Balls Eight: History of the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress Mothership (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780578030005)

It has been asserted that the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress, carrying Air Force serial 52-0008, can lay claim to being the airplane that has seen and participated in more history than any other single airplane. For forty-five years, the NB-52B was a fixture at Edwards Air Force Base. While the NB-52B is most famous for launching the three North American X-15 rocket planes, it continued to serve in the role of launch platform for a multitude of programs until its final mission on November 16, 2004. It was the oldest flying B-52 by nearly ten years. The book is 200 pages long. It contains 246 color photographs, 89 black and white photographs, and 2 other illustrations.

Author: Brian Lockett
ISBN-10: 0578030004
ISBN-13: 9780578030005
Publisher: Brian Lockett
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2009
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 11.07h x 8.54w x 0.56d