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From: eli@PWS.BULL.COM (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: B52 trivia
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Date: 7 Feb 91 01:24:50 GMT
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From: eli@PWS.BULL.COM (Steve Elias)
In news footage, i've noticed that B52s seem to land rather strangely.
The nose stays pointed down until the last minute, when the plane
apparently levels off.  (The news footage i've seen never shows
the actual touchdown.)

One of my bro-in-laws goes to Parks College and I called him to
find out what the deal was.  I spoke to his roomate and he told
me that one of their instructors was an ex-B52 pilot.  Apparently,
the B52 somehow gets more relative lift on the tail end than do
most planes.  If the pilot doesn't get the nose up fast enough,
the plane actually will take off tail first, riding the nose wheel!  
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