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Everything Else => Off Topic => Topic started by: Wizzo on March 17, 2009, 08:48:35 PM
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The legend started with the mighty Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, and ends—for now—in the B-52 Stratofortress.
50 Years of beautiful destruction on two wings flying together in a very rare picture.
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Thats a great pic Wiz. :good:
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Good one, Wizzo. They are both great aircraft. The B-52B entered service in 1955. The last one, an H model, was delivered in 1962. The plane in the picture is an H.
There's a joke among bomber crews - Years from now, when the last of the B-2 Stealth bombers are mothballed, their crews will ride home in B-52's. ;)
The Air Force has a program to have current aircraft fly at air shows with their historic predecessors. They call them "Heritage Flights." Here's a pix of the one from our air show last year. It's an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air Force's Viper East Demo team, together with Jim Hagedorn's WW 2 vintage P-51 Mustang. The previous owner of the Mustang was NASCAR team owner Jack Roush.
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Slight difference in design again eh Cos, good one mate. :good: