B 52 Landing at Duxford

This is from my old VHS tape collection, and shows a retiring USAF B52 heavy bomber landing at the Imperial war Museum at Duxford in October 1983. It is now on permanent display.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• B52
• Duxford
• Landing
• airplane

[satwatcher]

Just a word of thanks to all the replies ( well most of them!). I never guessed, when I posted this 2 years ago, that it would get nearly 30,000 views. It's great to hear from people who knew the pilot and flew in this aircraft.

Interesting to hear about "tail first" take off's - I've noticed in other videos that they adopt a nose down attitude after getting airborne to gain speed before climbing away, rather like helicopters.

[72david72lp]

doesnt it need to flare?

[satwatcher]

It's got a totally different landing gear to most other planes - the weight is spread evenly between front and rear bogies. I assume that in normal operations from very long runways it is just "flown on" to the runway in a level attitude. Maybe one of the guys who flew it during its operational career would tell us more?

[dph524]

The "vlcan" is "shit". What a ridiculous statement! Both aircraft were developed around the same time, but the Vulcan was much smaller as it needed less range to hit targets its in the USSR.

Ask the Argentine junta of 1982 if the Vulcan was "shit". It frightened them into holding back all their Mirage IIIs to protect Buenos Aires from possible Vulcan raids.

[fairclought7]

the black buck raids :)

and the Vulcan was rolled on its first test flight just after take off, it along with the other V bombers the Vailiant and the Victor were the best early cold war bombers, its great that XH558 is now flying again.

[TacomaAttorney]

I have been to that musuem. It is definately worth the visit.

[Tjita1]

I have to ask, I saw a high resolution picture of a B-52: Have they indeed stolen the main landing gear from a piper seneca to use as outriggers on the B-52?

[smacman68]

I get goose bumps everytime I watch this video. Awesome, just awesome.

[salawatt]

I watched this B-52 land. I was on the M highway on my way to Cambridge from RAF Mildenhall. It had to come in real low because the runway at Duxford is almost too short of that aircraft to land. The thing just cleared the perimeter fence. AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF AIRMANSHIP!

[08RoushStage3]

8/2005

[08RoushStage3]

JetMechMA - His Name was James Ray Nerger. Uncle Jim retired with right at 10,000 hours in 52s. If it bounced a bit , there was good reason HE decided to do so. He dropped off several old birds in many places all over the world one being in Battleship Parkway in Mobile Ala. I pass it everytime I go see my family in Fla. Its pretty cool but,, it also sucks. As a family member of Jims, thank you for your kind words I'm not joking when I say he was my hero, and I watch this short film clip often

[JetMechMA]

@08RoushStage3 May I ask what year he passed away?

[JetMechMA]

@08RoushStage3: Uncle Jim and Aunt Jean are missed - - everyday.

JM: Words can't describe how highly we regarded him.....but forgive me, I forget his name after all these years. Can you remind us? If he was the one I went to A&P classes with, he told me his plane was a 182, is that right? The other guys used to raz him about asking so many questions (because he wanted to learn) And I gave them a heads-up about who he was. He walked on water after they found out he was a real aviation hero.

[08RoushStage3]

@JetMechMA You got him right. He was a great guy, and ohhh yes-- REAL military and my hero for the better part of my life. His tail dragger was his second personal plane his first was hit by a tornado just outside of Knox Ind - while he was visiting his mother. A stroke took him unexpectadly while he was in the hospital for suspected ?pluracy?, his wife followed just a couple months later. Uncle Jim and Aunt Jean are missed - - everyday.

[Doogz13]

that things friggin huge!