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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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I grew up in Roswell, N.M. (dee-dee-dee-dee) and Walker Air Force Base was maybe 5-10 miles outside of town. Every year, they'd have an open house and I went to most of them with buddies whose dads were stationed there. I've been all over the insides of more B-52s than I can remember. It was a trip -- all that no-nonsense accomodations.
I read somewhere where a B-52 mechanic said that if they came up to a plane and there
wasn't fresh oil under the engines, that's when they got worried cause that meant it was out of oil.