#b52bomber — Public Fediverse posts
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New flight tracking data shows the B-52 bomber that crashed at Edwards Air Force Base made a sharp turn and descended rapidly before impact. All eight people on board were killed as investigators probe the cause. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/b52-crash-edwards-air-force-base-sharp-turn-test-flight-investigation-dba1m98s?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PlaneCrash #Aviation #B52Bomber #UnitedStates
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Eight people were killed after a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed moments after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California during a routine test mission. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/b-52-bomber-crash-california-air-base-8-dead-d8adjqvq?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PlaneCrash #B52Bomber #UnitedStates #Aviation
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Live: B-52 crash site at Andrews Air Force base, CA
Eight crew members are dead in a B-52 bomber crash shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, on Monday morning, the base said. The B-52 Stratofortress was on a routine test mission that took off at 11:20 a.m. local time at the remote air base, officials said, and “initial indications are that the crash was not survivable.” Watch more CNN here: #Crash #b52bomber #News
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-b-52-crash-site-at-andrews-air-force-base-ca/
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Live: B-52 crash site at Andrews Air Force base, CA
Eight crew members are dead in a B-52 bomber crash shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, on Monday morning, the base said. The B-52 Stratofortress was on a routine test mission that took off at 11:20 a.m. local time at the remote air base, officials said, and “initial indications are that the crash was not survivable.” Watch more CNN here: #Crash #b52bomber #News
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-b-52-crash-site-at-andrews-air-force-base-ca/
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The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html
#HackerNews #B52Bomber #Electromechanical #Technology #StarTracker #AviationHistory #AerospaceEngineering
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The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html
#HackerNews #B52Bomber #Electromechanical #Technology #StarTracker #AviationHistory #AerospaceEngineering
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US Continues to Rely on Upgraded B-52 Bombers from the 1960s for Modern Conflicts, Including Strikes on Iran
📰 Original title: The B-52: Why the US still uses a plane from the 1960s to bomb its enemies
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/us-continues-to-rely-on-upgraded-b-52-bombers-from-the-1960s-for-modern-conflicts-including-strikes-on-iran/?redirpost=6f774654-7b58-4512-a839-6528978d5f41
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My favourite #debunking of the "government paid $EXCESSIVE for $THING" kind of story was by Jerry #Pournelle. It's currently offline, and archive.org is still recovering, so I can't link it. Actual numbers below are made up because I don't remember the exact figures, but the gist is correct.
It was the "#Pentagon paid $17,000 for a #toilet seat" one. What actually happened was that the Pentagon needed to procure more toilet seats for the B-52 bomber - the planes were (and still are!) old and stuff wears out or gets damaged. There was no remaining stock of parts.
The problem was that the #manufacturer had long ago junked the tooling used to make the parts (they were metal, requiring tool & die etc). Making that tooling is quite expensive - it's difficult, skilled work. Other costs involved in getting a #manufacturing line set up are also expensive. And they couldn't justify buying and storing tons of extra toilet seats.
So what you get is a high fixed #cost to rebuild a line, divided by a relatively small number of finished articles, giving an apparently absurd price per unit. Say, a million dollars to make 60 replacement toilet seats to original spec.
And that gives... $16,667 per seat. And a great, totally #misleading #headline.
#B52 #B52Bomber #ToiletSeat #GovernmentWaste #waste #procurement
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My favourite #debunking of the "government paid $EXCESSIVE for $THING" kind of story was by Jerry #Pournelle. It's currently offline, and archive.org is still recovering, so I can't link it. Actual numbers below are made up because I don't remember the exact figures, but the gist is correct.
It was the "#Pentagon paid $17,000 for a #toilet seat" one. What actually happened was that the Pentagon needed to procure more toilet seats for the B-52 bomber - the planes were (and still are!) old and stuff wears out or gets damaged. There was no remaining stock of parts.
The problem was that the #manufacturer had long ago junked the tooling used to make the parts (they were metal, requiring tool & die etc). Making that tooling is quite expensive - it's difficult, skilled work. Other costs involved in getting a #manufacturing line set up are also expensive. And they couldn't justify buying and storing tons of extra toilet seats.
So what you get is a high fixed #cost to rebuild a line, divided by a relatively small number of finished articles, giving an apparently absurd price per unit. Say, a million dollars to make 60 replacement toilet seats to original spec.
And that gives... $16,667 per seat. And a great, totally #misleading #headline.
#B52 #B52Bomber #ToiletSeat #GovernmentWaste #waste #procurement
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Boeing B-52B Stratofortress 52-0005 #photography #airplanes #avgeek #aviation #wingsovertherockies #highlight #wingsmuseum #b52 #boeingb52stratofortress #b52bomber #bomber #boeing #strategicbomber #jetpowered #subsonic #longrange #usaf #unitedstatesairforce #fairchildafb #unitedstatesairforceacademy #airforceglobalstrikecommand #airforcereservecommand #airforcematerielcommand #nasa (Flickr 05.06.2017) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/35039507961
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Boeing B-52B Stratofortress 52-0005 #photography #airplanes #avgeek #aviation #wingsovertherockies #highlight #wingsmuseum #b52 #boeingb52stratofortress #b52bomber #bomber #boeing #strategicbomber #jetpowered #subsonic #longrange #usaf #unitedstatesairforce #fairchildafb #unitedstatesairforceacademy #airforceglobalstrikecommand #airforcereservecommand #airforcematerielcommand #nasa (Flickr 05.06.2017) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/35039507961