• Gizmodo
  • bestmodo
  • lifehacker
  • kotaku
  • Profile logout login

#b52

Gizmodo

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #dealzmodo,
  • #rumors,
  • #broken,
  • #iphoneapps,
  • #apple,
  • etc.

New York, 1:23 AM
Tue Nov 17
58 posts in the last 24 hours

FR | IT | DE | SP | JP | AU | BR

Gizmodo Team

Tip your editors:
tips@gizmodo.com

Editorial Director:
Brian Lam | Email | Twitter

Editor:
Jason Chen
Email | AIM | Twitter

Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman
Email | Twitter

Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz
Email | AIM | Twitter
Mark Wilson, Reviews
Email | AIM | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Matt Buchanan
Email | AIM | Twitter
Adam Frucci
Email | Twitter
Sean Fallon
Email | Twitter
Jack Loftus
Email | Twitter
John Herrman
Email | Twitter
Dan Nosowitz
Email
Chris Mascari
Email
Danny Allen
Email | Twitter
Rosa Golijan
Email | Twitter
Chris Jacob
Email

Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner

Interns:
Don Nguyen
Email
Kyle VanHemert
Email

Comment Intern:
Nick Ellenoff | Email

Heroes and Friends

Comment Account Questions:
Comments@gizmodo.com

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
9515 Subscribers
Gizmodo
  • posts about #b52 more →

    50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture

    US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland

    Paper Sheet Protects World from Nuclear Holocaust
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of B52HVet B52HVet
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    Thanks for bringing back some great memories, Giz!


    I worked as an Aircraft armament systems specialist (2W151, or 462) on the B-52H for quite a while. It's truly a masterpiece of engineering, one of the most versatile and dependable platforms the military has ever used. Given the planned upgrades, current projected service life of the B-52 is 2040. Newest airframes were built toward the end of 1961. It'll be the longest lived aircraft in U.S. history, and I'm proud to have been a part of the hardest working maintainers in the Air Force.

     Reply
    B52HVet was starred B52HVet was unstarred
    Image of macabron macabron
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    Sorry to burst your bubble, but the B-17 was introduced in 1938 and the B-52 has been in service since 1955. Thats less than 20 years. The B-52 is such a well made aircraft that it has been upgraded with jet engines, and it's internals with state of the art avionics, but otherwise the shell is the same, no redesign. It's like putting a Ford model T next a 57 Fairlane with a new engine and wheels, and then claim 50 years of evolution by Ford.
     Reply
    macabron was starred macabron was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/17/09

    @macabron: Well it's not so much 50 years of Boeing design, but it is over 50 years of service. The B-52's always had jet engines, and has gone through some minor external upgrades though.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    Loveliest thing on two wings ever built. These things can take all sorts of punishment, and then fly home on just one engine. WW2 planes are about my favorite, along with the P-38's, B-25's, and of course my all-time favorite P-51 Mustang.


    When I was taking a trip by Wright Patterson AFB, both this and a B-29 were flying side by side. I love the sound of the cyclones.

     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    The B-17 is one of my staples whenever I have gotten on a model kick in my life-time. Ever since I was 5, if I wanted to do a model, I would do a b-17 and a p-38. My dad always grabs a p-51 Mustang.


    I feel like doing a model now.

     Reply
    dirtybacon was starred dirtybacon was unstarred
    Image of boot shrew boot shrew
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    I'm surprised the B-52 hasn't fallen out of the sky trying to fly slow enough for that B-17. Then again I can't tell if its flaps are down.
     Reply
    boot shrew was starred boot shrew was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/17/09

    @boot shrew is really rig stig: The B-52 has an extremely large surface area on the wings, and unlike lots of smaller fighters, it can travel as slowly as an A-10 without stalling out. Fantastic aircraft it is.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    At the rate things are going, the next huge bomber will have a Google logo on the side. Or at the very least, the bikini woman painting on the side of the aircraft will be replaced by a young, shirtless Steve Jobs.
     Reply
    Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/17/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Perhaps Google can outfit one with a bunch of cameras...
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of stryder100 stryder100
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    Beautiful. Too bad they're purveyors of massive civilian death.
     Reply
    stryder100 was starred stryder100 was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/17/09

    @stryder100: And just think, they were manufactured by civilians too...
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Donald Moore Donald Moore
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    Where does the cartoon wheel go?
     Reply
    Donald Moore was starred Donald Moore was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/17/09

    @Donald Moore: That was probably one of my favorite episodes of Amazing Stories.
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/17/09

    @Donald Moore: Thanks for the memories! I'm glad I downloaded that episode.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    the B52 was deployed in the 1955 and the B17 had it's first flight in 1935, so this photo only spans 20 years.
     Reply
    aerospaceman was starred aerospaceman was unstarred
    Image of secretmanofagent secretmanofagent
    03/17/09

    @aerospaceman:

    They're talking about when it first entered service (B-52 was in '54), which was more than 50 years ago. That's what they're referring to.
     Reply
    secretmanofagent was starred secretmanofagent was unstarred
    Image of RamV10: E A G L E S EAGLES! RamV10: E A G L E S EAGLES!
    03/17/09

    @secretmanofagent: They may also be talking about combined service life of both aircraft, though now it's been 74 years since the first flight of the B-17.


