70 Years Old US B-52 Aircraft Takeoff Almost Vertically With Full Engines Thrust
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
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The BUFF was just coming of age when I was Born in the 50's. I spent 32 years working on her EW systems and am Now retired. she may most likely out live me. She helped me raise my Family, Buy My house and cars and pay my Pension. GODS bless her!
Getting new RR engines. Keep them flying another 20yrs. Incredible.
Flying for another 30 years into the 2050s. They say the last B-52 crew member hasn't been born yet
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Он еше не такое может этот самолет супер машина АМЕРИКА ДЕЛАЕТ САМЫЕ МОШНЫЕ И ОПАСНЫЕ САМОЛЕТЫ В МИРЕ
To give you a perspective of the B-52's antiquity, the M-4 Sherman tank and P-51 Mustang fighter were still in active service when the B-52 was introduced. Elvis and Marilyn Monroe were at the beginning of their stardom and half of all movies were still in black and white.
Justin I do get chills when I see B-52’s. Just remembering those cold brutal nights. Walking out side the alert pad in snow up to the dogs hips. Waiting for official sunrise to get off post and back to the warm barracks. No matter how crowded it was. Turn the electric blanket to “ woah momma “
Oh...Thank GOD for those Mickey Mouse Boots?
B-52 and C-130 . The two Antiques of the skies , because NO-ONE HAS BUILT SOMETHING THAT CAN REPLACE THEM . Built right the FIRST time .
Thunderbolt is in this category too , as an Honourable Mention .
I'd add the A10 to that BRTFT list.
@@djm4457 . That's what I said .
@@johncunningham4820 Indeed you did, Sir
I was barely 3 years old when the XB-52 lifted off for the first time...I just turned 70. The B-52 is the best bomber of all time and it keeps getting better, bringing death from above to all those who would enslave the free world
👍👍👍👍👍
Oh...Thank GOD for those Mickey Mouse Boots?
The amazing thing about the Hercules is not only is it an old design that is still in service, it's that they are still making new ones!
The last H model rolled off the line in Wichita in June 1962, making it almost 60 years old, not 70. The latest estimate for retirement is c.2040, making the H 79 years old and 85 years since the B model went into service in 1955. Generals and politicians have debated about new engines since the ‘90s, but the original P&W TF-33 first generation turbofans left over from boneyard Boeing 707s and 720s are still pushing the old girl through the skies. Spare parts are surely getting low, so newer power plants can’t be far off. I fueled G models when I was in POL at Seymour Johnson and Barksdale in the early ‘70s. The design is from 1948 (the year I was born), so I grew up with the B-52. In my opinion, it is the greatest airplane ever to come off a design board. Capability wise, it has no comparable replacement.
I believe, from what I saw in the press a few weeks ago, that the USAF has FINALLY decided to replace those PW's with Rolls Royce (US Division) engines.
The B-52H was the first aircraft I worked on after leaving tech school, and the C-130 Hercules was the last aircraft I worked on before retiring from the Air Force and I enjoyed them both and never knew a Buff could takeoff at that high angle, but it looks great.
I lived in northern Washington state years ago in a USAF practice area. One day I felt not heard something and ran to my door. Just as I stepped out and looked up a B-52 from Fairchild passed right overhead at full speed doing a run on the deck. One of the most exciting things I have ever seen.
You lived in the good part of the State. Hopefully you never had to cross the mountain passes into the trough (Seattle area) containing human waste.
I had a similar experience where a CH-47 Chinook flew right over our house probably about 200 Ft above the ground it was so cool, and then we come to find out that it did a emergency landing in the field right next to our house super cool!
@@emansnas this is where i grew up and i loved this place so much. the last few years have made me realize the people i grew up with were all as you said. its depressing. luckily my family may be able to move to Montana soon
@@dominicklittle9828 So did I, and so did I. Best wishes to you and yours.
Grew up on what was once Carswell AFB. Man the sound of the engine on the flight line at the beginning of the video brings back memories
In 1972-73 I was aboard a US Navy cruiser just outside Haiphong Harbor and witnessed waves of B-52s flying overhead towards targets around Hanoi and Haiphong. 120 or so B-52s in a single attack. They lit up the skies.
My first love is the B-52 D, 307th Strategic Bomb Wing.
I used to love seeing the B52's at March AFB in Southern California back in the 70's and 80's , an entire fleet of them just off I15 was an awesome sight .
