YB-52 fløy i dag for 73 år siden - A&SF

 

Som du husker utførte "Tex" Johnston en roll på jomfruturen til B707. (Red.)

This Day in 1952
First Flight of the BUFF

The YB-52 Stratofortress bomber prototype makes its maiden flight from a Boeing facility in Seattle. Company pilot A.M. “Tex” Johnston is at the controls. Seventy-three years later, the aircraft is still flying and projected to stay in service for more than a century.