B-52 Memorial Park

I used to work around this aircraft when I was in the US Air Force back in the 90's. I went to see this after dropping my daughter and son-in-law at airport. The B-52 Memorial Park is located within the Orlando International Airport just off the Beachline Expressway formerly the Bee Line near runway 18L. It is a small, relatively hidden park under the control of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) and features a retired B-52D Stratofortress, Air Force Serial Number 56-0687, from the Strategic Air Command. The aircraft was at one time assigned to the 306th Bomb Wing of the now defunct McCoy Air Force Base. The bomber was built in 1956 and retired 28 years later in 1984. Final flight was from its last unit of assignment, the 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas, to the former McCoy AFB, now Orlando International Airport, on February 20, 1984.

[Mags]

Beautiful shot of this big baby and nice tidbit of history. My late father flew the RF-101 out of Udorn until he was shot down in '67. He flew the RF-104 after he was released from Hanoi in '73 - carried out by the C-141 Starlifter.

[Mark St Clair]

@marlboromaam the C-141’s and F-16’s were the most I worked with

[Rob Z]

So impressive.

[bkb in the city]

Very impressive plane

[Mags]

@frodob Before your time. =)

[Diana]

Great capture of this amazing plane. I remember lying on the beach in Waikiki and they would fly over en route to Vietnam, a scary sight and thought.

[Casablanca]

Fabulous! My son was an RAF cadet, absolutely loved it and loved flying.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture! I've never been although I've been to the airport 1000s of times. I'll need to stop by

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot

[Beverley]

Great photo and lots of interesting reading… brilliant

[Nigel Rogers]

Fabulous capture - such a beast!

[Brian]

Great story telling image and narration. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Christine Sztukowski]

Nice

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Looks great. My husband would love to see this.

[LManning (Laura)]

Quite the beast!

[Danette Thompson]

Nice image and story. I didn't know about this place.

[Wendy]

A true beast of burden. Fav

[Mark St Clair]

@robz @bkbinthecity @ludwigsdiana @casablanca @photographycrazy @joansmor @beverley365 @nigelrogers @briaan @mittens @photohoot thank you everyone for your kind words

[KV]

Impressive plane... and a nice piece of history.

[Carole Sandford]

Iconic plane.

[Corinne C]

Wonderful perpective on this historic plane!

[Phil Howcroft]

wow that's a big 'un

[gloria jones]

Great pov for this neat shot

[Peter Dulis]

Nice one

[Shutterbug]

Must bring back memories.

[eDorre]

Great composition and story

[Mark St Clair]

@kvphoto @carole_sandford @corinnec @phil_howcroft @seattlite @pdulis @shutterbug49 @edorreandresen very much appreciated

[Renee Salamon]

Great pov of this famous post war beast - thanks for the background

[Walks @ 7]

Such a massive plane, PoV is spot on to show the size

[CC Folk]

I love all the greenery around the plane too. I just went to the Capital Airshow and it was fun! I try to go every year. The Thunderbirds flew as well at the Italian team. The night time finale was incredible!