I believe you refer to MITO. With water injection. Man, what thunder.
The engine upgrades etc. over the years makes this aircraft an entirely new beast. Bomb truck
The B-52H, the only remaining type in service, was delivered (1961-1962) fitted with the Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3. The B-52H still flies on the TF33-P-3. All efforts to upgrade the engines of the B-52H to a modern high-bypass turbofan has yet to be successful.
@@49metal That's too bad. Maybe it doesn't need new engines.
@@tomcrouchman They're still trying.
@@49metal This spring, installation of new Rolls Royce F-130 high bypass turbofans should begin. Approval was finally given, but it took Rolls to make the announcement last September.
There is so much misinformation in this video. Someone did not do their homework. The video is of an “H” model. It does not require 13,000+ feet for takeoff. Most SAC runways were 10,000-12,000 feet long. The “H” will NOT climb at 6,000+ fpm. The EWO sat on the upper deck facing aft. I flew the B-52 for 12 years with 3400 hours as an IP and eval
Thank you for your service and for the clarification. Why is the crew wearing oxygen masks, isn't B-52 pressurized?
@@martin.B777 If you were flying above 42,000 ft masks were worn more for safety because the time of useful consciousness in the event of a rapid decompression was extremely short. Also masks were worn during low level, air refueling, pattern work (critical phases of flight) for communication purposes.
@@garyreinke5161 Thank you for the clarification, Gary.✈
@@garyreinke5161 Also noticed in one of B-52 videos that spoilers/speed brakes were deployed during an approach? Is that a standard procedure or a was it a tactical approach?
That was a pretty high angle takeoff for a B-52, but nowhere near vertical. Still, it's an amazing aircraft. I was working on them in 1966, and when I finally retired from the Air Force in 1988, I was still supporting them with munitions. The only ones still in service now were built in the early 1960's.
I guess my definition of almost vertically and yours are different. Would love to see one done up like Dale Brown's books.
Loved his books
Agreed, I've been in an Alaska Airlines MD-82 that took off at a steeper angle than that.
I bet the new engines will be able deliver a better vertical if the wings can take the stress.
Check area 51
Old dog. read it.
I was stationed at Castle AFB in the early 80's. B-52 pilots did their training there. It was awesome and, at times scary to watch them doing their touch-and-go's. 😊👍
THE CREWS AND MEN ON THE GROUND ARE ALL TOP GUNS !!!!!!!!!
Saw these guys flying at 400 feet in eastern Montana back in the 80s. Always a thrill.
Almost Vertically - OH PLEASE my sides are about to burst with laughter !
That high pitch scream is awesome.
The EWO does not sit in the lower deck with the radar navigator, but facing rearward behind the pilot.The tail gunner on the G and H models sat next to the EWO facing rearward as well.
Both lower level crew positions were navigator on the left and radar navigator on the right.
There are no longer a tail gunner on the crew
Indeed there is that mistake in the video at minute 4:02…. EWO is not downstairs….
It's actually two WSOs downstairs now.
Wrong! The EW sits behind the copilot-and the honey bucket. I know this from personal experience.
I remember when I was a kid watching B-52s make low-pass runs over the White Mountains in Arizona. As a kid it shook me to my core just witnessing a giant beast skim over the tree tops. Such an amazing plane.
I was 20 when I used to take my girlfriend to the south end of the runway at March AFB and get physical in the back seat of my 66 Mustang..
The B-52's were incredible and LOUD flying over you at less than 300 feet while doing touch and go's or just landing from their missions. I loved the 80's
Those were the days when the cold war was going and there were 4 B-52's parked at the south end of the field right next to the runway loaded with
tactical nukes ready to fly at a moment's notice.. But I didn't care, I was gettin' some!
It’s nice that there is a rockband named after this plane!
Wow! Keep those things ready to go.
As the daughter of a 52 pilot, i clearly remember the elephant walks at Anderson, and to think we now have grandkids of original pilots now flying them!!!! I remember the ground shaking at takeoff and i was like 10-12 yo. My dad always said he would never jump, if it had 2 engines running he would ride it down. Unfortunately, my sons went Navy and grandson went Army. 2 of the 3 are aviation oriented. Long live BUFF!!!!
The black smoke that’s heavy is caused by the release of water on takeoff. They spray water into the engines. It cools the engines but also the water increases the air density of the thrust coming out.
