Show notes
The B-52, the model of plane that disappeared in February 1968, is a remarkable and enduring aircraft. More than seven decades after the eight-engine bomber first flew, dozens are still in service for the United States Air Force. The origins of the design are part of the mythology of The Boeing Company, and the iconic bomber – nicknamed the “BUFF” – has carved a niche in American pop culture, from music to food to classic film.
Highlighted moments
George Shire, again, this aerodynamicist, he went down to the hobby shop downtown, bought some balsa wood and a hobby knife and he sets out to start carving a model.
“She kept her credit cards in his name because women couldn't have, couldn't hold title, that kind of stuff. And so, you know, the gas, back then it was all, you know, Gulf and Texaco and, you know, they had gas cards.”
“They paid for that, and then once they put it on the base chapel grounds, it became federal property. And so if I drove by, it wasn't wistful. It was to make sure that what the families paid for was still there.”
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