Over The Mountain

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 11/01/2016 at 22:45 • Filed to: Planelopnik, joblopnik

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Boeing sure likes to get pics of its planes over Mt Rainier. I’m heading out to Seattle tomorrow for one of our big recruiting conferences. If any of you Opponauts are going to be at SHPE come say hi.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > f86sabre 11/01/2016 at 22:58

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Won’t be there, but some of us live in the metro area...

deprecated account > f86sabre 11/01/2016 at 22:59

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First shot is a Dr. Strangelove screencap, right?

wafflesnfalafel > f86sabre 11/01/2016 at 23:03

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That they do... heck of a back drop and just minutes from “home”. Pic above was from an Alaska 737-900 earlier this year coming into Seatac.

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 11/01/2016 at 23:44

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Have fun, weather here gets better towards the end of the week. If you need avgeek/tourist spot recommendations let me know.

f86sabre > someassemblyrequired 11/02/2016 at 05:42

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I’m good thanks. I grew up out there.

ttyymmnn > deprecated account 11/02/2016 at 09:11

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Nope. If you look closely, you’ll see that the B-52 in that picture still has the original tandem fighter-style cockpit. General Curtis LeMay, an old bomber pilot himself who was famous for getting exactly what he wanted, told Boeing to change the bomber to side-by-side seating like the bombers back in the day. So they did.

Of course, as I’m typing all this, I realize you may have been kidding. Oh well...

deprecated account > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 09:22

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I see now what you’re talking about. And no, I wasn’t kidding. Just seemed familiar.

ttyymmnn > deprecated account 11/02/2016 at 09:36

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It does look very familiar. It’s somewhat reminiscent of the background when Slim Pickens rode the bomb, one of the truly iconic images from film. The interactions of the crew on the B-52, as well as their procedures, were remarkably accurate in that film. I need to watch it again. It’s been years. And suddenly seems timely again.

DanimalHouse > f86sabre 11/02/2016 at 09:45

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As a Boeing employee, I approve this message.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 11/02/2016 at 09:55

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Your post got me googling.

Hard to see, but this is the XC-97 Stratofreighter

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 11/02/2016 at 09:57

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Further proof that Oppo is mostly Pacific Northwesterners and Canadians.

deprecated account > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 10:57

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I watched it last year during American History after we’d already taken the AP exam. Such a great film. I was thinking more of the flight scenes themselves: