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Description
| Notes: LONG-RANGE, LAND-BASED, heavy, strategic bomber with VARIABLE-SWEEP wings. Supersonic at high altitude. Carries conventional, nuclear cruise, or SHORT-RANGE attack missiles or gravity bombs (4 CREW) | |||
| Manufacturer: | Rockwell |
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| Base model: | B-1 | ||
| Designation: | B-1 | ||
| Version: | A | ||
| Nickname: | Lancer | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Bomber | ||
| First Flew: | 1974/12/23 | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 150 2" | 3.8 m | |
| Height: | 33' 7" | 10.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 136' 8" | 41.6 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 389,000 lb | 176,417 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | General Electric F101-GE-100 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 30,000 lb | 13,605 kg | |
Performance
| Cruise Speed: | 647 mph | 1,041 km/h | 562 kt |
| Max Speed: | 1,390 mph | 2,238 km/h | 1,209 kt |
| Ceiling: | 60,000 ft | 18,287 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
| Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum | Denver | Colorado |
B-1A on display
United States Air Force Museum | Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Rod Beard Atlanta, GA | Don't know much about the B-1A, but I was on a project that did some measurements at Rome (Newport Research Facility, near Utica) last year and saw several pieces of a B-1 in their boneyard. This would track with the comment about tail #0158 being used for an antenna test platform. The pieces I saw all had antennas on them and rf antenna testing is one of the things they do there. 08/08/2006 @ 05:13 [ref: 13824] |
| eric liscom , FL | just a short note:4 B-1A's were built. you have #3 0160,this aircraft was the offensive systems test machine, never had defensives installed, as I recall it had the highest flight time of the original program, and had operable variramps, so it was capable of reaching mach 2. the #1 machine 0158 was used for some "B" model work- not as a flying machine but as a antennae test bed- have heard it too went to lowry, also have heard it went to rome new york, would like to find out what's happened to it.
the first three were the only ones built with the escape capsule, #4 ( at the A.F.Museum) was built with conventional ejection seats and was the only "A" with the full offens/defense package, it also never had the variramps made operable so its top speed was something like mach 1.2 or so. the #2 aircraft 0159 ,was crashed near edwards during the "B" test program. it was, incidentally the fastest B-1( mach 2.23), like #1 (0158) it had no offense/defense systems- strictly a flight test article, infact it was the structure test bed and was not originally intended to fly, due to budget problems it was completed for the flight test program when additional protoypes were cancelled. thanks. E.A.Liscom 10/23/2005 @ 20:09 [ref: 11551] |
| Michael L. Lellock Punxsutawney, PA | I have a question for the media or anyone with the knowledge? In the mid 70's ABC news filmed a short piece on Doug Benefiled and his long career as a sucessful test pilot. I saw it on TV and have been looking for a copy ever since. Does anyone know where I might find one?
Myself! Yes I was a Project Engineer on the B-1A in El Segundo, CA when the aircraft I was working on #4, crashed! I was laid off on that fabulous day when Jimmy Carter cancelled the project like the 40,000 others at that facility (July 1977, a day that will live in infammy!) A few years later I came into town from out of state to see the bulldozers finish raping that great X-15 & P-51 building. A sad thought! Answer to the hatch question. NO! There was not a hatch on the Capsule aircraft. That was only installed for the ejection seat aircraft. 10/20/2005 @ 07:34 [ref: 11523] |
| RYAN BARTLETT Travis AIR FORCE BASE, CA | I want to know how long it would take a B-1B to get from Texas to California? 10/17/2005 @ 22:31 [ref: 11501] |
| RYAN BARTLETT Travis AIR FORCE BASE, CA | I want to know how long it would take a B-1B to get from Texas to California? 10/17/2005 @ 22:31 [ref: 11500] |
| RYAN BARTLETT Travis AIR FORCE BASE, CA | I want to know how long it would take a B-1B to get from Texas to California? 10/17/2005 @ 22:24 [ref: 11499] |
| Richard D. , CA | I have lived in the Mojave Desert for 47 years and have seen meny diferent aircraft fly the Xb-70, X-15, B1A. But the worst day I remember is the day the B1A crashed, I can still see the black cloud riseing and the copers flying low and fast. I will never forget it. 05/13/2005 @ 05:21 [ref: 10207] |
| eric edwards afb, CA | We actually have the jettisoned capsule from the crashed B-1A at the bombers CTF on Edwards. It has been in somewhat of a restoration phase for quite a while. Mostly the inside of the capsule has been cleaned up, insturments and FC indicators replaced. The exterior has had a few panels replaced also, but I don't know anyone's intentions of restoring it futher.
If anyone who worked on the A models still remembers, did it have overhead hatches like the B model does? Us Crew Chiefs have been arguing that one for a while.... 10/31/2004 @ 04:05 [ref: 8530] |
| doug benefield charleston, SC | Test pilot noted in accident was my uncle (obviously namesake). That "accident" became quite a long investigation, but only after rockwell et. al. ended up in court and all facts of aircraft systems performance were brought to light. Initial accident report basically stated "pilot error" in regards to manual operation of wing sweep. After completed investigation the aircraft and systems (in this case a faulty indicator light most notably) were found to be factors in the cg moving aft of flight control limits. When the dust settled the "pilot error" aspect of the flight accident report cleared Doug of any direct pilot related error. 06/02/2004 @ 08:44 [ref: 7528] |
| Dixie Daytona Beach, FL | Need info on test pilot to fly B-1 bomber can not find info on this. 03/10/2004 @ 09:23 [ref: 6948] |
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