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1952
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Oldmanzues
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I walked around my first one in May, 1955 while wearing my Air Police Armband. Oldmanzues
Bob Ledford
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Iwas11 driving my folks nuts for a motorcycle living on the Rock River banks in Moline, IL
I got up close to one at Clark in the Philippines. That was the first time i seen one on the ground, But i did see and ''feel'' what they can do from 30 thousand feet. Twice we had them level the playing field in front of us,. in the Highlands [nam66/67] and that was with dumb bombs. You cannot believe the holes they make in the triple canopy.
Awesome, Thanks for posting.......:thumbup:
Awesome, Thanks for posting.......:thumbup:
bruiser
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Yep, sure does. The old P&W J57 used on 52s and KC135s used water injection for the first two minutes of takeoff to boost takeoff rated thrust (TRT). TRT was limited to 5 minutes max continuous operation. After that mil rated thrust (MRT) could be used for 30 minutes. Normal rated thrust (NRT) culd be used continuously. Holy crap, I can't belive I still remember that.
DR Buck
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:clap::clap::clap:
April 15, 1452 --------- Leonardo Da Vinci was born
April 15, 1947 --------- Jackie Robinson major league debut
April 15, 1912 --------- Titanic sinks
April 15, 1865 --------- Abraham Lincoln assassinated
April 15, 1952 --------- I was born!
SpyderDen
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Pandy
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As a mere
I remember like it was yesterday, spending my formative years in Amarillo Texas. Each year, the Amarillo Air Force base would open up to us school kids.It was a lot of look but don't touch time, but we got to see the aircraft that flew out over our homes day and night up close. This was during the era of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Dr. Strangelove both. What a time to be an imaginative child living next to a SAC base. No wonder I grew up to ride missile boats.
Patrick, fan of the BUFF
I remember like it was yesterday, spending my formative years in Amarillo Texas. Each year, the Amarillo Air Force base would open up to us school kids.It was a lot of look but don't touch time, but we got to see the aircraft that flew out over our homes day and night up close. This was during the era of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Dr. Strangelove both. What a time to be an imaginative child living next to a SAC base. No wonder I grew up to ride missile boats.
Patrick, fan of the BUFF
JkRbbt
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Old, creaky, not as fast as the younger guys, but still gettin' the job done! That goes for the B52 also! 
Crawled thru many of them going thru AFROTC. Always wanted to fly one, but never really wanted to be in SAC and live in a bunker on alert. Such was the mission during the cold war era. But the B52 will impress you every time! What a machine! :thumbup:
Loren C-130A/E/H/P/N
Crawled thru many of them going thru AFROTC. Always wanted to fly one, but never really wanted to be in SAC and live in a bunker on alert. Such was the mission during the cold war era. But the B52 will impress you every time! What a machine! :thumbup:Loren C-130A/E/H/P/N
bruiser
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Belly down on the trolley, pull yourself aft. The cockpit was a little intimate too.
!961- B52 carrying two Mark 39 nuclear devices broke up over Faro, NC near Goldsboro. Only one of those devices was ever recovered. The other is presumed to still be buried in the farmers field. Those particular devices could not be detonated without codes.
!961- B52 carrying two Mark 39 nuclear devices broke up over Faro, NC near Goldsboro. Only one of those devices was ever recovered. The other is presumed to still be buried in the farmers field. Those particular devices could not be detonated without codes.
DR Buck
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Only parts of the second bomb were not recovered. Read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
