BOEING B-52D: AIRCRAFT #56-0676
Boeing B-52 Model D, aircraft #56-0676 now sits on static display at the Heritage Air Park on Fairchild Air Force Base, near Spokane Washington. Driving on to base one […]
Stories of Flying the B-52 Bomber
Boeing B-52 Model D, aircraft #56-0676 now sits on static display at the Heritage Air Park on Fairchild Air Force Base, near Spokane Washington. Driving on to base one […]
I could feel the vibrations and hear the noise of the departing KC 135 tanker aircraft that early morning as it echoed through the heavy fog. I had just arrived […]
In 1956 the 92 Bomb Wing, (H) was alerted for upgrading to Boeing’s new eight engined all jet heavy bomber, the B-52’s. We had three bomb squadrons in our wing, […]
The information below is summarized from Pilot Flight Log Book of Col. Francis Harold Potter USAF . See photos below for scans of individual log book pages. Link to Spreadsheet […]
Interviewer: You’ve got almost 10,000 flying hours. That’s a lot of hours. Potter: Yes, but the airline pilots now make a career out of it, so a lot of them […]
How many sweethearts or love affairs can one man have or expect to have in his short life time? How many times can he look at someone or something and […]
We’ve all read stories or have heard of conflicts between aircraft and many different forms of wildlife, but how about SNAKES? Who has ever heard of an aircraft problem with […]
Shhhhhhhh! Quiet!! See him there? Down by the road! My two companions froze as we strained to see. It was nearly midnight with only a sliver of moon lighting […]
The 1960’s were great years. Elvis was king and was constantly belting out his “hits” and packing more and more money off to the bank. One song he made very […]
Have you ever been unexpectedly whomped across the chest with a club? While at night? While at 36,000 feet? While piloting a B-52 eight engined jet bomber? Well I was, […]