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B52's are just plain awesome
Many years ago an airshow up here hired one to do a low and slow flypast .... a lady in the crowd behind me said it was like watching an earthquake in the sky
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| Author: | RayNAiken [ Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
'Ghost Rider': B-52 resurrected from desert Boneyard Do you suppose it's because of all the increased Russian aircraft activity off our coasts? http://us.cnn.com/2015/02/21/us/arizona-b-52-restored/index.html |
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| Author: | Arnie M. [ Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
. B52's are just plain awesome Many years ago an airshow up here hired one to do a low and slow flypast .... a lady in the crowd behind me said it was like watching an earthquake in the sky . |
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
That's just awesome  thank goodness it never just went to scrap   
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| Author: | RayNAiken [ Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
Arnie M. wrote: . B52's are just plain awesome Many years ago an airshow up here hired one to do a low and slow flypast .... a lady in the crowd behind me said it was like watching an earthquake in the sky . You ought to watch them drop a load of bombs! That was the first time I could see air. Never saw the plane or any vapor trail. The captains RTO said everyone take a look south and he started counting down. It looked like the southern half of the country exploded....... and we were over 7 miles away. |
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| Author: | GyroGeorgia [ Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
I read somewhere the B-52's were slated to fly into the 2040's or 2050's... the airframes were built SOOO tuff... the AirForce decided they do not need to replace them. Personally... I doubt TPTB will scrap any of them, other than some reason a specific airframe would cost too much to fix. |
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| Author: | RayNAiken [ Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
GyroGeorgia wrote: I read somewhere the B-52's were slated to fly into the 2040's or 2050's... the airframes were built SOOO tuff... the AirForce decided they do not need to replace them. Personally... I doubt TPTB will scrap any of them, other than some reason a specific airframe would cost too much to fix. "As part of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia, 365 B-52s were flown to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The bombers were stripped of all usable parts, then unceremoniously chopped into five pieces by a 13,000-pound steel blade dropped from a crane. The modern-day guillotine crashed down four times on each plane, severing the mammoth wings and leaving the fuselage in three pieces. The ruined B-52s remained in place for three months in order for orbiting Russian satellites to confirm the bombers had been destroyed, after which they were sold for scrap at 12 cents a pound." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress The United States only has 85 B-52's left in active service, all of the "H" model, with 9 reserve. |
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| Author: | GyroGeorgia [ Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
So in 1991... a bunch of B-52's were destroyed.... What I heard was a few years ago... and if memory serves... it was on a documentary on Smithsonian channel. So while a bunch of B-52's were destroyed last century... as I read it the decision I mentioned was made in THIS century. Kinda a different thing IMO. |
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
I cant believe how many crashed whilst carrying up to 4 nuclear bombs a couple of times the regular bombs blew up and blew the nukes apart, scattering plutonium and uranium everywhere  
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| Author: | ScaryGary [ Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
I wonder if my Father In Law flew that BUFF . I seen that it was back in service and I was going to show him the article . He was a B-52 pilot from 1962 to 1968 . Way too cool !
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| Author: | RayNAiken [ Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Resurrection of Ghost Rider |
more http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-ghost-rider-b-52-rises-from-the-grave-to-ride-aga-1686588702 |
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