Battle Stations
Anyone else catch last night's programme on the B-52? Some cracking footage, although they didn't mention the B-47 except in passing, and the impression given was that the BUFF was all-new from the designers at Boeing - surely it was a natural development from the Stratojet???
However, all this aside, I was hoping to hear a favourite quote about the B-52, which I have been unable to find to reproduce verbatim, but goes along the following lines....
The B-52 had the power of *** diesel locomotives, was built using enough metal to manufacture ****** tin cans, and contains **** miles of electrical wiring.
(Can't remember the exact numbers)
One USAF senior officer then made the remark that the BUFF, on takeoff, made a noise akin to *** diesel locomotives pulling ****** tin cans along on the end of **** miles of electrical wiring!!!
What a stunning beast, and looking now to remain in service until 2045 - perhaps they should have gone ahead with the big fan re-engine after all!