April 15th, 1952 is a significant day for aviation. It is the day that the YB-52 prototype aircraft, the predecessor to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber, first flew with A. “Tex” Johnston at the controls. It’s been sixty-seven years since the BUFF, as it’s much better known, has been flying the skies. The amazing thing […]
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