[ARC5] OT: B-36 Nuke Article

[Richard Knoppow]

     I don't remember the blimp sound although I probably saw a number 
of them. Even the Goodyear blimps make a funny buzzing that is not quite 
like anything else.
     The B-36 flyovers inspired a recurring nightmare about the city 
being bombed. I guess that was also partly from being brought up with 
those "duck and cover" movies at school.
     Flying is a great frustration for me, I never had the opportunity 
to learn and I think I am too old now. Aircraft fascinate me, especially 
some of the older ones.
     I also remember a huge flyover when I was very young, in Detroit. 
Wave after wave of all sorts of planes in formation. I learned much 
later that they were probably being flown into Willow Run for scrapping. 
Seemed to go for hours but I was perhaps five so it was probably not 
that long.  There is no other sound like a formation of many airplanes. 
I can still see and hear it in my mind.

On 11/7/2016 12:20 PM, Jay Coward wrote:
> Growing up in N.J. we would hear and see the Navy blimps on the horizon
> as they made their approach to Lakehurst N.A.S. At our summer place the
> B-36's would fly over at night and get every window pane and every piece
> of Mom's china vibrating at some frequency. I've always loved airplanes
> but that sound was un-nerving to a little kid.
>  Jay KE6PPF

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