WWII Boeing B-52 Aircraft Bomb Control Panel

[Michael Kaudze]

Ebay Link<p>This thing is in Awesome Condtion!

[jwax]

Cute, but $999 for "cute"?
B52 and WWII do not belong in the same sentence.
It never happened.

[Robert Reed]

Next time I'm shooting off some SCUD missiles, I'll keep this in mind.

[HighFrequency]

the title is Boeing B-52 29, I assume he meant b-52/29. It could be from a B-29 as they were in WWII. $999 is a lot of money for it though. It would look cool in someone's war memoribilia room, but that's about it. Unless you happen to OWN a B-29 or similar aircraft.<p>Trivia: in all of Boeing's aircraft model numbers, the number 7 is present.<p>[ July 29, 2005: Message edited by: HighFrequency ]</p>

[Chris Smith]

The B52 was named after its year of production, seven years after WWII.

[philba]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by HighFrequency:
...
Trivia: in all of Boeing's aircraft model numbers, the number 7 is present.<hr></blockquote><p>well, not quite. the first B17 was model 299, the Clipper was 314, B29 was 345. Interestingly, the 707 was originally Model 367-80 and was called the dash 80 during its development and early testing. I guess at that point Boeing must have hired some marketing weasels...

[markp]

USAAF and Air Force aircraft numbers are
allocated sequentially at the time the
performance specification is created. The
"holes" in the number sequence are the
result of the development being cancelled
early in the process. The military aircraft
history books have information and even
great photos of those craft that never
reached deployment. The Navy numbering
system is more complicated and even includes
the manufacturer.

[sofaspud]

My memory on this needs a refresh but
I can imagine the P-38 Lightning preceeding the P-51 Mustang, but did it preceed the P-41 Tomahawk (? aka Flying Tiger)?
Wasn't there a USAF F-111 that preceeded the F-15 and F-18?
Seems like an item for serious collectors or the CAF. Don't know what I would do with it though.

[peter-f]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by HighFrequency:

Trivia: in all of Boeing's aircraft model numbers, the number 7 is present.
<hr></blockquote><p>PS also to Philba!<p>not quite - that's all Civilian model Jet-powered aircraft... such a small a subset!

[philba]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by sofaspud:
My memory on this needs a refresh but
I can imagine the P-38 Lightning preceeding the P-51 Mustang, but did it preceed the P-41 Tomahawk (? aka Flying Tiger)?
Wasn't there a USAF F-111 that preceeded the F-15 and F-18?
Seems like an item for serious collectors or the CAF. Don't know what I would do with it though.<hr></blockquote><p>numbering has to do with the AAF (and then USAF) procurement process - i.e. nothing completely rational.<p>The USAF restarted the numbering scheme at some point. The C5 followed the C141 and the C17 followed the C5.<p>I think you meant the P-40, not P-41, by the way.

[HighFrequency]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by philba:
<p>well, not quite. the first B17 was model 299, the Clipper was 314, B29 was 345. Interestingly, the 707 was originally Model 367-80 and was called the dash 80 during its development and early testing. I guess at that point Boeing must have hired some marketing weasels...<hr></blockquote><p>299 - 9 minus 2
314 - 3 plus 4
345 - 3 plus 4<p>As for hte dash 80, I believe it was an abreviation of 367-80.

[philba]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by HighFrequency:
<p>299 - 9 minus 2
314 - 3 plus 4
345 - 3 plus 4<p>As for hte dash 80, I believe it was an abreviation of 367-80.<hr></blockquote><p>Uh, I hope this was tongue in cheek... And yes, you are right about the dash 80 - just as I said in my posting.