if anyone thinks its doctored its not because i read in an old Boing book that these pilots got there rudder shot off when they were bombing a city but i forgot which city
From:
Dom
(Thu Jul 05 08:07:46 2007)
Here is the Boeing article :
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/b52-strat/b52_50th/story3.htm
From:
PDelta41
(Wed Oct 31 17:43:40 2007)
Tough old BUFF!
From:
compnerd
(Mon Dec 17 15:28:53 2007)
i think one of them came home with a SAM missile in its wing
From:
me
(Thu Jan 17 14:34:07 2008)
i feel sorry for it lol
From:
Obi-Wan
(Fri Jan 25 14:26:24 2008)
They were doing low altitude test flights in mountainous areas when they encountered some severe turbulence that snapped off the vertical stab & rudder. The pilots got it back home using differential throttles for rudder control.