B-52D Stratofortress #56-0687 - Orlando, Florida
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member sailor_dave
N 28° 26.977 W 081° 18.762
17R E 469383 N 3147050
A retired B-52D Stratofortress from the Strategic Air Command of the now defunct McCoy Air Force Base.
Waymark Code: WM18KA
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Raven Recon
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B-52 Memorial Park is located within the Orlando International Airport just off of the Beachline Expressway near runway 18L. It is a small, relatively hidden park featuring the B-52D plane.

McCoy Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base near Orlando, Florida. It was a training base during World War II, then after the war it became a Front-Line Strategic Air Command base during the Cold War.

A major portion of the former McCoy AFB is currently owned by the city of Orlando and used for the Orlando International Airport. Most of the former air field is now the Orlando International Airport. All Tickets and Baggage tags read "MCO" which stands for McCoy.

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): B-52D Stratofortress

Tail Number: (S/N): 56-0687

Construction:: original aircraft

Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): B-52 Memorial Park

inside / outside: outside

Other Information::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_Memorial_Park

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Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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