Missed the airshow

TuTu alerted me to this story in the Telegraph: US bomber misses target for flypast at air show.

To the consternation of the announcer and spectators at the Hampshire airfield the US bomber could be seen over Blackbushe, five miles to the north-west.

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The B52 is known for its range - it can fly 8,800 miles without refuelling. It played a key role in the 2001 attack on Afghanistan and during the Iraq War.

Did they sometimes miss their targets in Afghanistan and Iraq by that much, too?

(There’s nothing on the Farnborough website about this. Neither is there any news of this slightly amusing stuff-up on the Society of British Aerospace Companies site.)

• 28 Jul 2004

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