B-52 landing

[8thJinx]

Not sure if this has been posted or not, but here goes....

[PR3D4TOR]

Awesome piece of airmanship. Back in the day when men were men.

[DubiousKB]

wow. Talk about scary.... Brass B's.... Seriously large Brass B's....

[DaveBB]

This pilot and co-pilot have upward firing ejection seats.  What about the two crewman with downward firing ejection seats?  At least two crewmembers were killed during the Gulf War when a B-52 lost hydraulics on final approach. 

[Rich46yo]

Im surprised they continued with the mission with a 62 knot west. Of course then things were very much for real as was training. We'd get Blytheville Buffs buzzing Little Rock AFB all the time down low. It was north of the city and not much around so they'd practice low runs coming right over the flight line. My God it was Loud!

Little Rock had no strategic Bomber mission when I got there but at one time it had B47s on the hot pads and then B58 Hustlers. There was a burned out Hustler on a training pad for the firemen to practice on and even as a shell it was beautiful.

The pilots used to tell me the B52 was just a terrific aircraft to fly. Just one of those great designs that was meant to be, but like any very large heavy aircraft with a lot of surface it was sensitive to turbulence. Most of all in heavy air NOE. They would never fly one like that now and now there is just no reason to with its stand off weapons.

[Ripsnort]

Boeing engineers have always gotten flak from upper management for "over engineering" aircraft, putting them over advertised weight and what not. And typically they get their way on design approvals. This started with the B-17 and carries over into commercial aircraft today.
Thankfully.

[colmbo]

This started with the B-17 and carries over into commercial aircraft today.
Thankfully.

The wing structure on the B-17 is amazing.  All trusses -- ribs and spars.  Then skinned first with corrugated metal (span wise) with the smooth skin on top of that.  I've seen bridges with less substantial structure. 

[Zimme83]

Awesome piece of airmanship. Back in the day when men were men.

  So what are you now then?

[PR3D4TOR]

A man. However, not all men are men these days.

[Zimme83]

A man that feels that he needs to prove that he is a man is a very fragile man. A real man have no need to tell other men if they are men or not.

[Ripsnort]

Awesome piece of airmanship. Back in the day when men were men.

Aaaaand.....Zack ran scared? 

[PR3D4TOR]

A man that feels that he needs to prove that he is a man is a very fragile man. A real man have no need to tell other men if they are men or not.

Do you feel you need to prove you're a man? (If you are one that is.)

[Zimme83]

I have no need to prove anything to anyone and i find this Manly Men concept to be one of the stupidest things ever invented. The only thing it leads to is that it gets people killed, one way or another. I grew up with it, a real man where supposed to handle everything and any emotions was a sign of weakness. The result? an insane suicide rate. Because when manly men aren't allowed to talk about their feelings they struggle on until they cannot take it anymore, and then they take their rifle and blow their head off...  (and trust me, you don't want to take care of a manly man that have taken it that far...)

So to be honest: it is just pathetic and stupid to talk about those day when "men where men".
 

[PR3D4TOR]

Oh Gawd... Please stop whining. This is not the place to vent your... Whatever that is. At least PM me with your politically correct metrosexual BS instead of hijacking 8thJinx' thread.

[Zimme83]

  whatever you say honey.