B-52 Low-Pass on a Carrier?

B-29 Super Fort · **Joined:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:12 am **Posts:** 871

I always thought that photo was "photoshopped", has there ever been any confirmation of its authenticity?

EXPAT0149 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:44 am **Posts:** 163

Looks to me like the old girl is going to make a beeeg splash , with that nose down attitude

Jesse C. · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:02 pm

I call BULLSHIFT!

I once read about a B-29 returning from a mission that flew over a carrier and decided to have some fun with them by lining up and coming in with gear and flaps down!

Said the flagman was waving like a mad man!! Now that would have been a cool picture!

Russ Matthews · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:20 pm

According to the USS Ranger Museum Foundation website, the photo is genuine...

http://www.ussrangercv61.org/photoalbums/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=2

flyboyid · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:22 pm

Read once somewhere it was real. The helo in the background of the 1st pic would seem to relate to where the 2nd picture was taken from.
I thought I once heard the buff trimed out in level flight had a nose down pitch attitude.
Of course I could be wrong...my girlfriend can tell you that happens on occasion :lol:

Old SAR pilot · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:29 pm

Yah, the Buff flies in a "nose-down" attitude, as seen here:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/cat/heavy-bombers

Still looks strange, tho! :wink:

GregP · **Joined:** Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:13 pm **Posts:** 67

The mighty B-52 Buff flies nose-down at low altitudes, but is flying quite level at 50,000+ feet.

I believe it is slightly nose up near the absolute ceiling, which is higher than 50,000 feet.

m50a1ontos · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:01 pm

We got "Buzzed" a few times when I was on the Forrestal and Sara. Never saw a Buff THAT low though! :lol:

Turkey's bustin the number over "fishing boats" was more fun to watch though... :twisted:

oscardeuce · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:34 am **Posts:** 1021

I believe that is the pilot who crashed a Buff practicing for the airshow in that infamous video.

krlang · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:03 pm

GregP wrote:

The mighty B-52 Buff flies nose-down at low altitudes, but is flying quite level at 50,000+ feet.

I believe it is slightly nose up near the absolute ceiling, which is higher than 50,000 feet.

I loved the angles in this pic, from the linked page above....

I loved seeing the B-52 flyby at airshows, like Geneseo back in the day.
The airplane would look so goofy climbing, nose down!

Nathan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:12 pm

It's just the Air Force showing the Navy guys how to really fly! :lol:

Now thats what I call flying!

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:34 pm

if that b-52 buzz job is real then those engines must have about blown out every eardrum on the carrier deck!!!

Randy Haskin · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:41 pm

Most definitely an authentic photo.

Cking · **Posted:** Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:45 am

Jesse C. wrote:

I call BULLSHIFT!

I once read about a B-29 returning from a mission that flew over a carrier and decided to have some fun with them by lining up and coming in with gear and flaps down!

Said the flagman was waving like a mad man!! Now that would have been a cool picture!

I have heard the same story, except it was a Shackelton/Neptune/Orion of the RAF/USN/RNZAF/RAAF. The story always ends up with the line "....and the last thing the crew saw was the deck crew pushing an Sea vixen/Buccaneer/F-4 over the side" An aviation urban myth me thinks! Or am I wrong?

Rgds Cking

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