A TWO-COMPONENT ARMAMENT POD of a United States Air Force B-58 aircraft. The new pod. which is being flight-tested, replaces the single fuel and bomb pod. The upper component, fits into the canoe shape of the lower (shown on the handling trailer). When the empty fuel pod is jettisoned, the lightened bomber can speed towards its target at more than 1300 miles an hour.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29510, 11 May 1961, Page 21
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64A TWO-COMPONENT ARMAMENT POD of a United States Air Force B-58 aircraft. The new pod. which is being flight-tested, replaces the single fuel and bomb pod. The upper component, fits into the canoe shape of the lower (shown on the handling trailer). When the empty fuel pod is jettisoned, the lightened bomber can speed towards its target at more than 1300 miles an hour. Press, Volume C, Issue 29510, 11 May 1961, Page 21
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