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Default Air Force begins massive B 52 overhaul.
On Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:40:56 PM UTC-5, dxAce wrote:
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On Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:42:04 AM UTC-4, Jim Haynes wrote:

On 2013-08-17, extra class wrote:



try 60+







The B-52 took its maiden flight in April 1952.







Yes, but the ones currently still flying are the B-52H models that



went into service 50 years ago.







jhhaynes at earthlink dot net



Just how safe is a 50 year old flying machine?



Probably pretty darn safe since like some helicopters we had only the air

frame itself is really that old (and even some of that may have been replaced)

the rest having been replaced piece by piece over the decades.



dxAce

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USA

The old Bell Huey Helicopters had a lot of vibration in them. That is what caused a lot of them to crash in Vietnam. My brother was a Helicopter Mechanic at Vung Tau, Vietnam. I would feel much safer in a B 52, or an old Gooneybird.
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