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B-52 PIONEER

Of all the pictures that could have been used in your “Stratosaurus” article [January 2019], I was surprised to see the picture of my father briefing a training crew at Castle AFB. Please note his last name is Hedlund, not Hedlung.

I have a few more interesting details about my father [above] to share in addition to his being part of the test flight team for the B-52. He was on a training flight in July 1956 when the aircraft caught on fire in flight due to a turbine bearing