Flashermac Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Ever seen the old 1930s Flash Gordon serials? Lots of fun, with the "high tech" special effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 The BUFF is presumably a nickname for a B52? Therefore Badger, Bear and Blackjack are presumably also nicknames for military planes? I hope you're not one of those military geeks or even worse a plane spotter? BUFF is an unofficial USAF nickname for the B-52. An acronym, it stands for Big Ugly Fat F*cker. One speculates that this is how the BG in question got the nickname. Badger, Bear, and Blackjack are official NATO reporting names for bombers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted September 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 BUFF is an unofficial USAF nickname for the B-52. An acronym, it stands for Big Ugly Fat F*cker. One speculates that this is how the BG in question got the nickname. Badger, Bear, and Blackjack are official NATO reporting names for bombers. Wow Specialist what got you to drag up a 4 yo post?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Wow Specialist what got you to drag up a 4 yo post?! I saw it in the "Similar Topics" list, and got curious. And I'm something of an airplane junkie. (I think I inherited the gene from my father.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 There certainly is a bunch of all sorts of planes in Tucson AZ at Davis Monthan AirForce base. All sizes and shapes. They ain't doing much good just sitting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Ah, the Air Farce bone yard. I remember the first time I saw it ... looked like all of the missing planes from the Bermuda Triangle had ended up there. @Specialist - ever see a B-36? Unbelievable aircraft - used to see them flying in the New Mexico-West Texas sky when I was a kid. Got to crawl all over one on Armed Forces Day at Holloman AFB one year, 230 foot wingspan. That tunnel from fore and aft was awesome when you are a kid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 I worked at General Dynamics Fort Worth Division for a few years, many years ago. For some years, there was a open-air airplane museum there, basically a collection of several old birds. At some point, they closed it down and got rid of everything. They had a B-52D (tall tail model). They had a B-58 "Hustler" (beautiful bird). They had an F-105 "Thunderchief" (better known as the "Thud"). They had an F-89, and an F-84. There was an old biplane, probably a Stearman, but I'm not sure. And there was a B-36. I think it was the last intact B-36 in existence. I didn't really grasp how big the B-52s were until I saw three of them sitting side-by-side at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson. (That is a site to see, if you are an airplane junkie. I saw about half of it, in the course of walking my legs off, TWICE.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 I was at the Pima Air Museum one day and was surprised they had on display some of the metal tags that were removed from the bombs that bombed Tokyo. The removal of the metal tags activated the fire bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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