Yea, the one with the damn fool for a pilot crashed at Spokane several years ago trying to do a pitch out, fighter-type go around. Several in his unit had warned that he was gonna kill somebody and refused to fly with 'im. 'Think it's on youtube.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - BUFF stuff for Ed > > Nickname for B-52 started by maintenance guys on Guam during > > Vietnam War as Big Ugly Fat F****r; since "sanitized"... > > I've no doubt that it was a 'backronym', where the B-Fifty-Two > pronunciation inspired the BUFF, along with its tremendous size. > > They used to fly them out of Spokane, this was a nuke depot. > Seeing one of things up on knife edge during a banking turn > a hundred feet or so in the air (or what certainly appeared > to be that situation) during the annual air show was pretty > awesome. I believe they lost one during a practice run for > the show, and made them quit doing that. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
