B-52 - For sale?

VonHammer · 08-25-07, 01:49 PM

and if u did buy it, what would you do with it? i mean its not like a private get which you can land at any decent airport. and imagaine the what the cost to fill it up would be! and im pretty sure the fuel economy isnt that like that of a toyota.

pythos · 08-25-07, 02:13 PM

Problem I have is, this is an incontinental bomber. It was my understanding that no US IC bomber could be released to the public in flyable condition due to the threat it posed. This was at least the story with the few B-36s available. Not one can fly nor can they currently ever fly again. Dallas Fort worth historical society tried to restore their example to a flyable condition, until the airforce stated they needed to demilitarize it, what does that mean? Well I thought it meant they removed any and all weapons systems fromt the aircraft. In actuallity it was this along with the dispicable act of pulling the engines off with an f'ing tractor. They litterally ripped the engines and mounts off the wing mounts, thus imparting so much damage to the airframe it will take a whole lot of work to get it to fly again.

So how in the world can a private person be able to purchase a flyable example of a B-52?

VonHammer · 08-25-07, 02:23 PM

novelty item i guess? it would defintly impress your freinds.

08-25-07, 04:31 PM

and dont you think that it would scare the cr*p out of any russian monitoring stations when he tried to fly it home! Especially now the russian airforce has resumed unannounced flights into nato airspace.

VonHammer · 08-25-07, 05:29 PM

yea i guess they probaly havnt seen a B-52 on their radar scopes in a while. i think that within the next few years we might see the rise of a new Russia-it could be back to Cold War era again....

bookworm_020 · 08-26-07, 08:29 PM

Maybe he wanted to live out a Dr Stangelove role play?

Now where is my hat! YEEEEHAAA!

VonHammer · 08-26-07, 09:28 PM

yea and since it seems like theryre allies with Iran- who knows what could happen!

d@rk51d3 · 08-27-07, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pythos

Problem I have is, this is an incontinental bomber.

You mean it leaks uncontrollably?

SUBMAN1 · 08-27-07, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pythos

Problem I have is, this is an incontinental bomber....

....So how in the world can a private person be able to purchase a flyable example of a B-52?

You can restore anything. So what if a civilian owns a B-52 too. He can fly it, that's fine, but is a single bomber really a threat? Maybe to an under-equipped country, but outsode of that, no! A B-52 is a monster target for a jet jockey to play with. See my video on how quickly a badger bites the dust - I just noticed a tiny blip too when I wasn't even looking for it - 30 seconds later, it is plumeting to the ground!

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1029789T9qcshHS

The point is, I think the US is over-reacting on tearing up its old aircraft.

-S

Tchocky · 08-27-07, 06:06 PM

Sell him the bomber, but keep bombs under lock and key

08-25-07, 04:31 PM	#4
simonb1612 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	bad idea and dont you think that it would scare the cr*p out of any russian monitoring stations when he tried to fly it home! Especially now the russian airforce has resumed unannounced flights into nato airspace.

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Maybe he wanted to live out a Dr Stangelove role play? Now where is my hat! YEEEEHAAA! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Sell him the bomber, but keep bombs under lock and key __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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08-25-07, 01:49 PM	#1
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	and if u did buy it, what would you do with it? i mean its not like a private get which you can land at any decent airport. and imagaine the what the cost to fill it up would be! and im pretty sure the fuel economy isnt that like that of a toyota.

08-25-07, 02:13 PM	#2
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Problem I have is, this is an incontinental bomber. It was my understanding that no US IC bomber could be released to the public in flyable condition due to the threat it posed. This was at least the story with the few B-36s available. Not one can fly nor can they currently ever fly again. Dallas Fort worth historical society tried to restore their example to a flyable condition, until the airforce stated they needed to demilitarize it, what does that mean? Well I thought it meant they removed any and all weapons systems fromt the aircraft. In actuallity it was this along with the dispicable act of pulling the engines off with an f'ing tractor. They litterally ripped the engines and mounts off the wing mounts, thus imparting so much damage to the airframe it will take a whole lot of work to get it to fly again. So how in the world can a private person be able to purchase a flyable example of a B-52?

08-25-07, 02:23 PM	#3
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	novelty item i guess? it would defintly impress your freinds.

08-25-07, 05:29 PM	#5
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yea i guess they probaly havnt seen a B-52 on their radar scopes in a while. i think that within the next few years we might see the rise of a new Russia-it could be back to Cold War era again....

08-26-07, 09:28 PM	#7
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yea and since it seems like theryre allies with Iran- who knows what could happen!