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Topic: Photo of the week 355 (August 20, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-20-2011 01:27 AM
   
 Standing on Rogers Dry Lake at the NASA Flight Research Center in California, pilot John Manke waves to the Boeing B-52 launch aircraft after conclusion of the last flight of the M2-F3 lifting body on December 20, 1972. Ed Hengeveld |
APG85
Member Posts: 306
From:
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 08-20-2011 06:35 AM
Classic! |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-20-2011 07:53 AM
Awesome!!! |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-20-2011 08:07 AM
"The breakdown service is taking so long I'll thumb a lift!"  |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-20-2011 02:31 PM
The B-52 began service in 1955 and the USAF plans to keep them flying until 2045. That is nothing short of amazing. The B-52 is awesome. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 08-22-2011 11:40 AM
If I remember right that B-52 was 008, known as "Balls 8" and flew till just a few years ago. |
gleopold
Member Posts: 31
From: Reston, VA, USA
Registered: Jun 2010
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posted 08-22-2011 01:28 PM
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Originally posted by OV-105:
If I remember right that B-52 was 008, known as "Balls 8" and flew till just a few years ago.
0008, actually. It's parked at the northeast entrance to Edwards AFB. Its many air launches are recorded on the fuselage, including 140 X-15 launches.See more pictures of this aircraft here. |
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