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CHIZZY · « **on:** October 16, 2005, 06:03:12 AM »

they should turn these into virtual reality video games or something. Or at least scrap \'em out for the aluminum...damn, that\'s a lot of B-52\'s...

http://www.mediabum.com/html/Airplane-Graveyards.html

« **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2005, 07:18:08 AM »

Imagine how much money is sitting there.

« **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2005, 07:29:27 AM »

My question is how many of those are operational, I remember when I lived on base that any of the old relics that you saw while you drove around were "supposed" to be fully functional and operational.

« **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2005, 12:04:41 PM »

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Originally posted by mjps21983
My question is how many of those are operational, I remember when I lived on base that any of the old relics that you saw while you drove around were "supposed" to be fully functional and operational.

You know i never thought of that good point, i thought they were all stripped clean.

How many millions did each one cost. TO BAD THEY DONT CIVILLIANS TO PURCHASE ANY OF COURSE I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD NEED A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY TO PUT IT ON

Cerberus · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2005, 01:55:20 PM »

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Originally posted by mjps21983
My question is how many of those are operational, I remember when I lived on base that any of the old relics that you saw while you drove around were "supposed" to be fully functional and operational.

I remember reading something like that myself. From what I recall, they are supposed to be in "holding storage" only, something about being stored for back up purposes, in case there\'s a need for more planes at short notice, in case of a large number of failures that leave them short on machinery.

They do a similar thing with trains I think, they store older disused engines for times of emergency when there\'s high demand.

But in reality, they never use them.

« **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2005, 02:10:54 PM »

We would have an amazing fleet if we armed all of those with a pilot and some bombs.

WWIII, I see it now...

Cerberus · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2005, 02:12:22 PM »

maybe that\'s what they are for, maybe you lot are secretly training kamikaze pilots

« **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2005, 02:22:00 PM »

That why we have been collecting all these illegal immigrants.

Fight for our country!

Titan · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2005, 07:44:48 PM »

I wouldn\'t mind buying one of those old jets. Sometimes, they use old fighters as a drone (r/c controlled) and they get blown up in training.

EDIT: Those B-52s are Vietnam era bombers (I\'m 90% sure of this). The tail is much bigger than the modern B-52s. It is much smaller on the modern ones. Plus, look at the camoflage. I haven\'t seen a pic of a camoflauged B-52 in a while. Those definitely lived out their life and now they will be scraped and built into some other plane.

« **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2005, 04:33:52 AM »

What a waste of material.

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