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Post by miguelvargascaba on Aug 11, 2011 12:22:11 GMT 12
"BEAR - Flight to Liberty" - Read the exciting novel about the defection of the crew of "Red 67", a TU-95RTs (Bear D) long-range reconnaissance aircraft of the Soviet Naval Aviation, from Kuzomen AB, Kola Peninsula, USSR, to Goose Bay AB, Labrador, Canada, on August 4th, 1976. Relive the exciting and sometimes horrifying experience of this crew, in a tale spun straight out of the sizzling hot days of the Cold War! Visit the website at: www.bearflighttoliberty.comRead the reviews at Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/Bear-Flight-to-Liberty-ebook/dp/B001OC5R56/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_ke?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313021706&sr=1-1See its page in Facebook, illustrated with dozens of photos of the inside of a TU-95 at: www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bear-Flight-to-Liberty/187151151300302 |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 11, 2011 15:04:27 GMT 12
I believe one reason the Bears & their relatives were so noisey, apart from the fact they had massively powerful engines turning an impressive no of blades was that the prop blades operate in very coarse pitch compared with most turoprops, this is apparently necessary to enable its high cruise speed at relatively modest propellor revs. Steve. It does seem to have a certain 'buzz' noise in that video. |
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Post by stu on Aug 15, 2011 9:50:30 GMT 12
I believe one reason the Bears & their relatives were so noisey, apart from the fact they had massively powerful engines turning an impressive no of blades was that the prop blades operate in very coarse pitch compared with most turoprops, this is apparently necessary to enable its high cruise speed at relatively modest propellor revs. Steve. It does seem to have a certain 'buzz' noise in that video. From the 1990 book "Air Guard. America's Flying Militia" by George Hall - and relating to a Bear intercept by Florida based ANG F-16s..... "He's motoring along calmly at 35,000 feet and almost 400 knots - the Bear is showing its stuff as the world's fastest turboprop. Suddenly the gap begins to close a bit too rapidly. The Bear driver is flattening the pitch of his immense counterrotating props, and the huge plane is slowing like crazy while retaining its altitude."-snip- "Just as lead gets ready to snap his pics, with his dwarfed wingman tucked in below the Bear's huge swept wing, the playful Russkie puts the bite into his props. Ugly brown exhaust pours from the turbines as the bomber accelerates like an air-to-air missile; both fighters have to select afterburner to catch up!" Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 15, 2011 20:37:36 GMT 12
It does seem to have a certain 'buzz' noise in that video. From the 1990 book "Air Guard. America's Flying Militia" by George Hall - and relating to a Bear intercept by Florida based ANG F-16s..... "He's motoring along calmly at 35,000 feet and almost 400 knots - the Bear is showing its stuff as the world's fastest turboprop. Suddenly the gap begins to close a bit too rapidly. The Bear driver is flattening the pitch of his immense counterrotating props, and the huge plane is slowing like crazy while retaining its altitude."-snip- "Just as lead gets ready to snap his pics, with his dwarfed wingman tucked in below the Bear's huge swept wing, the playful Russkie puts the bite into his props. Ugly brown exhaust pours from the turbines as the bomber accelerates like an air-to-air missile; both fighters have to select afterburner to catch up!" Cheers, Stu. Interesting exceperts there, Stu. I once saw some images taken during an intercept of a Soviet AF Bear by Iceland-based USAF Phantoms where the tail gunner of the Bear was showing the US crews his collection of Playboy images through the bubble window.  |
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