EatingOnions@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoB-52 Stratofortress crashes after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Basewww.nbclosangeles.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1206
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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoTo be fair that’s an upward angle on a plane taking off, with the flaps fully extended for maximum lift. This is what a B-52 looks like when in a regular flight configuration.
minus-squareMurse@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIt’s still kinda janky looking tbh. Like someone put a commercial airliner in MS Paint and just stretched everything away from where the wings meet the fuselage.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoBombers tend to look like that, they have a very small fuselage compared to a passenger aircraft. Very compact cargo.
To be fair that’s an upward angle on a plane taking off, with the flaps fully extended for maximum lift.
This is what a B-52 looks like when in a regular flight configuration.
It’s still kinda janky looking tbh. Like someone put a commercial airliner in MS Paint and just stretched everything away from where the wings meet the fuselage.
Bombers tend to look like that, they have a very small fuselage compared to a passenger aircraft. Very compact cargo.
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