[quote author=jbntx link=1292161490/0#3 date=1292175655][quote author=RIPPDOFF link=1292161490/0#2 date=1292172531]

It also flys and takes off with the nose up?

I'm not a pilot but I watched plenty of B-52s fly while in the USAF,
and they all had a slightly nose down (or closer to level) attitude while flying.

You probably saw the BUFs in the traffic pattern, at the end of the mission, when all the body tank fuel except forward body ballast had been consumed and only fuel in the main tanks was left. The plane flies nose-low at that stage of flight, and if you're not careful, you can get a nose gear touching down first---starts a really sporty "porpoising" action... :P