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To: C19fan

Worked on the B52 electronics 1971 thru 1975 in North Dakota and upstate NY.

At that time they used mini vacuum tubes. Produced a lot of heat.

Took apart a radar monitor one time and found a fried mouse.

Saw them go to transistors then integrated circuits with infra red and and video cameras.

The older models were used in Guam and N. Vietnam.

Those had a periscope bombing sights like the WWII planes.


20 posted on 09/10/2018 7:06:48 AM PDT by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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Do you know if they’re considering (again!) 4x big high-bypass engines, or 8x smaller ones?

97 AMS 1981-85. Lots of tubes, synchros, servos, and mechanical computers.

30 posted on 09/10/2018 7:39:25 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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