On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:08:20 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:00:15 PM UTC-4, DhiaDuit wrote:
On Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:40:56 PM UTC-5, dxAce wrote:
wrote:
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
Michigan
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.
A B-1B just crashed someplace out West . Cost nearly 300M back when they where making them in the 80's.
Google,,, B 1B crash In Montana.