Boeing B-52 Stratofortress: 1952 onwards (all marks) (Owners' Workshop Manual) Hardcover – May 1, 2013

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The idea of a Haynes manual for the B52 is great. Yes it has factual errors but it’s just fun. Could have been done better. My son is a B52 maintenance officer so I bought this for him. The B52 maintainers know about it and he loves having it on his bookshelf. And I was around them at Robins AFB in the late 70’s. Never imagined my son would be keeping them flying. I give it 5 stars for the moral boost it delivers to him and his team.

As a couple of other reviewers noted, there are technical mistakes in this book. To be honest, I have yet to find a book about the B-52 that was error-free, and that includes my old technical orders. However, to look at the glass as half full, there are three areas that are worthy of note.There are photographs in this book that I've never seen before, and I have many books on the aircraft. Captions aside, they photos themselves are a very good representation of the B-52 family.Most of the diagrams are straight out of the TOs or CAST manual, and I have never seen them anywhere else. For someone well versed on aircraft systems, this is a gold find. Interrelationships between systems are rarely covered in any book other than what the crews use to fly the plane.I could not find anything of critique in the first-hand accounts by the veteran fliers. The pilot's account was completely accurate, and very reminiscent of my time flying in the plane from the navigator positions. Gunners had been eliminated for almost ten years by the time I transferred to the B-52, which made the gunner narrative priceless. 'B-52 Fire Control Specialist' had been number one on my dream sheet in BMT many years ago, and the account of the life of a gunner was bittersweet for me personally.With a second edition, I think that this book could become a standard for technical descriptions for the B-52, bridging the gap between purely historical accounts and the readers who want more.

Thankfully, the book's title is misleading. This book is NOT a shop manual. Not that you've got an aging B-52 in your backyard that you'd like to restore. Or perhaps you do. But if you do, you're gonna need more than a Hayne's manual and a set of Snap-On tools.This book is a very nice tribute to a venerable aircraft. Lots of color pics, lots of explanations of history, lots of B/W schematics--but nothing that would help you maintain the aircraft. If you've already got a notion of how this bird works, this book will give you some excellent insight, but it won't help you piece one back together.I bought this book for my Dad, who flew B-52s back in the day. The book has lots of lovely pics. My Dad is pretty sure his face is in the book somewhere--he just hasn't found it yet.

The details in this book keep you going back for more. As the B-52 is my favorite aircraft, I have numerous books on it, but this book excells with drawings and pictures I've not seen before. A great reference book!For a previous reviewer, "all marks"/"all marques" is a British thing. What we call models, and designate by letters, such as B-52D, F, G, H, the British call "marks". Their marked are designated by letters and/or numbers, depending on when in history an aircraft was in service. Consider the AVRO Vulcan, it is designated as a Vulcan B Mk. 2 (Mark 2). In WWII, a/c such as the Hurricane were designated, Hurricane Mk.I, Mk. IIC, Mk.IID, etc.

Awesome book to read or to use for reference on model aircraft enthusiasts

Great Books to get Info on Development, History, and Use of the aircraft. These books are not only a lot of fun but may have been classified in their days.

I purchased this book for my father since he is very much into books with a wealth of knowledge and also because he is expanding his book collection for his library. He is an engineer and loves detailed books like these.

Have seen examples of this book for extortionate prices, so to get it for £30 with free shipping was an absolute steal. Book is fascinating and reads well. In depth and easy to read, no other B52 book does better. Haynes does it again!

Was für ein tolles Buch, mit hervorragenden technischen Beschreibungen der verschiedenen Varianten dieses gewaltigen Flugzeuges. Das Buch ist von hoher Qualität und wurde sehr pünktlich geliefert.

I like the Haynes Manuals because they are inexpensive, well produced and full of interesting details. The B-52 volume is no exception, including sections on the history of the aircraft, its maintenance, operation and so forth. It contains excerpts from the operating manuals as well as numerous photographs and drawings. This volume is, in my view, one the better manuals in the series, and I learned a number of things I had not known before, particularly in the ordnance loading and daily operations areas.Frankly, aviation magazines have been in decline over the last five years, and the Air International / Air Enthusiast type of journal we used to see, with three view drawings, cutaways and colour profiles in addition to well written and researched articles, have now largely disappeared (The Aviation Historian Quarterly happily excepted).The Haynes manuals can be seen as a replacement for your old Aviation magazine, with interesting detail and a production quality which is worth holding on to. They are never the "last word" on an aircraft's history or operational detail, but as an entertaining package, they are well worth the cost.

This is a very good book on the B-52. It covers all variants and upgrades and has many diagrams and photos.I like the hard cover. I recommend it to all B-52 enthusiasts.Boeing B-52 Stratofortress: 1952 onwards (all marks)

Tech specs and deployment history with in depth disection diagrams and stunning photos, this will more than satisfy the B 52 enthusiast