article_snippet: Stephen Sorge, a fuels specialist from the 307th Maintenance Squadron, said in an Air Force report on the project.
article_snippet: The resurrection process took 70 days, according to an Air Force report on the project .
article_snippet: I've been flying the B-52s since the '80s and the B-52s surprised me that after almost seven years ... she cranked up just fine and we had no issues with the flight control systems,
article_snippet: " Col. Keith Schultz said in an Air Force report on the project after piloting the eight-engine jet on the 1,000-mile flight.
article_snippet: Schultz, who with more than 6,500 hours flying B-52s is the most experienced active pilot of that aircraft in the service, led a co-pilot and a navigator, the minimum three-person crew, on the flight to Louisiana.
article_snippet: The B-52 would normally fly with a crew of five.
article_snippet: Those were the only three seats we had activated for egress," The B-52 told the Shreveport Times.
article_snippet: an Air Force report on the project also flew without some of the other things aviators have come to rely on.
article_snippet: We were fortunate to have had good weather the entire trip as the inertial and navigational equipment had not been installed," Schulz said in the Air Force release.