B-52s in the movies

I loved the low level scenes where you can see the shadow of the B-17
that was doing the filming, as if a B-52 has a shape anywhere close to that!

Well, the B-52 is the B-17's grandbaby. I think there is a strong family
resemblance.


Walt

I know the B-36 never dropped a bomb in anger. But the B-52's were also a
fantastic peace keeping machine. The USSR never wanted to try them on for
size.

I'm a big B-17 fan, but the B-17 didn't scare the Germans or the Japs much at
all.

Of course they were slow learners.

Walt

Subject: B-52s in the movies
From: (WalterM140)
Date: 7/16/2004 8:10 PM Pacific Standard Time
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I know the B-36 never dropped a bomb in anger. But the B-52's were also a
fantastic peace keeping machine. The USSR never wanted to try them on for
size.

I'm a big B-17 fan, but the B-17 didn't scare the Germans or the Japs much at
all.

Of course they were slow learners.

Walt



Adolph Galland was quoted as saying he hated attacking Marauders with their
very tight formations, very accurate fire and experienced crews.





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I asked my Highschool physics teacher about the movie, He scoffed.....
He said it was pretty much off base, they got many things wrong.
He Was a EWO on Bufffs in the late 70's and early 80's.

Harley

"WalterM140" wrote in message
...
I loved the low level scenes where you can see the shadow of the B-17
that was doing the filming, as if a B-52 has a shape anywhere close to
that!

Well, the B-52 is the B-17's grandbaby. I think there is a strong family
resemblance.


Walt

I asked my Highschool physics teacher about the movie, He scoffed.....
He said it was pretty much off base, they got many things wrong.
He Was a EWO on Bufffs in the late 70's and early 80's.


I think you mean "Dawn's Early Light."

That may be. The jargon on "Dr. Strangelove had the appropriate military feel
to it if nothing else.

Walt

(WalterM140) wrote:
Dawn's Early light

I thought "By the Dawn's Early Light" was a
pretty fair movie.

Even if the B-52 crew didn't hair lip every
one on Bear Creek when they dropped
their bombs. ;-)

Walt
Well, that crew came up with a new air-to-air weapon; if all else fails,drop
a B-83 before you get to a ridgeline-the ridge will shield you from the blast
and other weapon effects, but the pursuers will get vaped. One MiG-25 was
killed the traditional way: fire from the B-52's tail gunner.

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I was on alert at Fairchild AFB, when this movie came out on HBO in 1990.
Everybody from the Crew Chiefs to the flight crews crammed in to the crew
lounge and the briefing room to watch it. By Dawn's early light was a very
funny movie to us at the 325th bomb Squadron.
It is important to note:
1. At the time we did not have Female crewmembers, only the KC-135 tankers
had them.

2. The 92BW had B-52Hs on alert, not the make of a G model D model crap they
had. I have never been able to walk from the Defense station to the IP
seat standing straight up before. The IFR bathtub would bite your head.

3. The Alert pad was off the runway, and as you drive your POV to the
facility you do not drive up a row of bombers. POVs where not allowed on the
flight line. To do so would have you finding out what the word JACK-UP
meant.

There are many other examples in this movie that made us all laugh out loud.
But the best was how the co-pilot kept correcting the Aircraft commander. Oh
the 325th patch on the flight suits where from the Second World War, not the
one worn by us in 1990.

Way to many errors to list here, just another bad movie about the boys in
SAC or the Air Force. Not as bad as some that has come out, but bad just the
same.

Now Bomber B52 was an all right movie, and a gathering of eagles. Strategic
Air Command was more about the early days of SAC with B36s and B47s, but was
cool just the same.

Strange; I met a crew from that squadron at the Castle AFB air show in '91,
and they liked the movie. Didn't Powers Booth and Rebecca DeMornay go up
there for pre-filming research? The crew said that they had, and they were
very serious, and didn't complain when questions couldn't be answered. When
asked, they also said that they would never have thought of dealing with
MiGs in the way it was done in the movie.
Still, a megaton to kill a pair of MiGs ain't overkill, it's still only 500
Kt per Foxbat.


Rembember, it's entertainment, not a Civil War-style documentary.






"Bill & Susan Maddux" wrote:
I was on alert at Fairchild AFB, when this movie
came out on HBO in 1990.
Everybody from the Crew Chiefs to the flight
crews crammed in to the crew
lounge and the briefing room to watch it. By
Dawn's early light was a very
funny movie to us at the 325th bomb Squadron.
It is important to note:
1. At the time we did not have Female crewmembers,
only the KC-135 tankers
had them.

2. The 92BW had B-52Hs on alert, not the make
of a G model D model crap they
had. I have never been able to walk from the
Defense station to the IP
seat standing straight up before. The IFR bathtub
would bite your head.

3. The Alert pad was off the runway, and as
you drive your POV to the
facility you do not drive up a row of bombers.
POVs where not allowed on the
flight line. To do so would have you finding
out what the word JACK-UP
meant.

There are many other examples in this movie
that made us all laugh out loud.
But the best was how the co-pilot kept correcting
the Aircraft commander. Oh
the 325th patch on the flight suits where from
the Second World War, not the
one worn by us in 1990.

Way to many errors to list here, just another
bad movie about the boys in
SAC or the Air Force. Not as bad as some that
has come out, but bad just the
same.

Now Bomber B52 was an all right movie, and a
gathering of eagles. Strategic
Air Command was more about the early days of
SAC with B36s and B47s, but was
cool just the same.




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On 14 Jul 2004 04:21:21 GMT, (Regnirps) wrote:

I would say the B-52 in "The X-15 Story" are accurate for the time ;-)

Was it the A or the B? I can't remember.

It's not a movie but the B-52 in "Six Million Dollar Man" was also
highly accurate. So were the HL-10 (the lifting body that comes off
the hooks) and the M2-F2 (the lifting body that had the landing
accident) that the HL-10 turned into.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

On 13 Jul 2004 21:18:08 GMT, "ian maclure" wrote:

Apocalypse Now!
There were B52 parts in that....

That was a great movie with great flying.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer