![]() And though the musical-turned-movie is getting some updates, the plot and, more importantly, the songs will remain the same. 31, the on-air musical features a stellar cast, including Aaron Tveit and Dancing With The Stars’ Julianne Hough portraying iconic movie couple Danny Zuko and Sandra Dee. Convair B-58A-20-CF 61-2059, “Greased Lightning,” at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska.With Fox's live production of Grease a week away, it's fair to say that "Grease is the word." Airing Jan. For defense, there was a General Electric M61 Vulcan 20×102 mm six-barreled rotary cannon mounted in the tail, with 1,200 rounds of linked ammunition, controlled by the Defensive Systems Officer.Ĭonvair B-58A-20 CF 61-2059 is in the collection of the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska. The smaller bombs were carried on underwing hardpoints. The W-39 warhead, the same used with the Redstone IRBM or Snark cruise missile, was carried in a jettisonable centerline pod, which also carried fuel for the aircraft. ![]() The B-58 weapons load was a combination of a W-39 warhead, and/or Mk.43 or B61 nuclear bombs. ![]() Unrefueled range is 4,400 miles (7,081 kilometers). The service ceiling is 64,800 feet (19,751 meters). The bomber had a cruise speed of 610 miles per hour (981.7 kilometers per hour) and a maximum speed of 1,325 miles per hour (2,132.4 kilometers per hour). The J79-GE-5 was 16 feet, 10.2 inches (5.136 meters) long and 3 feet, 2.0 inches (0.965 meters) in diameter. This was a single-shaft engine with a 17-stage compressor and 3-stage turbine, rated at 10,300 pounds of thrust (45.82 kilonewtons), and 15,600 pounds (69.39 kilonewtons) with afterburner. The B-58A was powered by four General Electric J79-GE-5 axial-flow afterburning turbojet engines, suspended under the wings from pylons. The airplane’s only control surfaces are two “elevons” and a rudder, and there are no flaps. The wing’s leading edge is swept back at a 60° angle and the fuselage incorporates the “area rule” which resulted in a “wasp waist” or “Coke bottle” shape for a significant reduction in aerodynamic drag. The Hustler is 96 feet, 10 inches (29.515 meters) long, with a wing span of 56 feet, 10 inches (17.323 meters) and an overall height of 31 feet 5 inches (9.576 meters). The aircraft is a delta-winged configuration similar to the Convair F-102A Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart supersonic interceptors. It was crewed by a pilot, navigator/bombardier and a defensive systems operator located in individual cockpits. The B-58 Hustler was a high-altitude Mach 2 strategic bomber which served with the United States Air Force from 1960 to 1970. Kubesch, Aircraft Commander, Major John Barrett, Navigator and Captain Gerard Williamson. The three crewmen were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Greased Lightning‘s speed record still stands. The time from Tokyo to Anchorage, Alaska was 3 hours, 9 minutes, 42 seconds at an average speed of 1,093.4 miles per hour (1,759.7 kilometers per hour) and Anchorage to London, 5 hours, 24 minutes, 54 seconds at 826.9 miles per hour (1.330.8 kilometers per hour). The B-58’s average speed was 692.71 miles per hour (1,114.81 kilometers per hour). The bomber had to slow from its supersonic cruise to rendezvous with the tankers. It was assigned to the 305th Bombardment Wing, 19th Air Division, at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana.įive inflight refuelings were required to complete the flight. Their airplane was a Convair B-58A-20-CF Hustler, serial number 61-2059, named Greased Lightning. Kubesch, Major John Barrett and Captain Gerard Williamson flew from Tokyo, Japan, to London England, non-stop, in 8 hours, 35 minutes, 20.4 seconds. (Kokomo Tribune)ġ6 October 1963: Operation Greased Lightning. ![]() Air Force, with his wife, Joanna Alice Cole Kubesch, at RAF Greenham Common, 16 October 1963. ![]() Convair B-58A-20-CF Hustler 61-2059, Greased Lightning. ![]()
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