[ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

B-52s were also known as "aluminum overcast" as

well as BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F---er).

 

One of the large helicopters was also know as BUFF

but that meant Big Ugly Friendly Fetcher!

 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
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* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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(Former B-52F E.W.O.)

 
 

 
> From: macklinbob at gmail.com
> To: kgordon2006 at frontier.com; geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:43:03 -0700
> CC: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
> 
> When I was working for NASA at Moffet Field, Ca. the C-5A was referred to as 
> the "Aluminum Overcast"!
> 
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: "Geoff" <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>
> Cc: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] B-36J Radio Operator Position
> 
> 
> > On 10 Jun 2013 at 11:13, Geoff wrote:
> >
> >> Those are great photos and from WrightPat I believe. I got VIP treatment 
> >> for
> >> a few years when my #2 son was stationed there and I went to the Dayton
> >> Hamvention.
> >>
> >> As a kid living on Long Island NY I used to get goose bumps watching 
> >> B-36's
> >
> > You mean, "the aluminum overcast" ? Hee hee! :-)
> >
> >> fly over in formation heading into Mitchel Field.
> >>
> >> I also have a photo of a B-29 snuggled next to a B-36 for size comparison
> >> taken at Carswell AFB in 1948 on one of the PC's here. I can send a copy 
> >> to
> >> anyone who would like it
> >
> > Please?
> >
> > Ken W7EKB