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Welcome to the Feelin’ BUFF series! To truly understand what the BUFF is about, you must start at the basics. We’ll get much farther into the details later in the series if you stick with us!
The B-52 Stratofortress, or B-52 is known as the BUFF—the Big, Ugly Flying Fellow (other connotations exist). It was called “America’s long rifle” and no other aircraft in the sky looks like it—there’s no mistaking a BUFF when it flies by. You undoubtedly can witness the BUFF as it takes off or lands at the nearby air base, while you search for these caches. It has eight turbofan engines, in sets of two on twin pods per wing, a tall tail, wild tandem landing gear, and if you watch it land, takes a nose-down approach, unlike most aircraft that fly today.
It is a strategic bomber with intercontinental range, air-to-air refueling capable, and able to remain aloft as long as the crew can endure. The currently flying model, the B-52H, flies at high subsonic speeds, at service ceilings (altitudes) reaching 50,000 feet, carrying a 35-ton ordnance load. It can be equipped with nuclear or conventional weapons, from standoff missiles to gravity bombs and precision conventional ordnance. The BUFF conducts strategic attack, close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and maritime missions. It can deploy naval mines as well as it can employ cruise missiles. Its longevity and capability can be traced to its so-called growth potential; the extent that an aircraft can take on new missions, the robustness of its design to remain relevant by accepting changing technology, the figurative flexibility of its airframe to adapt to new environments and the size of the aircraft to accept new equipment.
The B-52 first flew in its namesake year, first entered service in the US Air Force in 1955, and in 1962 the final variant, the H-model left the production line. A total of 744 B-52s were constructed. It can reach a maximum takeoff weight of a staggering 488,000 pounds, and the aircraft weighs about 185,000 pounds alone. It has a crew of five: aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer. The plane is 185 feet from wingtip to wingtip (wingspan), and just over 159 feet long.
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To find this cache, calculate the coordinates from the information in this listing.
N 48° 20.ABC W 101° 17.DEF
A= Maximum takeoff weight of a B-52, NXX,XXX lbs, A=(N)
B= Year B-52 first entered service in the Air Force, XXNX, B=(N+2)
C= Maximum ordnance load, in tons, NX tons, C=(N)
D= Year final B-52H left the production line, XXNX, D=(N)
E= Empty weight of aircraft alone, XNX,XXX lbs, E=(N+1)
F= B-52 wingspan, in feet, XNX ft, F=(N)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104465/b-52-stratofortress/