re: #190 Guanxi88

Too bad we can’t just build new ones. I agree about the fleet’s age though (heard some stories myself about that). Still, I can’t help thinking that any successor to the B-52 would have to be about the same as the old one, albeit with better avionics, etc. I really do suspect (and have heard from a few who flew the things) that there wasn’t all that much room for improvement on the basic plane - a fellow I knew described it as the apotheosis of the strategic bomber, the absolute last word.

Well, it’s been reengined a couple of times already, right? But different shapes to make it stealthy, supersonic cruise or attack speed, and maybe an upstairs lounge, occur as things it will never have. I guess manned strategic bombers are going out of style anyway, and supersonic didn’t seem to buy the B-1 a lot of love.