B-52 Low-Pass on a Carrier?

[Paul Krumrei]

[B-29 Super Fort]

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

[EXPAT0149]

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

[Jesse C.]

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]

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

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

[flyboyid]

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

[Old SAR pilot]

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

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

Still looks strange, tho!

[GregP]

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]

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

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

[oscardeuce]

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

[krlang]

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]

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

Now thats what I call flying!

[tom d. friedman]

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

[Randy Haskin]

Most definitely an authentic photo.

[Cking]

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