"Matt Wiser" wrote:


Which depiction of the B-52 in the movies is the most realistic for the time
the movie is set? There are two main contenders-Dr. Strangelove with a high
altitude penetration, then low, then high again to drop the weapon; and By
Dawn's Early light-which had a Buff drop a (presumed) retarded single-megaton
weapon to kill a pair of MiG-25s-the weapon was dropped before the Buff cleared
a ridge, and the other side of the ridge shielded the plane from the blast.
(A third Foxbat was killed by the Buff's gunner) Any other depictions of
B-52s in the movies out there?

1) A Gathering of Eagles
2) Bombers B-52
3) X-15 (After all, a B-52 lofted the plane into the upper atmosphere!)
4) Apocalypse Now (a "cameo")

There are probably others. I haven't seen the second and it's been decades
since I'd seen the other ones above.

Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922
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