Scene from Strategic Air Command in 4k

[waltesefalcon]

Here's a fun fact about the B-36, that I'm sure Bas knows since it happened in his neck if the woods. In 1958, I believe, a B-36 dropped an H bomb on a Cow just a few miles outside of Albuquerque on its approach to Kirkland. Luckily the bomb was not armed and while the conventional explosives within it detonated and spread radioactive material the nuclear warhead itself did not explode.

 

[Basil]

Here's a fun fact about the B-36, that I'm sure Bas knows since it happened in his neck if the woods. In 1958, I believe, a B-36 dropped an H bomb on a Cow just a few miles outside of Albuquerque on its approach to Kirkland. Luckily the bomb was not armed and while the conventional explosives within it detonated and spread radioactive material the nuclear warhead itself did not explode.

When an H-Bomb Dropped near Albuquerque

Albuquerque has long had a nuclear legacy. One part of it was the time when a hydrogen bomb was accidentally dropped in Albuquerque. It is no surprise since Kirtland Air Force Base hosted the world…

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"To steady himself, the navigator grabbed a lever on the plane, the lever that released the twenty-one ton bomb." (Oops!!)

"The shocked pilots announced to the control tower that they dropped a nuclear bomb." (I can picture that controller bending over to kiss his behind goodby, probably thinking he was about to be vaporized! )

 

[JPSmit]

(I can picture that controller bending over to kiss his behind goodby, probably thinking he was about to be vaporized! )

If not then, then when he got back to base.

 

[DrEntropy]

If not then, then when he got back to base.

You mean when he got home. He was likely on base when he got the message...

 

[Bayless]

On the fairgrounds in OKC we had a 47 and a 52 for years. Named the area the B-52 Plaza. A few years back some "genius" in charge decided we didn't need those anymore and had the whole display taken down.

 

[waltesefalcon]

On the fairgrounds in OKC we had a 47 and a 52 for years. Named the area the B-52 Plaza. A few years back some "genius" in charge decided we didn't need those anymore and had the whole display taken down.

There was also a C-47 there and something else that I can't quite remember, it was a small twin engine civilian plane I think. I, too, was disappointed when they remodeled and did away with those.

 

[pdplot]

I actually went inside the world's biggest plane - the Antonov AN 222. Bought a couple of tee shirts to support the purchase of medicine for the Chernobyl survivors. It had a very sophisticated level gauge in the middle of the fuselage - a tiny carpenters level. The two Ukrainian women selling the shirts were cursing the Russians. The two FBOs at Bradley agreed to split the refueling charge. The plane took off later and made a stop in Russia. While parked there, the meds were stolen and presumably sold on the black market. I had flown up to Bradley with a friend to view this monster. It was a white elephant. No one wanted it. Check it out online.

 

[JPSmit]

On the fairgrounds in OKC we had a 47 and a 52 for years. Named the area the B-52 Plaza. A few years back some "genius" in charge decided we didn't need those anymore and had the whole display taken down.

The Canadian Warplane heritage museum in Hamilton Ontario > Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Canadian Aviation History - Wartime Vintage Aircraft < has one of the two flying Lancasters in the world. It was on a pole at Goderich Airport (part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan) > British Commonwealth Air Training Plan - Wikipedia <. which trained pilots from all over the world for the war effort.

A neighbour of good friends Kale (sp?) Vinnicombe was an Air Force Colonel who oversaw the handover of the Lanc to the museum - he was quite a guy and I have always thought is was wonderful to see the plane return to the air.