B-52 - For sale?

VonHammer · 08-25-07, 10:39 AM

just saw this article on yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/..._usa_bomber_dc

quite surprising if you ask me.

Sailor Steve · 08-25-07, 10:43 AM

A lot of different warplanes are available on the public market, some of them fairly new. The B-52 is now 55 years old and has quite a bit of history behind it. I'm not surprised somebody tried.

What gets me is the cost; back in 1952 they ran about $8 million each.

VonHammer · 08-25-07, 11:26 AM

thats true. but u just dont see a indivdual going up and asking to buy a $550 million dollar plane out of the blue. and i belive your right about there being many differnt warplanes available for purchase, i belive that the most produced jet aircraft was either the MiG-27 or MiG-17 one of those two.

stew278 · 08-25-07, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by VonHammer

and i belive your right about there being many differnt warplanes available for purchase, i belive that the most produced jet aircraft was either the MiG-27 or MiG-17 one of those two.

According to a documentary on the History channel, the Mig 21 is the worlds most produced combat jet; something around >10,000 built.

At the USAF museum in Dayton, there is a Mig 23 on display. The story behind it is that it was purchased by a US civilian, but was confiscated by BATF because they imported it without proper permits.

FooFighters · 08-25-07, 01:27 PM

Now this is a cool article..

For that money he can built one himself :rotfl:

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.

swifty · 08-27-07, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by VonHammer

thats true. but u just dont see a indivdual going up and asking to buy a $550 million dollar plane out of the blue. and i belive your right about there being many differnt warplanes available for purchase, i belive that the most produced jet aircraft was either the MiG-27 or MiG-17 one of those two.

Go to the Miami boat show. Every time I go I see or hear about foreign nationals asking how much it will cost for them to be driving a multi million yacht that night. For a lot of these people money is not an object. They will blow millions on the spot.

panzer 49th · 08-25-07, 11:26 AM

"It would cost 500 million if sold on the spot" "thats no problem":rotfl:LOL:rotfl:

SUBMAN1 · 08-27-07, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

...What gets me is the cost; back in 1952 they ran about $8 million each.

My calculations put $8 million in 1952 at about $480 Million in todays dollars, so that sounds about right. Add in another $20 million for improved avionics, and I think his $500 million is about right on the mark as a pretty accurate estimate on what it would cost to build a replacement today, on assembly line dollars - assuming no new research needed to be done.

-S

VonHammer · 08-27-07, 11:44 AM

and theres bound to be even more improvements the B-52. that plane will last probaly another 50 years.

AntEater · 08-27-07, 12:50 PM

Strange with the B-36.
Pretty much everybody could buy a Boeing 747 and would a much more capable intercontinental bomber than a B-36 with just a few modifications.

What do you think, it should be possible to construct a GPS-guided glider bomb similar to LongShot and drop it from a high flying airliner that filed a regular flight plan and does not deviate from it.
Commercial GPS, components of homebuild aircraft and a conventional freefall air bomb (thousands of which must be lying around in Afghanistan or Iraq) would suffice.
The airliner would be an inconspicious freighter of some charter airline, the bomb(s) being simply rolled out of the sideways cargo door with no or minor modifications to the aircraft itself.
From 20,000 feet even an unpowered glide bomb would have a huge radius and given that even a freighter 737 could carry more than one, it would be a devastating terrorist attack without any suiciders.
How's that for a Tom Clancy novel idea??

VonHammer · 08-27-07, 01:54 PM

pretty good if you ask me. ive read almost all of his books including all of the Jack Ryan sereis. something similar he did in Executive Orders- where some crazy Jap airline piolts crash a airliner into the capitol building killing a majority of the govrnment. oh how somedays i wish that would realy happen...

08-25-07, 10:39 AM	#1
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	B-52 - For sale? just saw this article on yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/..._usa_bomber_dc quite surprising if you ask me.

08-25-07, 10:43 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	A lot of different warplanes are available on the public market, some of them fairly new. The B-52 is now 55 years old and has quite a bit of history behind it. I'm not surprised somebody tried. What gets me is the cost; back in 1952 they ran about $8 million each. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-25-07, 01:27 PM	#5
FooFighters Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 813 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Now this is a cool article.. For that money he can built one himself :rotfl: __________________ This forum is not the same without you Dave.. we'll miss you buddy

08-25-07, 11:26 AM	#8
panzer 49th Weps Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 361 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	"It would cost 500 million if sold on the spot" "thats no problem":rotfl:LOL:rotfl: __________________

08-27-07, 12:50 PM	#11
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Strange with the B-36. Pretty much everybody could buy a Boeing 747 and would a much more capable intercontinental bomber than a B-36 with just a few modifications. What do you think, it should be possible to construct a GPS-guided glider bomb similar to LongShot and drop it from a high flying airliner that filed a regular flight plan and does not deviate from it. Commercial GPS, components of homebuild aircraft and a conventional freefall air bomb (thousands of which must be lying around in Afghanistan or Iraq) would suffice. The airliner would be an inconspicious freighter of some charter airline, the bomb(s) being simply rolled out of the sideways cargo door with no or minor modifications to the aircraft itself. From 20,000 feet even an unpowered glide bomb would have a huge radius and given that even a freighter 737 could carry more than one, it would be a devastating terrorist attack without any suiciders. How's that for a Tom Clancy novel idea?? __________________ Last edited by AntEater; 08-27-07 at 01:10 PM.

08-25-07, 01:49 PM	#6
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.

08-27-07, 11:44 AM	#10
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	and theres bound to be even more improvements the B-52. that plane will last probaly another 50 years.

08-27-07, 01:54 PM	#12
VonHammer Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 218 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	pretty good if you ask me. ive read almost all of his books including all of the Jack Ryan sereis. something similar he did in Executive Orders- where some crazy Jap airline piolts crash a airliner into the capitol building killing a majority of the govrnment. oh how somedays i wish that would realy happen...