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From Analog to Digital: How the B-52 Cockpit Transformed | WION Podcast

The B-52 Stratofortress has evolved dramatically since its first flight in 1952, and nowhere is that transformation more striking than inside the cockpit. In this episode, we compare the bomber's orig

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EWO did not sit on lower deck. Aft upper deck next to gunner on G&H models. There was no such thing as a Flight Engineer on the Buff. This whole video is laughable.
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Hundreds of analog instruments? Don't make me laugh. This is clearly someone's idea of a joke.

What a waste...
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This is wrong and ignorant of the facts. There was no Flight Engineer, the downstairs positions are Navigator and Radar Navigator (Bombardier). Upstairs, Pilot, Co-pilot, Electronic Warfare Officer, and formerly, a Gunner position. A through F models had a Gunner position in the tail, the G and H models had the Gunner position in the forward upstairs crew compartment.
If you don't know a thing, ask. Don't put information on these forums that is inaccurate or, as this one was, just plain wrong.