I had the privilege of seeing one of these beasts at close range at McConnel AFB in Wichita, Kansas. They even let me touch the front wheel undercarriage and it was awesome, something to tell the grandchildren. That BUFF will still be flying when the little ones will come around :).
PS: the "youngest" B52 flying today is 15 to 20 years OLDER than the oldest member of it's crew!!!
Those B-52's amazing. Watching them take off and land is neat to see. I was able to get a close up look at one at an airshow at Lakehurst naval Air station.
The prep to launch is impressive as well. Our service members are doing a wonderful thing, and really well too!
I grew up at Castle AFB and was mesmerized as a kid watching B-52’s and KC-135’s up close all day long. Now that the base is no more I get to take off and land on the same gigantic runway which is ironically awesome!!
After 70 years, one of the most awesome planes ever built.
B 52 Great bombardier 🇺🇸❤
This aircraft is incredible, not sure if any country of other nations could match the air superiority of the u.s. Air Force.
I had the pleasure of climbing inside one as an F-15E crew chief in Saudi. Epic stuff...
Such a BEAST of an airship!
Incredible bombers....never get old stilll capable to support ground troops....
Absolutely gorgeous!
The sound of the B52 is orgasmic.
Your idea of "almost vertically" and mine seem to differ just a bit. It's impossible for a B-52 to even fall out of the sky "almost vertically".
Years ago I did TDY at that same base seen near the beginning of the video. Had RF-4Cs... they could do full vertical and did so while we were there. Pilots loved get away from bosses and play and we maintenance pukes got to watch. Moron AB at that time was Spanish Air Base, we were there for a month. Franco was still running Spain and their planes were F-86s (it was 1967). The story was that Franco had stripped all the ejections seats out of the F-86. Apparently, a pilot had emergency a couple of months before got there and had ejected. He landed unhurt but when he told his pilot friend how much fun it was, one punched out just a few weeks later and Franco removed chutes. I have no idea that was true... I hadn't though about that for at least 50 years. Thanks for video.
The Air Force still has 77 aircraft, and intends to keep them flying into the 2050’s, by which point the type (not these specific aircraft) will have been in constant service for 100 years!!!
All remaining B-52H’s are being refitted with carbon brakes, replacing the original steel brakes. The plant I work at will be producing these brakes. Kind of neat to think that I have a hand in helping to keep this aircraft in service. And how old are the remaining 77 aircraft? The H model was delivered between May 1961, and October 1962. That’s right, the youngest B-52 in the inventory will turn 60 this year.
SAve the weight for more bombs!
Does the C-130J make the same signature "roar" when it's props are de-synched after landing as the 4-blade version does? It was always a chill-bump sound as they taxied in....just a simple signature sound kinda like the whistle the F-104 made.... Interesting that fuel bladders are used. I don't know if that would have worked on Cyprus supporting the U-2 back in the day. It just carried pallets of 50 gallon JPTS barrels.
As always, excellent footage
The lower deck "battle station" is actually called the "Offensive Station" manned by the "Offense team." The upper station used to have a tail gunner and an electronic warfare officer or E.W.O. for short (pronounced ee-dub or EE-WOE) and they were called "defense". The pilots were called "The Pilots" ;) There are so many people onboard it used to be standard procedure to regularly make each station check-in during combat to make sure no one was incapacitated. The Left pilot is called Aircraft Commander or A.C. The right pilot is the Co-Pilot or Co. The E.W. is the EE-Dub. The weapon systems officer downstairs on the left is the Radar Navigator or "Radar" ( like Radar O'Reilly). The guy to his right who is actually another WSO (Wizzo) is called Navigator or "Nav." They both deploy weapons and both navigate. Then there are people riding along, like the Instructor Pilot or I.P. The Instructor EE-Dub. The Instructor Nav or I.N. It doesn't matter who sits in those seats they are called by it's station name. Crew Chief or whoever......their station name is I.P. or I.N. or whatever. I've been on a flight with 9 people onboard. That's a LOT of people in the cramped cockpit of a B-52.
On one of my flights on the B-52 all 10 positions were in use and lucky me got to sit on the shitter for takeoff, refueling, TA ops and landing. At least it was convenient...
In normal operation, only six positions are used. On test flights, only three or four.
@@lawrencegore6647 They eliminated the tail gun. Now there are only 5 positions. I wonder if the Gunner's ejection seat is still operational? I doubt it.
