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minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoWhen you infer the classified details of the cockpit of a nuclear bomber so accurately that the feds think there was a leak.
minus-square30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoCan confirm; got to tour the interior of a decommissioned B-52D or G once and there was even a James Earl Jones in there. It was uncanny.
minus-squareKhanCipher [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoIf I recall they took the B-17 interior and just stretched it to the aprox size of a B-52. Which is a whole “Guys, you don’t have a monopoly on how to design aircraft, there’s only so many ways to make a solid airframe” moment.
When you infer the classified details of the cockpit of a nuclear bomber so accurately that the feds think there was a leak.
Can confirm; got to tour the interior of a decommissioned B-52D or G once and there was even a James Earl Jones in there. It was uncanny.
If I recall they took the B-17 interior and just stretched it to the aprox size of a B-52. Which is a whole “Guys, you don’t have a monopoly on how to design aircraft, there’s only so many ways to make a solid airframe” moment.