America's B-58 was Fast, But Couldn't Keep Up with Innovation
Caleb Larson
Supersonic Jets,
This supersonic bomber could make it from New York to Paris in three hours and nineteen minutes.
Here's What You Need to Remember: Despite the B-58’s endurance problem, the Hustler was an impressively fast bomber that set a number of speed records. Unlike most of today’s bombers, the B-58 had a three-man crew: the pilot, navigator/bomber, and the weapon operator, who fired the Hustler’s single tail-mounted 20mm gun.
Thanks to early research into supersonic flight... Читать дальше...