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 […]
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 […]
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 pages below are scans of the CONTROLLED INDOCTRINATION FLIGHT COURSE – PILOT RATING BOOK of Col. Francis H. Potter, USAF. Col Potter began flight training on August 12th, 1943 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I piloted the B-52D aircraft, number 56-676, now on display, several times while stationed at Fairchild AFB, Washington from 1954 to 1964. My first fight with it was on February […]
Wow! Can this big hunk of metal really get off the ground? I must be looking at a thousand square feet of aluminum skin, along with a million different parts, […]