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Into the Wild (B-52 rescues lost Cessna)
While the Minot-based, seven-man crew B-52H Stratofortress, HAIL13, and their Barksdale wingman, HAIL14, were flying over Alaska, they received a call for help from the Anchorage Air Traffic Control Center. The whereabouts of a small Cessna plane had become unknown after its pilot became disoriented after flying into bad weather. (www.minot.af.mil) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
One lucky Cessna driver and a "well done" to the A F guys. That's getting bang for the buck out of training time.
Hats off to the B-52... Great planes still finding new uses...
This is one of the same airplanes 1039 that I worked on (ECM) 45 years ago. Still flying strong. Good job guys.
Goes to show you what a Good Boeing can do and Great Maintenance can keep going. Great job to both Boeing and the Airforce. I bet there won't be any Airbus 380's flying in 45 years that are flying today :)
Jesus. Are you for real?
As real as can be... Do you expect any Airbus of any kind that is flying to day to be flying in 45 years... No way. The quality is not there. They are not built to last. They are built for 10 years and park. 727 from 1963, still flying today in good numbers, even though not as much in the US. The A310 which came out in 1982 is almost in Mothballs. Fedex is parking all of theirs, and I do not know of any A310's flow by any Main US Carrier.
Boeing makes great planes... Airbus makes Buses.
Boeing makes great planes... Airbus makes Buses.
and after constant multi million dollar upgrades and sitting on the ramp most of their lives these airplanes should be still in use whereas commercial aircraft probably get more cycles in one year than these big boys get in ten
Sorry. I wasn't referring to the sturdiness and awesome achievement the B52 airframes represent (45 years and counting) but merely to the fact that you HAD to bash another manufacturer... Why even bringing it up? I really don't see the point. Airbus wasn't around 45 years ago. Peace, man.
...well played, oliton
ah yes, all airlines who order thousands of Airbusses of course know nothing about that. Already applied for a CEO-post at an airline? They must welcome such talented people