Is the US Navy transporting an Air Force B 52 on its ship?
This actually is a fake photo! It is easily debunked by comparing known measurements of a B-52 and the USS Nimitz [CVN 68]. The B-52 is placed right on the beam of the Nimitz and spans the entire flight deck. The wingspan of a B-52 is 185 ft. The beam of the Nimitz is 252 ft. If done to actual scale, the B-52's wingspan would only cover about 75% of the width of the deck.
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11 Comments
Player Dennis
The picture does not show a plane on a ship. Meaningless question.
Stanley Howard Jr.
I was a B-52 crew member in the 1970s and 80s. One of the crew members who flew sorties over Vietnam told a story about a time when they saw a Navy carrier off the coast and asked if they could make a low approach. They were cleared and made the approach. As they were getting near to the carrier, they saw the flag man frantically waving them. When they pulled up, the flag man seemed like he was about to jump overboard.
LibraryLady
You must be kidding! When the picture is an important part of the question, shouldn't it include what is being asked? Please retire this question or at least edit it so it makes sense.
Art Scheu.
Like where's the BEEF!
Where's the SHIP?
Jerry Kimball
Congratulations on the worst question yet!
Denise Clemons
Bad question. Photo is of a flying plane, no ship involved!
Kenneth Jacobs
The question made no sense, where is the ship. A B-52 certainly cannot take-off from an aircraft carrier, however, there is no aircraft carrier in the picture. I would love to know what the heck is going on with this question.
Richard D. Boyle
Why is there no fake photo of a B-52 sitting on the flight deck?
Fred Zeb Fudpucker
Kevin Coleman, WE like this kind of question once in a while.
stormejohn
Seemed easy to me, the plane could not have landed on the ship and it would have been extremely difficult if not impossible to load such a plane, and I can't think of a good enough reason to transport it this way even if they could load it.
Kevin Coleman
THIS IS NOT A TRIVIA QUESTION!