Here’s the video of the B-52 bomber flying without its fin

January 13, 2014 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

As explained on a previous post, on Jan. 10, 1964, a B-52H lost its vertical tail during a test mission over North Mexico.

The aircraft was able to land six hours later and here’s a video showing the first and only “tailless” Stratofortress.

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

9335c9d9@opayq.com says:

January 13, 2014 at 5:58 PM

Try a wing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3K8BfI6BPM
DDAY says:

January 17, 2014 at 5:02 AM

Why did this plane have this unusual paint scheme? Why the red upper surfaces? The film explains that the plane was on loan to Boeing, so apparently it was being used in a test program.