B-47 Systems Test
By Doug Valen
See the answers at the bottom ... no fair peeking!
1 – What was the designation of the B-47 model that came to Lincoln AFB for the PACCS ? ______
2 – What do the letters PACCS stand for? _____ _________ _________ & ________ __________
3 – Which engines had a generator? __________________________________________
4 – Which engines had an alternator ? ______________________________________
5 – Which engines had a hydraulic pump ? __________________________________
6 – What were the three options on each fuel selector switch ? _______ ________ ________
7 – What did those letter stand for ? _____________ ________________ _________________
8 – How many total fuel tanks could there be on the B-47 ? __________
9 – What was the diameter of the Approach Chute ? ___________ Brake Chute? ___________
10 – What was the engine start sequence ? _____ _____ _____ ______ _____ _____
11 - What was required to jettison a wing tank – mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic power? ________
12 – For what practical use to the AC and CP, was the amplifier rack on the left side of cockpit? ________________________________________________________________
13 – Why did you have to run up the engines a bit, prior to jettisoning the brake and approach chute? ________________________________________________________________
14 - What two components could only be accessed by turning the CP seat around ? ________
15 – Was the aft stearing column usable when the CP seat was facing aft ? _______
16 – What did the letters BFS stand for ? _______ _________ _________
17 – How many ATO bottles in a standard load ? ________
18 - The ATO burned for _____ seconds. (_____before lift-off, and _____ after liftoff)
19 – What was the designation of the ECM audio receiver ? ___________
20 – What was the full numerical designation of the Weight and Balance form ? _________
21 – What were the designations of the TWO authentication forms ? __________ _________
22 - What was UHF Emergency frequency ? ________ VHF Emerg. Freq ? _______
23 – What did the letters IFF stand for ? _____________ _____________ ____________
24 – What was the normal cruise fuel burn in pounds per hour ? ______________
25 – What was a normal training mission Take Off trim setting ? ____________
26 - What pressurized the brake system with the engines shut down ? ________________________
27 – Where was the liquid oxygen tank located ? ___________________
28 – Who were the two marginally sane pilots who, after quaffing a few beers at a party, laid burning Pall Mall cigarettes across the back of their hands, and waited to see who could leave them there the longest? ____________________ ______________________
29 – Who was the 370 th Ops Officer who threatened to execute Lt. Valen by firing squad, for taking a Comm Kit home after a flight, because the safe combination had been changed? _______________
30 – Who was the crew chief who almost lost an ear when he jumped off a moving alert truck at Moron AB, on his way to his acft during an Alert? ___________________________ (Same one whose entire bag of booze was run over on the ramp at Lincoln, by the motor pool truck that arrived to load crew bags!!)
Answers:
• EB-47L
• Post Attack Command Control Sqdn
• All 6
• 1 & 6
• 3 & 4
• TME ME TE
• Tank Manifold Engine
• 7
• 12 ft. 28 ft
• 4 – 5 – 6 – 3 – 2 – 1
• Electrical (explosive bolt)
• Heat up bite size steak in tinfoil
• Keep shroud lines from becoming entangled in guns
• Guns HF Radio (circuit breakers, bomb lock, ECM, etc.)
• No, it would be disengaged
• Best Flare Speed
• 32
• 15 seconds (10 before and 5 after)
• APS – 54
• AF Form 365F
• KAC 72 and KAA 29
• 243.0 121.5
• Identification Friend Foe
• 12,000 pounds
• 6.5 Nose Down
• Accumulators
• Bomb Bay
• Bud Timmons and Frank Fish
• Frank Fish
• Sgt. Rivers