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No, the B-52 is a paragon of beauty (no sarcasm there...it's always been my favorite aircraft). And the C-130 is right around the same age, not to mention stil
by themadturk 4y ago
No, the B-52 is a paragon of beauty (no sarcasm there...it's always been my favorite aircraft).
And the C-130 is right around the same age, not to mention still (I believe) being manufactured.
- Animats 4y agoSo is the UH-1, the Huey helicopter. Over 16,000 made, and many still flying.
- aerostable_slug 4y agoMy uncle (Army aviator) retired some years ago as a chief warrant officer with a ton of hours in Hueys, starting with a couple tours in Vietnam. He likes to say that the flight crew from the last B-52 landed at Davis-Monthan will be flown back to their cars in a UH-1. He might be right. Relating his time in the aircraft in VN, he said there was little to compare with skimming the rice paddies with the doors removed, periodically going up a bit to clear water buffalo, carrying a load of beer for the guys in a firebase. He mostly flew medevac slicks in combat. Gotta save those boys.