Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
I was at the Farnborough air show the year that a USAF B-52 display was announced as inbound, having flown across the Atlantic to display there. As the commentary began, we noticed a large vertical stabiliser in the distance as it instead displayed at Blackbushe.
A common mis-quote.
What actually happened was that as the radar director turned the B52 onto final, it overshot the turn due to the fact they opened up all 8 engines at the same time and due to previous B52 display incidents, the angle of bank was limited. When my turn came up a few days later, I ran the B52 in on Runway 06 rather than 24 having already been told by the radar man what happened on the first flythrough
I think actually, my one was the one which arrived from across the ocean and the first one departed from Fairford where it had been on display and was due to fly back to the USA from there..