> This brings to mind one of the two most memorable
> air traffic message I've had - I was flying a light aircraft
> across the Military Air Traffic Zone (MATZ) around RAF
> Upper Heyford.  The MATZ controller called me with
> "...traffic in your 12 o'clock, 3.5 miles, same level, a
> B-52" !  :-)  At that point it started a turn to the
> right, and I saw its plan-form view, instantly recognisable,
> and even at that distance it looked huge!
> Interesting, though, that I hadn't noticed it square-on
> view (from behind), and I don't think it was because
> my scan wasn't very good - there really isn't much to
> see at that angle.

As a kid I lived near Tinker AFB in Oklahoma.  I seem
to recall a LOT of B-52 traffic overhead.

A few months ago I was in Chicago for Air/Sea Day
(I think that's what it's called; the Navy and Air
Force fly their prettiest planes overhead as a
recruiting thing) and I have a pretty good pic of a
B-52 damn near knife edge quite low over Navy
Pier, taken from the Shedd Aquarium.

Mike H.

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