B-52 @ MCO?

krlang · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:35 pm

Dumb question.

What is up with the Buff at MCO?
History, why its there, other A/C

Ive driven by it a bunch of times while arriving at the airport to catch a flight home. I never remember its there till its too late to go back. (In the rental car bus returning to the terminal)
I was just looking at it on Google Earths sattelite view.

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:11 pm

I don't know the history of the aircraft, but I believe that B-52's flew from there when it was Pinecastle Air Force Base. The first X-1 glide flights were at pinecastle also until the program was moved to Muroc AFB (Edwards).
Jerry

Randy Haskin · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:45 am

It was Orlando AAF, then Pinecastle AFB, then McCoy AFB. A SAC base for many of those years (with B-52s, of course).

Check it out:

http://www.306thbw.org/306thhistory/his ... CoyAFB.htm

Matt Sharkey · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 2:27 pm **Posts:** 223

http://se_aviation.tripod.com/McCoy_B52.htm for some photos.

krlang · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:17 pm

Hmmm,

I guess that would explain the airport identifier.
We always wondered why it was MCO

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:49 am

MCO = Mickey Comes Out to greet the plane

GIJOE290 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:36 am

Eric Friedebach wrote:

MCO = Mickey Comes Out to greet the plane

Heck, I live here and never heard of that saying! :shock:

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