F L I G H T C R E W
Darwin's Pride
Darwin Airport allowed B-52 Bombers to take off at maximum take off weight either with full fuel tanks or full load. It is the most northerly airport that is RAAF owned and controlled in Australia and allows circumnavigation of the globe without flying over large areas of land. Darwin has always welcomed these massive aircraft and crew as friends. The aircraft is capable of mid air refuelling. It uses 81,000 litres of fuel to takeoff and cruising altitude. Fuel load approx 100 tonnes.
The aircraft was manufactured at the Boeing Airplane Co at Wichita Kansas, and entered USAF inventory in December 1960.
Darwin's Pride
Darwin Airport allowed B-52 Bombers to take off at maximum take off weight either with full fuel tanks or full load. It is the most northerly airport that is RAAF owned and controlled in Australia and allows circumnavigation of the globe without flying over large areas of land. Darwin has always welcomed these massive aircraft and crew as friends. The aircraft is capable of mid air refuelling. It uses 81,000 litres of fuel to takeoff and cruising altitude. Fuel load approx 100 tonnes.
The aircraft was manufactured at the Boeing Airplane Co at Wichita Kansas, and entered USAF inventory in December 1960.