Replying to a message of Phil Payne to All:

 PP> From: Phil Payne 

 PP> Irrespective of your view on the use that will be made of them, you
 PP> have to admire the guys who designed, built and fly them.

 PP> There was a really magical photo of one landing at Fairford this
 PP> morning - I don't know what the crosswind was but I bet the gear was
 PP> 20' out of line.

For those unaware, the B-52's landing gear is centered on the fuselage, a
'bicycle' arrangement rather than the 'tricycle' arrangement seen on the
vast majority of civilian aircraft (the only other one that comes to mind
that has a similar arrangement is the U-2).  The gear can rotate on its
vertical axis in order to remain aligned with the runway even though the
aircraft itself may be oriented considerably differently - as Phil noted.

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