Well, a map and an altimeter will keep you out of the mountains...

From: Josh Luthman 
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 8:13 AM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - really old equipment still in service

Really a remarkable machine! 

"the B-2, with its delicate radar-evading coating, had to be stored in a 
climate-controlled hangar to be effective, and its sensors at first could not 
tell a storm cloud from a mountain"



You could say someone dropped the bomb on that one...


Josh Luthman
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On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

  Imagine if you had active equipment in your network that was first produced 
in 1952, the last ones were built in 1964, and you didn't expect to retire them 
until at least 2040, because none of the intended replacements had worked out.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/us/b-52s-us-air-force-bombers.html

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress

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