B52's Heavy Smoke on Take Off

[pepperman]

Smokin

 

[JoeyLincolnMK8]

whoa!

 

[Conti94]

Crazy.

 

[FreeFaller]

Ugh...those are the old J-57 turbojet engines. They had a water injection system that made them smoke like crazy.

However the new TF-33 turbofan engines still smoke like hell.

 

[pepperman]

Thanks for the info Steve, i have always wondered why they smoke so much!!!