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B-52 from Louisiana squeezes into Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Posted on 7/20/15 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 7/20/15 at 3:47 pm
Had to use the parachute and it was a tight fit on Oshkosh's longest runway. It's there at the biggest airshow in the world to commemorate its 60th anniversary. Flew in from Barksdale AFB.
Video of the B-52 landing here here
B-52 to glide into AirVenture debut
Oshkosh has seen other large aircraft fly in as part of the show. Here's video of an Airbus A380 fighting a crosswind at the show in 2009.
Video of the B-52 landing here here
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Landing the massive jet bomber at Wittman Regional Airport also presents some logistical challenges. Measuring in at 159 feet long with a wingspan of 185 feet, one of the initial concerns, Holt said, was making sure that the massive aircraft would be able to safely land in Oshkosh.
Because the plane’s wing-tip landing gear spans 148 feet, almost the entire width of Wittman’s largest runway, 6,000 feet of the Oshkosh’s runway lights will need be removed to make space for the B-52 to land.
“We’re landing it on their largest runway, about 8,000 feet by 150 feet. It’s a tight squeeze for us,” Holt said. “We usually land on [runways] 10,000 feet long and 300 feet wide so it’s half the width.”
B-52 to glide into AirVenture debut
Oshkosh has seen other large aircraft fly in as part of the show. Here's video of an Airbus A380 fighting a crosswind at the show in 2009.
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Posted on 7/20/15 at 3:52 pm to just1dawg
Posted on 7/20/15 at 3:52 pm to just1dawg
Any OTers at Osh kosh this year?
Posted on 7/20/15 at 3:56 pm to just1dawg
If you ever get a chance to go out to EAA airventure, it's just awesome.
You see every type of plane you can imagine.
There is an airshow in the Tamp area that is similar.
You see every type of plane you can imagine.
There is an airshow in the Tamp area that is similar.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 4:03 pm to just1dawg
The Airbus A380 landing seemed pretty intense
Posted on 7/20/15 at 4:04 pm to just1dawg
I thought they needed more runway to take off than to land? Are they going to use JATO (or RATO or whatever the frick) to get out of there?
Posted on 7/20/15 at 4:13 pm to Mark Makers
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The Airbus A380 landing seemed pretty intense
My exact thoughts. After rewatching a couple of times, to see the way the pilot(s) came in and then turned the plane on landing was pretty impressive, and then to be able to control it with that amount of precision.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 4:18 pm to just1dawg
FWIW, they use that parachute in every landing, even at Barksdale.
I'm happy for the pilots. They probably get tired of circling east Bossier Parish over and over.
I'm happy for the pilots. They probably get tired of circling east Bossier Parish over and over.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 7:47 pm to Mark Makers
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The Airbus A380 landing seemed pretty intense
No doubt the pilot knows his shite, but if I were any other part of the staff on that plane - that would have been the last flight for me. I would have had to call yellow cab to bring my arse home.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 8:15 pm to just1dawg
man, that is cool as hell...B52 has to be one of my favorite aircraft of all times...
hope I live to see the day that we have a B52 flyover at an LSU football game...
hope I live to see the day that we have a B52 flyover at an LSU football game...
Posted on 7/20/15 at 8:17 pm to Spankum
They ditched military flyovers, I thought.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 8:30 pm to alajones
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probably get tired of circling east Bossier Parish over and over.
Hard to imagine someone could get tired of a birds eye view of the best skyline in louisiana
Posted on 7/20/15 at 8:47 pm to BRgetthenet
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They ditched military flyovers, I thought.
the pattern is never full in oshkosh
Posted on 7/20/15 at 8:50 pm to BRgetthenet
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Obama ditched military flyovers, I thought.
FIFY.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 8:57 pm to ksayetiger
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probably get tired of circling east Bossier Parish over and over.
Hard to imagine someone could get tired of a birds eye view of the best skyline in louisiana
You can see New Orleans from Bossier?
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:03 pm to WaveForLSU
LINK
I was last at Oshkosh in 2011, I was standing on the fence line where this F16 came to a stop after over running the runway. Since events like this are usually followed by explosions and fire I hauled butt in the opposite direction.
I was last at Oshkosh in 2011, I was standing on the fence line where this F16 came to a stop after over running the runway. Since events like this are usually followed by explosions and fire I hauled butt in the opposite direction.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:20 pm to alajones
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FWIW, they use that parachute in every landing, even at Barksdale.
Thanks, I didn't know that.
As a kid I went to Oshkosh in 1991 and 1994, as an adult, in 2008. Got to see Concorde up close in 1994 and I wanted so badly to fly on her, even subsonic. They were selling 1 hour flights for $700 ($1127 in today's dollars).
I think this picture is actually from 1990 when my mother flew up in a Mooney with a friend of hers and left us at home with dad.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:28 pm to Spankum
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hope I live to see the day that we have a B52 flyover at an LSU football game...
We've had more than one at a ULM game. Usually Armed Forces day.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:37 pm to just1dawg
Our campsite in 2008. Was surprised at how many Aggie tents there were--didn't see any significant concentrations of other universities.
Also Wisconsinites will confuse the old MSU M-state with Michigan State and they will ask you why the colors on your shirt are wrong.
That green Eureka tent was celebrating its 30th anniversary at Camp Scholler. It still had the Oshkosh 1978 camping tag on it.
Also Wisconsinites will confuse the old MSU M-state with Michigan State and they will ask you why the colors on your shirt are wrong.
That green Eureka tent was celebrating its 30th anniversary at Camp Scholler. It still had the Oshkosh 1978 camping tag on it.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:44 pm to BRgetthenet
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They ditched military flyovers, I thought.
don't know anything about that...I thougth the last couple came from Meridian naval airstation....
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