B-1 Bone
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Owner:
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CoolCache
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Released:
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Saturday, May 21, 2005
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Origin:
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California, United States
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Travel everywhere in the world, taking pictures, and putting on a good show.
Unfortunately this is another CC TB that has come up missing. If you have it please log it and get it going. Chances are that will never happen. This again proves the fact that high quality TBs like this one will eventually be stolen by a low quality cacher somewhere. I have had MOST of my 38 TBs stolen, all high quality items, not crap. Like so many others, I will leave caching someday due to these dishonest, selfish attitudes exhibited by so many.
What a shame. The B-1 Lancer, known affectionately and unaffectionately by its crews as "The Bone," has been pretty much a failure. With its on-again, off-again checkered and controversial development history, the B-1 finally was rushed to frontline service after winning a sizeable procurement authorization.
Originally conceived as a deep interdiction high speed bomber able to penetrate the Soviet Union, the B-1 has fallen well short of expectations. Plagued with engine problems, namely a complete inability to withstand any icing conditions, the Bone was more or less relegated to backline service. And avionics problems leading to low mission reliability continue to hamper this weapon system even today. Tsk tsk. But there is an upside!
Despite weapon system drawbacks, CoolCache maintains that there is no finer or impressive flyer in the overhead pattern... that is doing practice approach and landings at an airfield. With a thunderous roar from its afterburners the handsome B-1 will literally rock your world. And despite its large size, the Bone can "pull closed" with the best of them, no doubt dropping a few jaws in the process. Watching this plane doing an afterburner pull up in the pattern is truly a sight to behold. So impressive is it that the B-1 takes
top airshow honors in my book. As weapon, ok it sucks. As an airshow performer there's none better! See it once and you'll see what I mean!
If you do take pictures please say "Pics" somewhere in your log so I can check them out and send you a thanks!
** Do not place in PUZZLE, MULTI, or REMOTE caches... my TBs have lost many months of travel in these. Also please no EVENT caches either.
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Tracking History (9114.4mi) View Map
DocBrown13 discovered it
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Auf einem schon länger zurück liegenden Event entdeckt.
Danke für's Discovern.
DocBrown13
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CaptZug and UTB4Me posted a note for it
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not found in "Tribute to Armed Forces" GC10FJV
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EBBJr_Family posted a note for it
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Looked for the TB in Tribute To The Armed Forces cache, but it wasn't there. Too bad. We wanted to pick it up because Mr EBBJr spent about ten years of his career working on B-1 equipment.
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Waterbaron placed it in Tribute to the Armed Forces
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South Carolina
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The Bone almost didn't make it through TSA security at PVD. The guy at the scope called "Bag check!" and pointed something out to another screener. I immediately realized that the profile of Bone has a sinister appearance and could be considered a weapon and I was willing to sacrifice the model and save the tag. Fortunately, the bag check guy did a cursory check of my toilet kit and passed me through.
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Waterbaron retrieved it from T.B. Hotel
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Connecticut
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Since this TB has an interest in military flyers, I felt justified in moving it from the cache without leaving another TB. (I didn't have one.)
His next stop will be a photo-op near the MCAS-Beaufort, SC.
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mc97 placed it in T.B. Hotel
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Connecticut
- 12.3 miles
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mc97 retrieved it from S is for Submarine
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Connecticut
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Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower...the conning tower that is!
Toured the Naval Submarine Base New London, U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum (home of the USS Nautilus), and Submarine Veterans Memorial during this maintenance run to one of my caches...sorry I couldn't take pictures, but this was an unexpected (cache was reported MIA) lunchtime run and the camera was at home.
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mc97 placed it in S is for Submarine
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Connecticut
- 70.91 miles
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mc97 retrieved it from Mass Pike - 2E
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Massachusetts
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Quick fly-by enroute Connecticut...
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mc97 placed it in Mass Pike - 2E
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Massachusetts
- 62.82 miles
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