• Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    Yeah, but the way things are going soon it will be cheaper to buy a B-52 to live in than a house.

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      5 days ago

      You could definitely make a sweet conversion in there. Just need to figure out how to park it next that to that nice quiet creek.

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      6 days ago

      Yeah but you need 18000 feet of bullshit to land it, I wait patiently for my Sikorsky winnebago kit to come in the mail

    • JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
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      Should ever become rich, like fuck you money rich, I’m buying a PBY Catalina and turning it into an RV of sorts - not an original idea. There was a company out of Australia that was modernizing them. Not as roomy as a big bomber, but has a ruggedness and the go anywhere capabilites unique to flying boats. And I fucking love the look of the wings over the fuselage.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        That sounds so cool. I’ve been jealous of Larry and Sergey (Google founders) ever since I read that they converted a 747 into a townhouse like 20 years ago. I know that’s a super unpopular thing on this platform, but man, it would be such a dream to see the whole world, and be completely comfortable for all of the flights. You could offset the carbon footprint a little by bringing along all of your friends and family.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      That’s mostly the angle. The wheels on a B-52 are big, but you can still look over them (very accurate “I stood next to one once” description). I’d say no taller than 1.5m?

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    6 days ago

    Last Christmas by Bham!

    Verse:

    Last Christmas, I bought you a plane,

    A B-52, thought it’d keep you entertained.

    But it turns out, it’s not just for fun,

    A hundred-year commitment weighs a ton.

    Chorus:

    Last Christmas, I gave you my plane,

    But the very next day, you gave it away.

    This year, to save me some stress,

    I’m buying you socks and a matching vest.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    I wonder if there will still be DC-3s flying commercially by that time? I imagine the Basler turboprop conversions will be.