    Wikipedia interestingly says that the operational life of the B-52H is predicted to end some time around 2040. Pretty goddamned close to 100 years is insane.

     Reply
    RamV10: E A G L E S EAGLES! was starred RamV10: E A G L E S EAGLES! was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/17/09

    @RamV10: Isn't it awesome?
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    03/17/09

    @aerospaceman:

    [barbie]

    Math is hard! Let's go shopping!

    [/barbie]
     Reply
    FredicvsMaximvs was starred FredicvsMaximvs was unstarred
    Image of justin44l justin44l
    03/17/09

    In reply to 50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture
    It looks like the guns located on the B-17G are facing the tail....
     Reply
    justin44l was starred justin44l was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/17/09

    @justin44l: It wouldn't surprise me if there was a mechanism that prevented the gun from firing when facing the tail.
     Reply
    Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of Garrett Brooks Garrett Brooks
    03/17/09

    @justin44l: Well the top gun mount swivels, you know what swivels means? and the one on the side is to shoot at planes that are attacking next to the plane. Basically the idea was to put guns on each side so they could protect themselves. Pretty intuitive, huh?
     Reply
    Garrett Brooks was starred Garrett Brooks was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/17/09

    @justin44l: You mean all of them except the nose gun..
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/17/09

    @Garrett Brooks: Everyone knows that the gun turret can point in different directions. However, in its current position, it appears to be facing the tail. Smart ass.
     Reply
    Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    03/17/09

    @justin44l:


    friendly fire's turned off

     Reply
    discounteggroll was starred discounteggroll was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    03/17/09

    @justin44l: It looks like the guns aren't even loaded.
     Reply
    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of Lev_Astov Lev_Astov
    11/11/08

    In reply to US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
    Is this supposed to be news? I thought everyone knew about how the US flew constant flights over the arctic for constant readiness against nuclear war. The lost bomb is news to me, though.
     Reply
    Lev_Astov was starred Lev_Astov was unstarred
    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    11/11/08

    @Lev_Astov: In theory the US can't fly nuclear weapons over Danish territory or any other country in the EU. The news part is the missing bomb, hence the headline.
     Reply
    Jesus Diaz was starred Jesus Diaz was unstarred
    Image of TheRealVeon TheRealVeon
    11/11/08

    In reply to US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
    That's not a B-52.
     Reply
    TheRealVeon was starred TheRealVeon was unstarred
    Image of TonyRockyHorror TonyRockyHorror
    11/11/08

    @TheRealVeon: actually, yes it is.


    also, there have been a couple dozen "broken arrow" events in the last 50 years or so.


    [www.globalsecurity.org]

     Reply
    TonyRockyHorror was starred TonyRockyHorror was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    11/11/08

    @TonyRockyHorror: Actually, this would be an "empty quiver".
     Reply
    GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked was starred GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked was unstarred
    Image of Gervy Gervy
    11/11/08

    In reply to US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
    So that's where Cloverfield came from.
     Reply
    Gervy was starred Gervy was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    @Gervy: Actually, Cloverfield fell out of the sky from space :P
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of 16X4ME 16X4ME
    11/11/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: No, that was just to Tagruato satellite that disturbed the creature and brought it to the surface! (Way too into Cloverfield, my bad!)
     Reply
    16X4ME was starred 16X4ME was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    @16X4ME: Nerd.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/11/08

    In reply to US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
    Since when are articles posted in Engrish? I'm the last one to complain about a couple typo's, but this one is riddled with them.


    A 50 year old nuke at the bottom of the ocean near the pole and they couldn't fine it? I hardly find this shocking...

     Reply
    UnderLoK was starred UnderLoK was unstarred
    Image of detraya detraya
    11/11/08

    @UnderLoK:


    Grammar Nazi fails to catch spelling errors in his own post? I hardly find this shocking.

     Reply
    detraya was starred detraya was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/11/08

    @detraya: @Bueller: Actually, "typo's" could be a contraction. It could represent "typographical errors," and therefore be correct. However, the phrase "they couldn't FINE it" is still wrong.
     Reply
    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    11/11/08

    @badhatharry:
    If your nuclear bomb went missing, wouldn't you want to fine it? I'd want to fine its ass off... teach it a lesson.
     Reply
    scarbrtj was starred scarbrtj was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    In reply to US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
    I can't help but think of that Tom Clancey book and movie "The Sum of All Fears".


    If we're going to have giant shrimp overlords, just pray that it isn't one of these bad boys

     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gizmodo account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.