008, B-52B, mothership, Boeing, B-52 Stratofortress, Photo

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Code Number:: TARV01P10_07
Title:: 008, B-52B, mothership; Built: 1952
First flight:11/06/1955
Retired: 17/12/2004
Engines: 8x Pratt & Whitney J57-19 turbojets
This was the oldest B-52 that was in flying status.
Significant projects by this 008: X-15, various lifting bodies, HiMAT (highly maneuverable aircraft technology), Pegasus, validation of parachute systems developed for the NASA space shuttle program (solid-rocket-booster recovery system and the space shuttle drag chute system), and the X-38.
Keywords:: Boeing, B-52 Stratofortress, United States Air Force, Military, Bomber aircraft, Strategic Air Command, SAC, BUFF, Turbojet, Airplane, Plane, Aeroplane, Eight Engine Jet, Long Range Heavy Bomber, Fixed wing multi engine, USAF, North American X-15, rocket powered, NASA, USAF, United States Air Force, hypersonic, Rocketship, Aircraft, Edwards Air Force Base, AFB, IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, California, USA, Mojave Desert, Airport, Experimental, historical, Research Aircraft, Flying Machine, Pioneers of Aviation, history, Archive

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Code Number:: TARV01P10_07
Title:: 008, B-52B, mothership; Built: 1952
First flight:11/06/1955
Retired: 17/12/2004
Engines: 8x Pratt & Whitney J57-19 turbojets
This was the oldest B-52 that was in flying status.
Significant projects by this 008: X-15, various lifting bodies, HiMAT (highly maneuverable aircraft technology), Pegasus, validation of parachute systems developed for the NASA space shuttle program (solid-rocket-booster recovery system and the space shuttle drag chute system), and the X-38.
Keywords:: Boeing, B-52 Stratofortress, United States Air Force, Military, Bomber aircraft, Strategic Air Command, SAC, BUFF, Turbojet, Airplane, Plane, Aeroplane, Eight Engine Jet, Long Range Heavy Bomber, Fixed wing multi engine, USAF, North American X-15, rocket powered, NASA, USAF, United States Air Force, hypersonic, Rocketship, Aircraft, Edwards Air Force Base, AFB, IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, California, USA, Mojave Desert, Airport, Experimental, historical, Research Aircraft, Flying Machine, Pioneers of Aviation, history, Archive
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