[ozzymandus]

My Dad worked on the B-29 assembly line at Wichita before he got drafted and sent to Okinawa.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

B-52s were flying low level training flights from Omaha across Southern Iowa when I was in high school. One spring day in study hall, the library windows were open when one of our nuttier students noticed one of these big bombers sailing quietly past.
He yelled “AIR RAID !” at the top of his voice and dived under the table. The 80 kids in the room roared...