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Originally Posted by Wodnek
The B52 is some plane though. Designed over 50 years ago still no replacement in sight. They can stay in the air for weeks (with refueling) They have mechanical backups for everthing so an emp blast wont take em down. They can land with only 3 functioning engines. Tight quarters on the inside. They have sleeping quarters for one crew, and the cabin for the crew thats on duty.
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My folks had an acquaintenance in the mid-60s who was an B-52 pilot. It took so much paper to fly a B-52, used to joke that if we ever went to war with the Russians, they could load the bomb bay with paperwork and drop it on the Rooskies instead of nukes.