Originally Posted by
sandiego89
B-52's have a very distinct nose down appearance on approach and even climb. Very characteristic of the type given it's massive flaps which have two setting: fully up or fully down, and a lengthy transition.
Not just because of the flaps. The wing on a B-52 is mounted at a significant positive incidence angle on the fuselage so that it will have enough AoA at a zero body angle to fly off the runway. Due to its distinctive gear arrangement, it cannot rotate during take off. The side effect is that it needs to decrease this AoA once airborne to get to the proper climb AoA, or to accellerate.