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Post by Dave Homewood on May 5, 2014 2:18:58 GMT 12
This is fascinating - so primitive inside.
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Post by Kereru on May 5, 2014 7:52:40 GMT 12
This is fascinating - so primitive inside. Very old Aircraft Dave its been around all of my life almost? I am a bit primitive too! :-) Thanks for sharing it I have never seen inside of one. Cheers, Colin |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 5, 2014 10:30:29 GMT 12
I realise they are an old aircraft type but I would have thought the US military would have done upgrades to such an important front line strategic bomber that would take its technology past 1985 or so. It looks so analogue. Very interesting clip though. Thanks to Stu Bain for bringing it to my attentions.
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Post by mumbles on May 5, 2014 15:41:22 GMT 12
I realise they are an old aircraft type but I would have thought the US military would have done upgrades to such an important front line strategic bomber that would take its technology past 1985 or so. It looks so analogue. Very interesting clip though. Thanks to Stu Bain for bringing it to my attentions. They've been gradually updated for most of their service lives, but "if it's not broken, don't fix it" also applies. The latest upgrade is underway now: www.gizmag.com/b52-upgrade/20098/ |
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Post by mumbles on May 5, 2014 15:48:37 GMT 12
This is fascinating - so primitive inside. Very old Aircraft Dave its been around all of my life almost? The last B-52 of 744 built left the factory in late 1962, and the only ones left in service now are the H models produced between 1960 and 1962. The aircraft in the video is at least 52 years old. |
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Post by Ian Warren on May 5, 2014 16:30:34 GMT 12
One aircraft that really interests me, I seem to keep buying books on the type, a 1/72 scale model the shelf, funny when you see one displayed at an airshow they seem to be so docile, One Great Aircraft  |
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Post by delticman on May 5, 2014 17:53:36 GMT 12
So is it possible that some aircraft will be flown by the Grandsons of the first B52 pilots?
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Post by baz62 on May 5, 2014 18:01:32 GMT 12
Not only possible but I read where there was three generations of B52 pilots in one family!! Amazing eh? But i suppose quite possible given the service life span to date!
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Post by errolmartyn on May 5, 2014 18:10:00 GMT 12
So is it possible that some aircraft will be flown by the Grandsons of the first B52 pilots? Or their granddaughters even! Errol |
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Post by Ian Warren on May 5, 2014 18:13:20 GMT 12
So is it possible that some aircraft will be flown by the Grandsons of the first B52 pilots? I would say that would be most possible, example a 1961 0040 had only flown 19,000 hours ten years back, most were running into 15,000 hours only, so they are well looked after as old as they are, They are pretty  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 5, 2014 20:14:52 GMT 12
There is possibly even three generations of RNZAF pilots on, not only the same type, but the same aircraft fleet, in the Hercules, Orion and Iroquois. I know there have been two generations for sure on these fleets, maybe three now?
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Post by mumbles on May 6, 2014 10:17:21 GMT 12
So is it possible that some aircraft will be flown by the Grandsons of the first B52 pilots? I would say that would be most possible, example a 1961 0040 had only flown 19,000 hours ten years back, most were running into 15,000 hours only, so they are well looked after as old as they are, They are pretty 61-0040 was the very last B-52 built, and rolled out of the factory in June 1962. "61" in a USAF serial refers to the fiscal year in which it was paid for rather than the year it was constructed. Still a handy way to determine the rough age of any USAF airframe at a glance though |
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Post by Ian Warren on May 6, 2014 11:15:30 GMT 12
I would say that would be most possible, example a 1961 0040 had only flown 19,000 hours ten years back, most were running into 15,000 hours only, so they are well looked after as old as they are, They are pretty 61-0040 was the very last B-52 built, and rolled out of the factory in June 1962. "61" in a USAF serial refers to the fiscal year in which it was paid for rather than the year it was constructed. Still a handy way to determine the rough age of any USAF airframe at a glance though Go's with any US machines making it so much easier to track .. as old as they are, whoops hang on that's me, as young as they are  I still have not found my 1962 tattoo, so this means I was made in 1961 ... bugger  ... I'm getting older quicker by nine months |
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 6, 2014 11:27:56 GMT 12
They might have to consider changing that system if the Buff is still going in 2061 then!
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Post by mumbles on May 6, 2014 12:14:10 GMT 12
Go's with any US machines making it so much easier to track .. Not the US Navy and Marine Corps. Those serials were restarted at 00001 in 1935 (having exhausted 0001-9999 between 1917 and then), and have just been applied sequentially ever since (now closing in on 17000 odd). |
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Post by Ian Warren on May 6, 2014 13:11:16 GMT 12
I should have put in the AF USAF, then course old '0' prefixed the Obsolete go's a missing, not so strange times change, US Navy and Marines is easy to track, you just have to get a lot closer, just fortunate they assigning the last four digits, track the model - home and hosed, but saying that .. put it in a conversion and the version changes, then off we go again.
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I still have not found my 1962 tattoo, so this means I was made in 1961 ... bugger 
... I'm getting older quicker by nine months 