@@rael5469 I would think it still would be operational, as it gives an extra crew member (almost always an instructor or evaluator) a quick way out. You don’t want to bail out of the navs’ open hatches unless you absolutely have to!
@@nordan00 What you said makes perfect sense. Once I got a ride in a Cobra attack helicopter and a pilot's helmet was in the seat I would use. I asked the pilot if I should put it on. He said: "Always use a piece of safety equipment if available. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." So why wouldn't they keep it active? I think you are right.
that plane is amazing and so is the crew. i'm so proud of everyone that is in this video. everyone works hard and you work as a team to keep your planes working and operating well. watching how you secure your loads is amazing and how your team refuels in the air is amazing. Keep up the good work
THAT IS YOUR OPINION BUT NOT BASED ON ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACTS.
I remember standing on top of hill in eastern Montana while hunting antelope as a kid. The hill was a couple hundred feet high. A B-52 out of Glasgow AFB came straight at me and I swear it had to rise up to avoid running into the hill! I was impressed for sure.
I love the 32 analog engine dials, no crying about 'task saturation' today kids
I see these coming and going to Tinker AFB once in awhile. Like the P51, they are absolutely unmistakable idents due to their plan view and engine sound.
Beautiful to see those sagging wings curl in the air like a bird taking off. Amazing sight.
Worked Engines on H's then we got G models due to the ALCM. If you thought the H was smoky on takeoff, the G model in Water injection was twice what you saw in this video.
Miss them every day. Loved running water injection in the middle of the night, and waking EVERYBODY up on the base. Especially a KC-135A in water....real window rattler.
7:40 Super Tucano Brazil 🇧🇷
Good notes about Tucano, in a simple view one can not imagine how capable it is.
cool as heck. Stratosaurus
Super T is an awesome plane. Wish we had them back in the day.
Love the name of that airbase....😅
I worked G models in Michigan. We watched them come home on Lake Huron beaches at night. Amazing aircraft.
The B-52 can operate higher than 50,000 feet. The original B-52s DID operate higher than 50,000. The limiting factor is Air Force regulations. Above 50,000 feet you must wear a pressure suit because without one, if the cabin suffered a decompression you wouldn't have enough "Time of Useful Consciousness" before becoming dangerously groggy.
Belíssimos e eficientes Tucanos!!!! temidos quando armados adequadamente.
The Big Belly D's were capable of carrying 108 500 pound bombs or 68 750 pound bombs
.....the noise that must have made when you had a whole flight of them all dropping on the same patch of jungle must have been....madness....
Fortaleza voadora um super Titan dos ares.👏👏👏
Still badass as ever!
"AIR FORCE! We're the smart ones. Send the officers out to fight." TSGT Roosevelt Williams. :-)
Love how they placed my initials on the refueling winglets.
8 freaking turbofans. F*** thats power!
Whee! One video, yet two aircraft I used to fly! Couple of minor errors, but mostly accurate.
Knowing little about aviation I had to look up some quick stats:
* Passenger aircraft Boeing 777 has a climb rate of 500 ft/min.
* This video rates the B-52 at 6,270 ft/min, about 13x as fast!
(source: just the first google result for "777 climb rate", so don't read too much into it I was only going for a very rough comparison anyway.)
Those numbers are misleading. 500 fpm for the 777 might be the most efficient climb rate. With full throttle and light load it can do 6,000 fpm.
6,270 fpm for the B-52 might be optimistic and with not much gas or bomb load. Full-loaded older models look like they are only doing like 300 fpm on takeoff, even with water injection. What is that poorly back-projected B-52 movie with Rock Hudson?
one of my favorite air bases in Europe.
Amazing it has 8 engines
do NOT underestimate a 70 yr old.
lm 70 and 2 yrs ago shingled my own roof. also 2 yrs ago l pushed
1600 pounds on the leg press exercise machine.
Excellent vídeo.😍🗽
Actually if memory serves me,the crew was originally 6 not 5. Originally it had a rear gunner.
Bolivian Air Force has One C130, It's amazing hearing it
The rabbits, squirrels and snakes on the little island at 04:12 never knew what hit them.
Where was the near verticle takeoff?
B-52 has NO problem operating ABOVE 50,000ft.
Old but still nice and sexy planes.
