No More Rides On The Mothership

Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:32:54 -0700

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041218/D871PTNO0.html

NASA on Friday retired the B-52B jet that served as
the "mothership" for a half-century of flight research
projects ranging from the X-15 rocket planes of the 1960s
to the X-43A hypersonic jet that flew at nearly 10 times
the speed of sound last month.

The eight-engine bomber, which spent most of its career
dropping airplanes and rockets instead of explosives,
was praised by its pilots during a ceremony at NASA's
Dryden Flight Research Center.

"This airplane has played a pivotal role, yet largely
unsung role, in many significant aeronautics and space
flight programs," said Ed Schneider, a retired NASA
research pilot who flew the big jet, which was usually
referred to by the last three digits of its tail number
- 008...

--
"I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the Rock
and I'll be back like Independence Day with Jesus,
June 6, like the movie, big mothership and all.
I'll be back."
--Executed Serial killer Aileen Wuornos