To: Interesting Times
Behind that. Looks like a B-47 to me too. My dad was one of the designers of the B-47, the B-52 and the XB-70. I think he would be both surprised and pleased that the B-52 is still in use.
97 posted on
03/13/2022 1:09:29 PM PDT by
Wiser now
(Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
To: Wiser now
My son-in-law is an engineer at Rolls-Royce, working on the B-52 repower program.
98 posted on
03/13/2022 1:16:42 PM PDT by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: Wiser now
Behind that. Looks like a B-47 to me too. My dad was one of the designers of the B-47, the B-52 and the XB-70. I think he would be both surprised and pleased that the B-52 is still in use. Really? My Dad was a SAC B-47 navigator from 1958-64. He liked to refer to the B-52 as "the box the B-47 came in." :)
As I'm sure you know, the B-47 was a huge technological leap over anything that existed before.
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