Nice details
In 1972 we watched these planes fly in and out of Westover AFB, I presume on their way to Asia. Also had lots of C-5's, C-141's and C-130's.
Was flying as an observer on a C-141B during Red Flag from Nellis AFB in 1989. I'll never forget seeing a Buff pass underneath us like we were standing still.
It's stunning to see what these monster can do. I remember when we had the sky's(world)full of these planes all nuked up! Chrome dome. I would love to see one with all 8 new engines doing that without the smoke. Would watch again!
'Full engines thrust' LMAO. Also, Crew chiefs seem to forget, you are not saluting the pilot when taxiing them out. You are saluting the American flag on the tail or wherever it may be. I worked TF-33s for 7 years. I fucking miss them
That is one kick-ass bird!
I tried to watch all of this video, but I actually get super dizzy and about pass out!! It’s scary af! I always come back to watch more though 😂👍
Forget the age that is the deadliest aircraft we have in the fleet it can actually disappear on radar badass
An ancient bucket with bolts)
The B-52 does not fly straight up.
It actually does maximum climb rate with a slight nose down angle with the wings high lift and climbs like a bat out of hell.
Impressive.
Cool to see The Rock C130’s, WPS🐗
Well, near vertical is a bit of a stretch. I was born on an Air Force Base and my father flew the KC-135 , the refueling aircraft for the B-52. He switched over from the KC-97 tanker in 1962. They take off low and slow normally, if they are exceeding the normal take off attitude it’s probably for testing purposes.
Вот это красавчики и не скажешь что старина
As usual, a good video ruined by loud background noise.
I used to them take off and land at the air base at fort worth Texas. The would come directly over Rigmar mall. Was an awesome thing to watch. I always thought it would be a bad place for one to come down. Even inside the mall it was still loud
For Americans, the B52 is a source of pride. But when it flew to Vietnam it became: the bowl, the cup, the plate, the ring, the ashtray, the hat, the barrel, the chest...... That day, Vietnam was very poor, Vietnamese people were waiting every day for the American B52 plane to fly to shoot it down, then take the wreckage of the plane as daily objects to use. All Vietnamese people at that time had items made from aircraft wreckage.
The US President once stated:
- The US B52 will bring Vietnam back to the stone age.
President Ho Chi Minh sent an aluminum pipe from the wreckage of the B52 plane with the message:
- Sorry Mr. President, our Vietnam is entering the aluminum age.
And now Vietnam is moving away from Communism, proving America was right all along.
@@texaswunderkind That comment was from General "Bombs Away" LeMay, the founder of SAC. And...Believe it or not...If President Nixon HADN'T called a halt to the bombing of Hanoi (Christmas 1972) General LeMay's comment could very well have seen fruition.
Did I miss the vertical takeoff part?
Nice
Supposedly the C-130J is more powerful than earlier models. I routine flew into and out of airfield of 2500 ft in Southeast Asia in a worn out E model.
When I was about 10 in Syracusr, NY, I heard a roar and over flew a B-52 being refueled by a KC-135 at a very low altitude. Awesome. Griffiss AFB was about 50 miles east on Rome, NY.
I was driving from Boston to Ohio a few years ago and stayed one night at a campground in Rome. It was on a nice lake, as I recall. Nice area.
When I was 28 through 32, I was flying B-52s out of Griffiss AFB! The good old 668th, though not as good as Mather AFB’s good old 441st! Good times!
When did 20° AOA become vertical?
I see it differently ..l love the buff because it barely raises its nose at takeoff….those huge heavy metal wings with the flaps down create a huge area of high pressure underneath. It almost looks like the plane couldn’t possibly fly! Then all the sudden, it appears like a string is pulling the plane straight up off the ground with all the wheel coming off the ground pretty close together. It’s got a real aerodynamic different appeal to me. It looks different on takeoff. Compared to a commercial plane like a 747 for example, the nose wheel gets off the ground first waaaay before the back wheels leave the ground. B52s look like a super heavy shape that can’t possibly fly just floats like an angel into the sky .
I had heard that during the cold war these plane crews would practice high-speed sequential take offs. The idea was to get as many in the air in as short a time as possible, because an ICBM might be on its way there and any planes not up and far enough away would be lost. The guy I talked to said takeoffs were so close together that you could barely see the plane in front of you, that you were chasing at high speed down the run way, because of the how close in proximity they were and the heavy smoke from full throttle. Had to continue on faith that everything went right.