter their destination and flight path before departure in order for the moving map to provide a continuously updated display of the route.
Now that Phase 1 testing is complete, the B-1 aircraft will go to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., for programmed depot maintenance. The remaining software flight-test objectives (emphasizing data link functionality) will be performed during Phase 2, which is scheduled to begin at Edwards in April 2010 and run for 10 months. The Air Force is expected to award a contract in November 2010 for the production of FIDL installation kits for the service's entire B-1 fleet.

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