B-52 Engines Metal Print

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Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs have kept the B-52 in service despite the advent of later, more advanced aircraft, including the canceled Mach 3 B-70 Valkyrie, the variable-geometry B-1 Lancer, and the stealth B-2 Spirit. The B-52 completed sixty years of continuous service with its original operator in 2015. After being upgraded between 2013 and 2015, it is expected to serve into the 2050s.

Few other combat aircraft have as lengthy a service career as the B-52 Stratofortress. Having experienced conflicts ranging from the Cold War in the early 1950s to the Gulf War 40 years later, the versatility of the B-52 has marked its place in military aviation history. Originally manufactured in 1955, our RB-52B model was delivered to the Lowry Technical Training Center at Lowry Air Force Base to be used as a trainer, and in 1994 was transferred to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, Colorado.

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Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...