And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, October 3, 2022
PLZT goggles are used by crew on B-52 bombers to protect their vision if it ever came to them dropping nuclear weapons.
The BUFF had aluminized cloth curtains that could be raised. The pilot and copilot had a pull down area to view directly in front of the plane if so desired.
Crews were issued gold goggles (just like the ones seen in the tests on YouTube) and a pirate style eye patch, The PLZT goggles replaced the gold goggles and eye patch allowing the pilots to view outside without loss of vision. If you watched a flash bulb with the PLZT goggles on, you could see the flash start, observe the filament heat up and then go dark again.
I think the pro type B-52 had a bubble canopy like the B-36, but they changed to an enclosed cabin on the production model for nuclear flash protection.
The B-36 had something of a bubble canopy but it was wide enough to seat the pilots side by side and some other crew members under it. The B-47 may have been what you had in mind as the YB-52 and B-47 canopies were similar.
I flew helicopters in the navy back in the late '80's. We received an eyepatch and were told to fly home on the remaining eye. Totally true. No, we were not dropping nukes, but were told if the nukes started flying we'd most likley be in "theater".
I pray that they only don those PLZT goggles for training purposes.
ReplyDeleteSo things just go on as the elites enslave the world?
Deletethought '52's had lead side-curtains around the cockpit windows
ReplyDeleteOh, that's SO 1960.
DeleteThe BUFF had aluminized cloth curtains that could be raised. The pilot and copilot had a pull down area to view directly in front of the plane if so desired.
ReplyDeleteCrews were issued gold goggles (just like the ones seen in the tests on YouTube) and a pirate style eye patch, The PLZT goggles replaced the gold goggles and eye patch allowing the pilots to view outside without loss of vision. If you watched a flash bulb with the PLZT goggles on, you could see the flash start, observe the filament heat up and then go dark again.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/7975/this-is-what-usaf-bomber-pilots-would-wear-during-a-nuclear-apocalypse
ReplyDeleteFailsafe 2022
ReplyDeleteI think the pro type B-52 had a bubble canopy like the B-36, but they changed to an enclosed cabin on the production model for nuclear flash protection.
ReplyDeleteThe B-36 had something of a bubble canopy but it was wide enough to seat the pilots side by side and some other crew members under it. The B-47 may have been what you had in mind as the YB-52 and B-47 canopies were similar.
DeleteSmile, wait for flash.
ReplyDeleteOr, they could save $20/pair and just buy rapid-darkening welding helmets.
ReplyDeleteI flew helicopters in the navy back in the late '80's. We received an eyepatch and were told to fly home on the remaining eye. Totally true. No, we were not dropping nukes, but were told if the nukes started flying we'd most likley be in "theater".
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