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"whoarder is tellurium" (whoarder) 09/20/2016 at 21:19 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Bonus Dr. Strangelove content below:

lone_liberal > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 21:37

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Those things have ALL the throttle levers.

whoarder is tellurium > lone_liberal 09/20/2016 at 21:40

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So you can throttle while you throttle.

facw > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 21:42

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http://aviationweek.com/site-files/avi…

whoarder is tellurium > facw 09/20/2016 at 21:44

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cannot star enough

facw > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 21:55

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had to add a few more things...

vicali > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 21:59

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I grew up reading the old dog stories.. Could not get enough of these..

Dusty Ventures > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 21:59

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My favorite piece of Strangelove/B-52 trivia: Kubrick asked for help from the Pentagon in making the interior of the B-52 (which was cutting edge at the time) as accurate as possible. The Pentagon wanted nothing to do with the film. The set designers ultimately reconstructed the aircraft cockpit to the best of their ability by comparing the cockpit of a B-29 Superfortress and a single photograph of the cockpit of a B-52 and relating this to the geometry of the B-52's fuselage. When some Air Force personnel were invited to view the reconstructed B-52 cockpit, they said that “it was absolutely correct, even to the little black box which was the CRM.” It was so accurate that Kubrick was concerned whether the production design team had done all of their research legally, fearing a possible investigation by the FBI.

Sam > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 22:04

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The alert drills are the best. 15+-1 seconds between takeoffs is crazy. Of course, it’s the absolute last situation we actually want to have happen.

jminer > facw 09/20/2016 at 22:04

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I love all the awesome pics. What’s the second from the bottom of though?

Sam > lone_liberal 09/20/2016 at 22:09

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That’s what happens when they stick 8 engines on a plane. Gotta be able to throttle each one independently.

lone_liberal > Sam 09/20/2016 at 22:13

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Got a tour through one when I was in the Navy and stationed on an Air Force base. For something that carries so much they are amazingly cramped inside.

whoarder is tellurium > jminer 09/20/2016 at 22:15

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Those are START treaty B-52Gs that were sent to the boneyard and destroyed.

They had to sit outside so Russian satellites can confirm or something to that effect.

facw > jminer 09/20/2016 at 22:20

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_I#I…

jminer > facw 09/20/2016 at 22:40

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Well thanks for the info. That’s an awful thing to see done to those beautiful planes though.

Viggen > whoarder is tellurium 09/20/2016 at 22:42

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Awwwwww yiss Stratofortress. Got some Cold War era and current era MITO goodness with KC-135 and KC-10 support here! And remember, don’t breath in the smoke from the cartridge starts! The second and third videos, those crews aren’t fucking around. Could easily mistake it for a real world, the SAC professionalism is so noticeable.

whoarder is tellurium > Viggen 09/20/2016 at 22:53

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Lol the radio comms on the 2nd to last.

Man.