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Re:The XB-70 (2019) by runjake on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @02:27PM (#43176184)
> I'm humbled for us laughing at the one guy assigned to B-52 maintenance role when was in USAF training over 30 years ago "That old thing? Ha!".

That guy may have been me. I was pretty bummed, but quickly learned about its awesomeness (avionics-wise, anyway).

Re:The XB-70 (2019) by gedy on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @02:31PM (#43176231)
Ha, at Lowry in 1993?
Re:The XB-70 (2019) by runjake on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @02:52PM (#43176462)
Yep, up until January 1993 or so.

"SRAM Howell" ring a bell?

Re:The XB-70 (2019) by gedy on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @03:12PM (#43176724)
Ah I got there 1/93 so may have missed. I remember going to "fundies", getting called "pinger", etc. Good times.
Re:The XB-70 (2019) by runjake on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:18PM (#43177538)
Nobody can understand our fear of washing out and moving to the other side of the dorm to become a food handler and serving your former avionics classmates breakfast. This happened a lot while I was there.
Re:The XB-70 (2019) by gedy on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:33PM (#43177741)
Lol, I forgot all about that - though there were some cute chicks over there. I remember chatting with one about her upcoming French Toast test :-)
Re:The XB-70 (2019) by chiph on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @05:13PM (#43178234)
You may find this amusing then. I was at Travis for a day (from McClellan) and I had time to stop by their museum. They had a G model on display and there was an older gentleman with a child looking at it. "What kind of plane is this, grandpa?" "I'm not sure - I think it's a cargo plane"

I had a really tough time resisting the urge to tell them the "cargo" came out the bottom.