Be Careful When You Drop This One...

Nearly fifty years ago today, an American B-52 suffered a mid-air collision with a KC-125 tanker plane during an airborne alert mission.  Three of the seven person crew lost their lives as did the entire four person KC-135 crew.

Of further interest was the loss of an American B28RI hydrogen bomb into the Mediterranean Sea while three others found their way into the Spanish countryside.  Woops.  You may remember a "reenactment" of the bomb's recovery in the movie Men of Honor.  What the movie does not show though is a B52 drink.

The drink itself is a concoction of equal parts of Kahlua, Bailey's Irish Crème, and Grand Marnier.  Unlike the pilots in this episode, a careful hand will be able to layer the ingredients in such a way as to provide a drink whose lines are crisp and clean.  I have also seen this done, less as a shooter, in a martini glass though I am not sure that much of this combination of liquors makes sense.  Nonetheless, enjoy the rest of your evening and be careful should you drop it...you will have spilled your drink which is far better than losing a nuclear weapon.