BillD22 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 No - sorry guys - not the magazine :D:D I took advantage of the recent "Back to School" sale to add the Convair B58 "Hustler" supersonic strategic bomber to my stable of FS military airplanes. This is the Glowing Heat version for FSX (also available for FS2004) With 4 afterburning engines the B58 was capable of Mach 2 speeds and was a mainstay of the USAF Cold War fleet in the 1960s before being replaced by the F111 In these shots an aircraft assigned to the Edwards AFB (KEDW) test squadron takes off and tools around Edwards with burners going. You can see a lot of the visual and design characteristics of later supersonic aircraft - such as the commercial Concorde and the B1 bomber - in the B58 profile [click on the images for a full screen view] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qballbandit Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Another nice set of shots of an exciting era in military jet history. I appreciate seeing all military jets from the 50's & 60's. Born in '62, I used to see quite a many of these during the SE Asian conflict, flown stateside by the Guard, Reserve, Navy, Air Force. Viewing the Hustler pics (ah-haaaaa....), and some of the recent Phantom pics have been quite enjoyable. Gets me hungry for some F-100's, Thud's, maybe some Corsairs & Crusaders... All great stuff, keep 'em coming! :) Neil :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner simpilot Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Great looking display and angles of the Hustler Bill, enjoyed looking at them. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Great shots of that B-58. Love the 50's and 60's military jets, both fighters and bombers. Reminds me of the movie "Fail Safe" where they were identified as "Vindicator Bombers" as opposed to "Hustlers". Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Dang, no centerfold. :( Great shots of the Hustler anyway. :cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 She's still a real beauty after all these years Bill. Very nicely displayed! :cool: :cool: :D Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Super shots of that B-58!!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing_Z Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Nice, Bill. How are your landings coming along?? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dspaulding Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Nicely done!!!! I read an article in Air&Space about this aircraft. So cool looking and understand why it didn't last very long in the arsenal. I think the article said for every 1 flight hour took 30 man hours of maintenance. Plus that and the hydraulics system looked like a bicycle folded over itself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Guys - many thanks for looking and all the great comments - much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It's still a great design. Very well done Bill! :cool::eek::eek: Here's a great centerfold for Adam: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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