Taking David and Mick's B-47 out for a spin. Part 1.

Sbob said:
Aw, pshaw.. :biggrin-new:
Its just an almost slave-ish devotion to some old computer games. :loyal:

What's tough with these "flat fliers" is getting used to using the throttles to control your decent rate and NOT your stick/yoke.
It takes a while to get in the groove and it never really feels "right". :indecisiveness: You just have to get used to it.
Wait until you get into flying low and fast. It takes some fortitude (or a lot of beer) once you put large wings into "ground effect" and you have to push the yoke almost into the inst. panel to control your altitude. :listening_headphone

One thing about Ellsworth, if you ever want to try one of those "Looking Glass" flights in an EC-135.. They didn't fly ONLY out of Offut.
HJG has a nice EC-135 texture set for an EC based at Ellsworth. I haven't really dug into it, but I think almost half of those flights were based out of Ellsworth? There was ALWAYS one of those planes in the air for something like 40 consecutive years. Where they flew isn't documented, but its easy to figure out. :playful:
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The first thing I thought of when I saw your latest Post was ALICE in the LOOKING GLASS plane from the film "By Dawn's Early Light"...
 
Same thing. Those Looking Glass flights were mostly concerned with maintaining comms with the launch control centers of the ICBM silos in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.
The plane could also carry out the missile launches remotely if needed. The only conclusion I could figure out was that Looking Glass needed to stay close enough to all the control centers while also staying distant (for obvious reasons). Looking up the locations of the silos put Pierre, SD in about the right spot. :jump:

One of my MAIW installs included an updated map overlay and there's an MOA (military operations area) located near Pierre that's now controlled by the SD ANG.
It kinda gave me chills the first time I spotted it. :playful: That had to be the area they used.
 
BTW, a long time ago and a couple of pages back, I mentioned George Carlin and his relationship with the B-47. :playful:

He rarely talked about it, but here's an interview where he does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtrXT79SP6k

Skip to about the 12:30 point and you'll learn about George, Barksdale AFB, and the B-47 and it's K System. :very_drunk:
 
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