TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
Is now 50 years old...
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Which one of the B-52s is the youngest? Fred Schneider? I'd have thought he was a bit older than 50.
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Bonus points for the pop music reference!
If you had the maintenance budget of a B-52 you might be able to.Too bad we can get parts upgraded as we reach 50 years of age![]()
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There was a black and white movie in 1964 called "Dr. Stangelove". A comedy satire about a nut job general that starts WWIII with the Rooskis.
Here is some B52 cock pit video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPnBec2gcE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Is now 50 years old...
Does it? Or does it just have a 50 year old data plate?
There was a black and white movie in 1964 called "Dr. Stangelove". A comedy satire about a nut job general that starts WWIII with the Rooskis.
Does it? Or does it just have a 50 year old data plate?
What was it's max bank angle?
Something less than demonstrated at Fairchild AFB some years ago. At least at low altitudes.![]()
Something less than demonstrated at Fairchild AFB some years ago. At least at low altitudes.![]()
Failsafe with Henry Fonda and its remake Failsafe with Richard Dreyfuss. Definitely not a comedy.There was a black and white movie in 1964 called "Dr. Stangelove". A comedy satire about a nut job general that starts WWIII with the Rooskis.
Here is some B52 cock pit video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPnBec2gcE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Something less than demonstrated at Fairchild AFB some years ago. At least at low altitudes.![]()
Video of this event. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sjFIB1L3BPU
There was a BUFF at Wings over Houston last weekend. I was yakking with the pilot for a few minutes. He said it's not much fun to fly, and worse when fully loaded. I guess it's kind of a dog on the controls.
Something less than demonstrated at Fairchild AFB some years ago. At least at low altitudes.![]()
Too bad we can get parts upgraded as we reach 50 years of age![]()
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Though I too love Dr. Strangelove a better movie with lots of BUFF footage is the 1957 movie " Bombers B-52"!
Starring Karl Malden, Natalie Wood (at 22 a stunner...) and Efrem Zimblest Jr..
Kind of hokey (nostalgic?) but the flight footage is incredible!
Footage of Natalie Wood even more so...
We (in Shreveport) see BUFF's from Barksdale AFB every day so we kind of take 'em for granted...my friend, CFI and acro coach is a AFR B-52 pilot too...he's coined the term: "So simple a Bomber pilot can do it!".
Chris in Shreveport
"A Gathering of Eagles" with Rock Hudson is another good one. A decent depiction of an ORI and good B-52 footage. I actually flew some of the tail numbers shown in the movie.Though I too love Dr. Strangelove a better movie with lots of BUFF footage is the 1957 movie " Bombers B-52"!
Starring Karl Malden, Natalie Wood (at 22 a stunner...) and Efrem Zimblest Jr..
Kind of hokey (nostalgic?) but the flight footage is incredible!
Footage of Natalie Wood even more so...
We (in Shreveport) see BUFF's from Barksdale AFB every day so we kind of take 'em for granted...my friend, CFI and acro coach is a AFR B-52 pilot too...he's coined the term: "So simple a Bomber pilot can do it!".
Chris in Shreveport
You must be talking about Crash Leedom.
Yep, I'd look sharp with a new set of bypass engines as well; they look good on the B-52H.