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minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoWhat a wildly disproportionate-looking aircraft
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoTo be fair that’s an upward angle on a plane taking off, with the flaps fully extended for maximum lift. This is what a B-52 looks like when in a regular flight configuration.
minus-squareMurse@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·4 months agoIt’s still kinda janky looking tbh. Like someone put a commercial airliner in MS Paint and just stretched everything away from where the wings meet the fuselage.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoBombers tend to look like that, they have a very small fuselage compared to a passenger aircraft. Very compact cargo.
minus-squarewhosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·4 months agoYo mama
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoThere is a reason it has the nickname BUFF. Big Ugly Fat Fuck.
minus-squareGormadt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoBut GOD can they fly! …well not this one, not anymore. But usually.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoIt’s because the cargo they’re built to carry is very dense, hence the very slim fuselage.
What a wildly disproportionate-looking aircraft
To be fair that’s an upward angle on a plane taking off, with the flaps fully extended for maximum lift.
This is what a B-52 looks like when in a regular flight configuration.
It’s still kinda janky looking tbh. Like someone put a commercial airliner in MS Paint and just stretched everything away from where the wings meet the fuselage.
Bombers tend to look like that, they have a very small fuselage compared to a passenger aircraft. Very compact cargo.
Yo mama
There is a reason it has the nickname BUFF.
Big Ugly Fat Fuck.
But GOD can they fly!
…well not this one, not anymore. But usually.
It’s because the cargo they’re built to carry is very dense, hence the very slim fuselage.