By: BSG-75 - 29th October 2010 at 16:40
Over 5hrs flying without fin and rudder ain’t bad!
If an RAF aircraft managed that today, the Government would remove all fins and rudders to save money the next day !
By: pagen01 - 29th October 2010 at 16:38
That’s the one, fantastic, thanks for posting.
I didn’t realise that it had a huge missile (Hound Dog?) on the inboard pylon aswel, or that the B-52s various undercarriage units could be selected individually until now.
Over 5hrs flying without fin and rudder ain’t bad!
By: wieesso - 29th October 2010 at 14:01
Great vintage footage! Thanks for posting the link!
By: Sky High - 29th October 2010 at 13:58
Amazing!
By: PaulR - 29th October 2010 at 13:40
I’m sure there is film footage of the event aswel.
By: pagen01 - 29th October 2010 at 11:26
I think that’s the one that lost it’s tail while deliberately being flown to the limits by Boeing flight test crew.
However the incident that I’ve heard of happened at low-level in high gust situations, this one seems a bit high up?!
Needless to say that it landed safely and was reported by the pilot as being easy to handle like this!
I’m sure there is film footage of the event aswel.
At least one other B-52 (52C) was lost after its verical tail was ripped off at low level
By: Phantom Phil - 29th October 2010 at 11:22
Buffless
Ha-ha, yes – Very Good!!
So whats the story behind this olde ‘BUFF’?
Well I recognised this one ok!
By: pagen01 - 29th October 2010 at 10:04
Might have helped if you could see the full size of the tail! 😉
Well I recognised this one ok!
By: D.Healey - 29th October 2010 at 09:15
yes it would have helped, at first i thought it was a vulcan:o
By: Newforest - 29th October 2010 at 09:10
Might have helped if you could see the full size of the tail! 😉
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th October 2010 at 09:09
…although only the ‘H’ model soldiers on. The ‘D’ left service many years ago.
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By: D.Healey - 29th October 2010 at 09:08
i couldn’t even make it out and its one of my favorate planes.
and my spellin sucks
thanks guys 🙂
By: Sky High - 29th October 2010 at 09:05
First flew 1952, still in service and set to remain in service for another 20 plus years!!
By: BSG-75 - 29th October 2010 at 09:03
That is a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber, 50 or 60 or so are still in use with the USAF.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th October 2010 at 09:03
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress.
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By: KabirT - 9th July 2008 at 11:53
just going through the airline images section.
Perhaps this?
By: Bmused55 - 7th July 2008 at 12:45
Hmm, my friend says that at a pinch it may have been the beluga. But he swears it had a pronounced 747 style hump.
Definately wing mounted engines though.
By: Grey Area - 7th July 2008 at 10:41
While not ‘large’ I wouldn’t rule out the new Sentinal R1 ……
It’s the size of an early-model DC9. That’s ‘large’ in some people’s book. 🙂
By: KabirT - 7th July 2008 at 09:30
Bmused was your friend sober? 😀
By: Super Nimrod - 7th July 2008 at 09:08
While not ‘large’ I wouldn’t rule out the new Sentinal R1 which keeps a very low profile and is often forgotten. It ticks some of the boxes.
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