Good joke, but the skin is wrinkled, especially on the ground, because of the aircraft's semimonocoque design and construction - the skin carries part of the load.
Thanks for the question; made me check the records. Wilt ---- G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > Somehow, I just knew you and the old bird had history, which prompted my > question. > > Time flies, even if we don't, huh? Buffs have endured far beyond original > design life span. It sure says volumes for how well they were designed and > built. > > I used to think the fuselage skin was wrinkled because of the bomb loads > weight.. now I know it is just "age wrinkles" ... ;)) > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:18 PM, wiltonw--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > 55 hours in 007 in '74 and '75. Also many uncounted hours with it on > > nuclear alert '72 through Jul '75, though, unless it was in another unit > > then. Many hours also in 002 through 010 and others. The 17 aircraft in > > the unit rotated through the alert force - on alert 3 or 4 months each > > time; not flying, of course. We'd go through periods of flying the same > > few aircraft for several months and then not fly those again for several > > months while they were on alert - always 4 on alert. Crew alert tours were > > a week every third week. > > > > Wilt > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
