July - Kyler and Grandpa Boyd with a rare Rockwell B-1A Lancer bomber at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum photo

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18-JUL-2010	Karen C. Boyd

July - Kyler and Grandpa Boyd with a rare Rockwell B-1A Lancer bomber at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, Denver, Colorado

This B-1A on display was built in 1970 and the third prototype built and the second to fly.

Specifications

* Role/Category: Bomber
* Wingspan: Extended - 136 feet, 9 inches; Fully Swept - 78 feet, 3 inches
* Length: 150 feet, 3 inches
* Height: 33 feet, 7 inches
* Weight: 389,800 lbs., Maximum Take-Off Weight - 395,000 lbs.
* Powerplant: Four General Electric F101-GE-100 turbofans each providing 30,000 lbs. of thrust in afterburner.
* Speed: maximum - 1,450 mph (1,259 knots) or Mach 2.2 at 50,000 feet
normal cruise - 561 mph (487 knots)
* Ceiling: 62,000 feet
* Crew: 4 - pilot, copilot, offensive systems operator and defensive systems operator
* Armament: Electronic Counter Measures only.
* Payload: 115,000 lbs of air

This was a very nice museum located at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver.
http://www.wingsmuseum.org/index.asp

FujiFilm FinePix S200EXR

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