[MilCom] boeing b-52
Matt Cawby
mattcawby at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 20:22:18 EDT 2005
On 10/20/05, Duane Mantick <wb9omc at nlci.com> wrote:
>
> Since the original question had to do with the safety of
> the B52 airframes WRT age, one might point out that a
> considerable number of KC135 tankers are also still in service.
> None of these are spring chickens, either, but through a
> process of upgrades and so forth, the taxpayers have also
> gotten their money's worth several times over on the KC135
> as well as the B52.
>
> They build 'em pretty good up there in Washington..... :-)
>
59-2584 is sitting at Paine Field in Everett, WA waiting to be
restored. The bomb bay still looks new:
http://microvoltradio.com/pae.htm
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Matt Cawby
Seattle, WA
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