B52 orbits this morning
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B52 orbits this morning
For the last hour or so a B52 has been doing wide orbits NW/SE guessing 5000ft approx. 2 miles east of Tewkesbury, and 10 north of Cheltenham.
Any ideas?
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It was on it's way from Barksdale AFB to a "hot & sandy place" out East when it developed a problem over the Western Mediterranean, it's just landed at Fairford as they have the relevant engineering staff there.
There's also 3 B2s currently at Fairford for the annual exercise (and a U2).
There's also 3 B2s currently at Fairford for the annual exercise (and a U2).
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It had just topped up it's tanks from a KC135 when the problem arose so it had to keep flying for a few hours to burn off fuel to a safe landing weight, it headed for Fairford as they have all the facilities there.
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Possibly still trying to find Farnborough.....
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From various forums, the best one is www.fightercontrol.co.uk , you need to post 5 times after joining before you can access their "Heads-up/OTT" section though.
Back in the 70s had a 747 SP one night couldn't get into a UK airport because of fog and diverted back to Seattle! Was on duty at Scottish. We thought he was nuts, but that's what he did.
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Obviously "diverted back to Seattle" doesn't mean it had started from there - if it had, it wouldn't have made it all the way back, even with zero payload.
