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As the re-powering program for the nearly 70 year old B-52 bomber advances, testing in pairs (as they will be used in flight) begins...It's unlikely I'll be here to see it, but I predict the BUFF will see it's 100th birthday in flight...:march:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEcpbIa0kl0
I suspect my SIL's reaction to that will be---that's nice :maybe:
I know his current seat in the Boeing 787s is an entirely different world of creature comfort than his years in the B-52 offered. When his time in the seat ends---he goes upstairs to bed!
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So, beds with seatbelts are in our future. One can assume it's mandatory policy they be utilized.
Hunter
The "bed belts" are there to prevent exactly what happened on that Lufthansa flight this week.
This is also a "co-ed" dormitory, as one might expect with mixed flight crews. The "median" seen there is akin to an Amish bundling board. :sorry:
Ahhh... yes, Coed dorms would be a situation where "participants" may be too interested in pleasure rather than safety. I picture several coital positions difficult to belt down.
Hunt