hard to find vintage military interior aircraft steel seat frame from a 1950's-1960's b-52 bomber. the brushed and sealed metal mechanism sits atop a four-legged base or frame, and includes a riveted, adjustable backrest with space for a backpack parachute. the bucket seat allows for storage of a survival kit. the b-52 is a long-range jet powered strategic bomber aircraft that was designed and built by boeing, and has been used by the united states air force since the 1950's. the aircraft was built to carry nuclear weapons for cold war-era deterrance missions. the heavy bomber is equipped with 6 crew stations, each with gan escape hatch and ejection seat. throughout the 1950s, the b-52 chalked up many distance and speed records. it cut the round-the-world speed record in half, and in january 1962, flew 12,500 miles (20,117 kilometers) nonstop from japan to spain without refueling. this flight alone broke 11 distance and speed records. the b-52 saw active duty in the vietnam war and was used in the persian gulf war in 1991 and over afghanistan in 2001.