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The Spirit of Alaska - B-2 photo
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| Sept. 17, 2008
Posted on 09/22/2008 9:11:27 PM PDT by nuconvert
The Spirit of Alaska sits quietly next to The Spirit of America (82-1066) and another B-2.
Taken at Whiteman AFB, Missouri (Sept. 17, 2008)
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: airforce; b2; military; plane; whitemanafb
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:11:28 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress. -Scotland, September 11, 2008
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:17:33 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:18:16 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:21:23 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
To: nuconvert

Alaska Railroad SD70MAC #4001 "Spirit of Alaska"
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:21:45 PM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
(Its Wasilla, NOT Wasilia, Wassala or Wasalia.)
To: nuconvert
I know they can’t but....to bad we won’t see some nose-art on that baby — “Sexy Sarah”
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:22:03 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: nuconvert
next to The Spirit of America (82-1066) How do B-2s have "tail" numbers? :-)
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:25:20 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The break-in of Gov. Palin's email account is the equivalent of the Watergate break-in.)
To: nuconvert
Thanks for the ping. Seeing the photo of the Buff on this thread reminds me of my younger years seeing those fly overhead in my hometown.
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:28:28 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KarlInOhio
How do B-2s have "tail" numbers? :-)It's a generic term...Spirit of Alaska's is 90-0040. Or, in Air Force aircraft maintenance lingo, "Balls-40." I had the honor to see the first 8 operational aircraft being delivered to Whiteman between 1993 and 1995. I also happened to be at Whiteman on leave the day Alaska was delivered in July 1996.
And, I hate to say, I was not surprised when I was told Spirit of Kansas (89-0127) was the one that crashed in Guam.
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:31:59 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
To: nuconvert
88-0329 / WM (cn 1008/AV-8) The "Spirit of Missouri" makes an appearance at the Great Georgia Airshow 2007. This was the first operational B-2 delivered to the US Air Force.Glad to see they finally took care of the pesky hydraulic leaks this jet had back in 1993 to 1995.
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:37:39 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
To: nuconvert
It is comforting to a American civilian in a dangerous world that a lot of damn fine other Americans have our back....
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:44:36 PM PDT
by
hatfieldmccoy
(Satan has a new name and it is Islam)
To: nuconvert
While I really like the B-2 the sight of a B-52 still makes my heart rate go up. They are beautiful aircraft.
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posted on
09/22/2008 9:44:39 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: OldMissileer
"While I really like the B-2 the sight of a B-52 still makes my heart rate go up. They are beautiful aircraft." See how the B-52 wheels are aligned with the runway and the body of the plane isn't? I think that ability of the plane was secret at one time.
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posted on
09/22/2008 10:03:43 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
See how the B-52 wheels are aligned with the runway and the body of the plane isn't? I think that ability of the plane was secret at one time.I also noticed that one wing outrigger wheel is on the ground...
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posted on
09/22/2008 10:07:01 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: blam
I think that ability of the plane was secret at one time. Thanks for pointing that out. I thought it was just a weird camera angle or something.
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posted on
09/22/2008 10:13:18 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Amazing how Obama, Rangel, Biden and Dodd all got killer mortgage rates and below cost property.)
To: OldMissileer; SkyDancer
I remember waking up to the B-52's and their engine run-ups while stationed at K.I. Sawyer AFB, in Michigan.
The sound of freedom.
To: JRios1968
“And, I hate to say, I was not surprised when I was told Spirit of Kansas (89-0127) was the one that crashed in Guam.”
Why is that? Did it have a history of problems?
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posted on
09/23/2008 4:49:47 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
To: nuconvert
Yes, we had a lot of issues with that jet when it first arrived.
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posted on
09/23/2008 5:17:43 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
To: nuconvert
There was moisture in a couple of sensors that had just been calibrated that then gave false readings to a flight computer.
They now heat the sensors to get rid of the moisture before calibration.
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posted on
09/23/2008 12:36:59 PM PDT
by
mowowie
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