The terrifying 6-engine approach!

[Boac]

https://www.airlive.net/a-b-52-had-to-m ... s-failure/

Still, they WERE American pilots, so all was well.............

[Pontius Navigator]

The B-52, an American bomber, was spotted by several people on social media flying in circles around the base as it tried to burn off fuel before landing on Monday.

The B-52, an American bomber, was spotted by several people on social media flying in circles around the base as it tried to burn off fuel before landing on Monday.

Dyslexia rules.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

So, twitter users have the ability to fly in circles? Wow!
These superhuman powers might explain why they also have the ability to talk out of their fundamental orifice

[Undried Plum]

Meanwhile, another took a run at Crimea on a simulated bomb-run and bravely ran away when challenged by a defending fighter or two.

Didn't the multi-national imperial forces once threaten to attack Sevastopol and occupy it from the defending Russians??

What did they do with the place once they'd got hold of it? They blew it to bits and then facked orf. That's what they did with it. A bit like The Empire did with Iraq and Afghanistan and Libya more than a century later.

[Woody]

All together, “Captain we’ve got a problem with engine number 8”, “ Which side!”

[boing]

It is rather impressive that the second aircraft merely returned to America!


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[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

The delight of two engine failures for most of us is that it becomes impossible to f#ck up by shutting down the wrong one

[Undried Plum]

It is rather impressive that the second aircraft merely returned to America!

If that's where they were going anyway, it's not hugely impressive. (Though I must say that the B52 really is impressive.)

[Pontius Navigator]

Then of course there was the B36. Recall one story, out of the US to drop A bomb in the Tarhuna Range in Libya and then land at Tripoli. The weather was shite so they went to Europe, Spain I guess, and that was out so they returned to the States. Now that was a long flight.

Then there was the 8-engine B52. Carrying Hound Dogs they would use the missiles for extra power in take-off. One crew forgot and left the Hound Dogs thrusting for some hours.