[simpits-tech] Happy Birthday B-52
Rob Hommel
simpits-tech@simpits.org
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 03:34:45 -0700
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01C1E753.263CDFB0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
50 YEARS PASS QUIETLY FOR B-52: Celebrating birthdays may be the only
thing a B-52 does quietly, but Monday the aircraft hit its 50th with
some fanfare. The Boeing YB-52 made its first flight April 15, 1952.
Hailed at Wichita, Kan., on the 12th, in attendance were retired Air
Force Gen. Guy Townsend, the first B-52 test pilot, along with a who's
who of B-52 design and development. In Operation Enduring Freedom, =
the
aircraft has been responsible for the delivery of more than one-third =
of
all the ordnance delivered to targets in Afghanistan.
the above is from the AvWeb Service=20
Keep 'em Flying
Rob Hommel
------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01C1E753.263CDFB0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 10pt Courier; MARGIN-LEFT: 2px"=20
bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>50 YEARS PASS QUIETLY FOR B-52: Celebrating =
birthdays=20
may be the only<BR>thing a B-52 does quietly, but Monday the aircraft =
hit its=20
50th with<BR>some fanfare. The Boeing YB-52 made its first =
flight April=20
15, 1952.<BR>Hailed at Wichita, Kan., on the 12th, in attendance were =
retired=20
Air<BR>Force Gen. Guy Townsend, the first B-52 test pilot, along with =
a=20
who's<BR>who of B-52 design and development. In Operation =
Enduring=20
Freedom, the<BR>aircraft has been responsible for the delivery of more =
than=20
one-third of<BR>all the ordnance delivered to targets in=20
Afghanistan.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>the above is from the AvWeb Service =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Keep 'em Flying</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Rob =
Hommel</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01C1E753.263CDFB0--