LA Times: Upgrades aim to extend B-52 bombers' already long lives
Aug 19, 2013, 6:32 pm
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LA Times: Upgrades aim to extend B-52 bombers' already long lives
For those who think that DC-9s are obsolete, here's something to ponder:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,6642110.story
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,6642110.story
Aug 19, 2013, 8:59 pm
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some planes still have vacuum tubes
Boeing says the plane could fly well into its 100th year.
Spoken like a corporation that wants to keep milking a support contract.