I love how the guy in grey seems to be thinking, "I totally don't get this".

small quibble, "road rage" implies losing it over some trivial driving faux pas. Someone rear-ending you at a stop light is grounds for maximum apeshit fury.

Turns out she lost a child fairly recently, and that van was the family's sole mode of transportation. So you can understand her anger.

The Trestle....I remember going out there as a Cub Scout during its construction in the '70's when the main platform was not built yet. Years later I would walk the platform for my first HPM test on another aircraft. Now I see the wedge from my office. Memories....

Well, you can partially thank my dad and his work on to prove the B-52 was still viable when it was otherwise on it's way to the boneyard. He ran the EMP testing during the early 80s and is likely in this photo.

My old man was a Navigator on the B-52's back in the late 80's. He had to manually check the bomb bay to ensure that it had indeed totally emptied its contents. With the bomb bay doors open, so it could close properly. I'm sure he didn't even have a parachute on because Captain "Boneman" was badass.

No shit

I crammed a slice of ham, cheese, salad and tomato, into a single sandwish.

Dwight Howard is only 29

They smoke because they're an ancient 1960's design low-bypass turbofans. The B-52 would be much better/more efficient with 4 modern high-bypass turbofans (commercial jet style) but it would be massively expensive to retrofit the fleet.

Great piece, fantastically written. You should try to get the movie rights – I can see this being a Hollywood blockbuster a few years from now.