bubble
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Today I went to the Australian Aviation Centre, and the main showpiece is the only B52 bomber in the Southern Hemisphere. Nothing could prepare me for the size of the plane, the engines and gunnery equipment are removed as they decided to symbolise it as an object looking for peace, rather than celebrate the raw destructive power of it. Simply awesome place to go, i was there for hours just gawping at all the pieces they have in the collection. It was really surreal knowing that these planes had been used to fight war. Just a few pictures of the B52 here as my camera battery died as i forgot to charge the battery. 
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p
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Fucking hell.... Looks a monster!
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Kerry
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There's one at Dunford I love the way it fills the whole hanger with loads of other planes all placed around it!
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FAZ
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duxford is much better, specially the american war museum / new building
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FAZ
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i presume u mean duxford to kerry?
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FAZ
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Dean_W
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quote:
Originally posted by bubble
as they decided to symbolise it as an object looking for peace, rather than celebrate the raw destructive power of it
Awesome machines though.
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Ben G
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the whole point of the plane is about it's size and power to destroy.
saying it's looking for peace makes it sound like some kind of gay pride showpiece.
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richc
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You living there aswell now?
Seems to be the CS thing now days - you either buy a BMW or move to Aus?
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
the whole point of the plane is about it's size and power to destroy.
saying it's looking for peace makes it sound like some kind of gay pride showpiece.
the whole point of the plane was to destroy its enemies. as it now has none, the weaponary has been removed to indicate peace. if you think a big plane without guns is gay, thats your decision.
as explained here. http://www.darwinsairwar.com.au/B52.html
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Kerry
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Originally posted by FAZ
i presume u mean duxford to kerry?
Yeh stupid auto correct
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ryzer
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If you were trying to promote peace, with an aircraft. Why the bloody hell would you choose a B52! Only aircraft that would be worse than the BUFF would be the nuclear bomb dropping B29!
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bubble
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Originally posted by ryzer
If you were trying to promote peace, with an aircraft. Why the bloody hell would you choose a B52! Only aircraft that would be worse than the BUFF would be the nuclear bomb dropping B29!
Obviously it's after it's service life! Yeh it was destroying stuff when it was in service! But a soldier killed in war isn't buried with his gun is he? They have a peaceful service and celebrate his life and service. The ethos here is the same, it has served its purpose and now has its weaponry removed as the people of Darwin look ahead so Instead of remembering big guns etc, they use it as a reminder that they can live in peace.
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Siberia
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forward to 1:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjFIB1L3BPU
[Edited on 27-06-2012 by Siberia]
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smcGSI16V
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That's a plane crash and a half.
Had one do a fly past at the farnborough air show a couple of years ago. Awesome plane.
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Theham85
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You don't realise how big they are until you see a photo like that! Amazing!..............whereabouts in Oz is it?
As for Gay planes...........hmm, didn't know they had a sexual orientation!
But now I do, thanks CS!
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