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US Air Force B-52 sustains 'significant' damage after bomber's right wing strikes fence while being towed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana
Daily Mail UK ^
| 12 November 2021
| JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Posted on 11/12/2021 11:39:33 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum
It thought it was standard practice to have wing walkers on every move. It’s the way we moved aircraft when I was working commercial aviation.
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11/13/2021 6:39:47 AM PST
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Blood of Tyrants
(When elections fail, we will either live under tyranny or rebel and throw it off.)
To: blueplum
***when the driver of a tow misjudged the distance between the plane’s right wing and a metal perimeter fence. ***
When I worked on B-52s and KC-135s (1966-1969) when always had “WING WALKERS” walking along each side of the aircraft wings just to prevent this sort of thing.
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11/13/2021 7:40:37 AM PST
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
(ONE MORE DAY in FB jail! Then I will be out and on the prod again!)
To: Robert A Cook PE
Legalizing Marijuana?????
To: blueplum
Somebody is going to get transferred to an ice station for a long time.
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11/13/2021 9:07:55 AM PST
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Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: Robert A Cook PE
But, on a taxiway on an airbase that has been in use since the 50’s for bombers this size? How do you get the wing so far over it hits a fence? The part of the article that mentions "... placed on display" suggests that this is not a part of Barksdale where the bombers usually travel. An older taxiway or one usually used by smaller aircraft, perhaps.
I wonder if this is a temporary display or something more permanent - with Barksdale retaining a B-52 that would otherwise be headed for the boneyard?
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11/13/2021 9:46:37 AM PST
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Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: blueplum
Diversity & perversion in the AF have consequences...
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11/13/2021 11:29:25 AM PST
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SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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