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Article #621928Re: off topic 1952 B-52 ad
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:13
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:13
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On 2018-04-24, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 12:12:09 AM UTC-4, Jon Elson wrote:
>
>> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>
>>> off topic
>>> Two page ad by United Aircraft describing new B-52 bomber.
>>
>> https://books.google.com/books?id=ElYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20bus&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false
>>
>> AAAnd, they are still flying!
>
> Retired airforce pilots have not spoken well of them--the airframes
> are too old.
Sort of like the ancient Sea King helicopters that the Canadian
military had to deal with. One of the pilots wrote a critique,
sung to the tune of "Seasons in the Sun":
Goodbye papa, it's hard to fly
When your airframe's cracking in the sky.
For every hour in the air,
It takes twenty to repair.
We fly these things on a dare.
We had joy, we had fun,
We had Sea Kings in the sun.
But the engine's on fire,
And the Sea Kings must retire.
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