Fatal takeoff accident at Edward’s Sunday. It became a burnt black spot by the runway. This suggests a structural failure at the worst time like the recent FedEx crash. Sympathy for their families. Bob Wilson
A Plane design that has been in service for 70 years failed? How many vehicles do you see on the road that haven't changed their basic design since 1955? Do you think maybe there's a reason for that? Not even the bloat of the military industrial complex could get funding for the next generation of stratofortress at scale. How would you feel if you bought a plane ticket and the plane you were flying in was old as a B-52? The military don't care about that: First B-52s to get new engines this year - Defense One
The B-1 and B-2 are much newer de$ign$ than the B-52H. But there are some things the B-52 still does better and/or less expensively.
