"The landing gear is strong enough that it will straighten out the plane when it touches down."

I was told how it was done, thought it would work well in a mild crosswind. Didn't trust myself to not fly in marginal weather and knew I could get in over my head. One of the very, very few times I used restraint.

I understand B-52s have steerable landing gear, and in a crosswind line up the gear with the runway, the plane being cattywampus with wings level. After touchdown, they line up the plane with the gear and runway.

Might take a bit of getting used to.

Also, I've been told B-52s don't rotate on takeoff. The lift just pulls them up. Gotta be like flying a brick. A big brick.

Arf