The Plane that America is So Proud of - Big Ugly Fat Fella
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
- The B-52 Stratofortress holds a place of pride in American aviation history. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an iconic American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. Designed in the 1950s, the B-52 has been in continuous service with the U.S. Air Force for over 60 years.
The B-52 is the M1911 of Aviation, ol' reliable.
It’s anything but reliable
@@ahmesbaloshy472 sure buddy
@@ahmesbaloshy472Its age says otherwise.
@@JenGM24 look at what the pilot the technicians and mechanics says about it they don’t call it BUFF for no reason it is a plane that has more problems than solutions and has no place in modern warfare
@@ahmesbaloshy472 Know why it still around? That plane can fly for almost 2 days straight without refueling, Tell me who will chase after that💀
The range with inflight refueling is practically global? A B-52 has circumnavigated the planet non-stop with inflight refueling.
I knew an air frame whose dad was the pilot, son was the copilot, and grandson was the flight engineer over a 50 year time frame. Imagine a bird where the dad flew it during Vietnam, son flew it during the first Gulf War, and grandson was the engineer over Afghanistan. What an ungodly piece of American hardware. AMERICA FUCK YAAAAA!!!!
Lots of innocent children killed by one family.
You can be proud how much you want you will never beat Russia🇷🇺
@@antonindamov8736When America builds something to compete and be strong, it often carries enough forethought to be useful long beyond its intial set service time.
When Russia builds something to compete and be strong, it often outstrips their future abilities and is required long beyond its initial set service time.
@@JamesFlemingIrelandWait till you hear about monarchs...
@@JamesFlemingIreland that's one hell of an ignorant comment. War isnt pretty, and no war happens without innocent casualties.
Back when Boeing made stuff that did not fall apart in midair.
Built when the company knew how to build aircraft that didn't have parts that would go 'boeing' as they fell off...
Good one! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
The buff lives forever
My Dad was A Crew Chief, E6 for 20 years S.A.C. During Korea and Vietnam, served a total of 24 years. U.S.A.F. brat. 👍🇺🇲
Think about this... this plane will be in service until after 2060. It will be in service for over a century. How many aircraft have a service life that long? 1.
Imagine what it would take to ever break that record…
The B-52 Stratofortress is one of our favourite long-range, subsonic, strategic bombers. May this aircraft live a very long life, as it has for some 70 years. It's meant to be in service for around a century, as we found out about a few weeks ago. But still, we like this aircraft, so thank you for sharing this post with us. Keep up the good work.
The Beast!!! ❤
The “Buff” is a truly iconic American aircraft which is a glowing testament to American design, engineering,durability and strength. Outstanding!! 👍🏻🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸👍🏻
Soon to be upgraded with Rolls Royce engines from England :)
@@ratofvengence, Rolls Royce certainly knows how to build outstanding aircraft engines. ❤️🇬🇧
I like the old times SR-71 XB-70 that's technology that we don't have anything like it anymore and the reason is very simple
To put it into perspective: The time it took from the Wright Brothers to the introduction of the Stratofortress is 15 years less than the time from the introduction of the B-52 to the present day
Oh how freaking far we've come when it comes to planes, man...
Greatest military aircraft of all time
We love Grampa BUF !
The BUFF can literally land sideways in strong cross winds‼️🫡🫡🫡🫡
STILL GOT TO LOVE THEM
It's good that the new engines that are replacing the old engines won't smoke near as much.
Rolls Royce, right?
Last word was not ‘Fella’ but this is a family channel. In army primary flight training in Mineral Wells, TX we had a BUFF shoot a pattern and low approach at one of our fields. That thing is impressive as all get out in the air. As a kid a -36 did a low fly over of the viewing stand at an air show at Navy Corpus. Again a giant. Love those big birds; at least you can still see a -52 in flight if you’re lucky.
HAA! That's what I came to say about the last word. However another phrase you used is correctly written "impressive as I'll get out".
@@charlescarmichael1124no it’s not. The expression is “as all get out”. Why would you go correcting people when you don’t even know?
I like the B 52, it is not ugly
Grandpa Buff is eternal. It will lead the first wave in our war on mars
B-52's Kate Pearson ❤️
Love Shackin' 👍👍
Fun fact - a tornado sounds EXACTLY like a B-52 on takeoff!
Tornado also sounds like a C130 taking off. I heard what I thought was C130 but later found out was tornado.
Beautiful
I remember the buff when i was stationed in Loring AFB in 1981..
The B-52 will live on to the 2050s with additional upgrades coming, including new engines from Rolls Royce.
Yeah the last F doesn’t stand for “fella”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The "peace keeper" ha I like that one
damn grandpa buff doing good
The B-52 & XB-70 were designed in roughly the same era, right?
B52 is older 10 to 12 years xb70 was built to replace it , Just in the name theres 18 B's in that 10 ish years - B-52, U.S. long-range heavy bomber, designed by the Boeing Company in 1948, first flown in 1952, and first delivered for military service in 1955. two XB-70 prototypes were built, with the first flight in 1964, the program terminated in 1969. but just B4 and and after ww2 any plane that lasted more then 5 or 6 years was oldie B52 and F-4 few planes that would last more then 25 years thanks to tech and better better turbo fans you think they smoke now you should have seen the one with the first jets
"Fella".... Riiiiiight
That plane is bigger than the town i grew up in. And worth 10,000 times more!
The buff is forever
What a Beast. Beautiful...
Global and subsonic? It better have a bathroom!
Uh that last “F” definitely doesn’t stand for “fella.”
The Beefy 'Fty-two.
So its an actual B52 built in the 50's and its still flying today?
Or just the model/type?
Its hard to believe...
The latest version and only currently operating one is the model H. But even then, the newest B-52 airframe is around 58 years old.
It’s basically a new plane in the shape of an old one
@@alanfan8941the newest one is 62, the the oldest is 63
Buff for life
The BUFF is eternal, the BUFF is forever.
Built when Boeing knew how to build things correctly
Boeings pride and joy right there now idk wtf they’re doing
That old grandpa will be our first FTL at this rate
It’s basicly the VW bug of Airplanes. It’s still going strong
Best plane around it is loved very well ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was at tinker afb visiting my uncle and thought we had an earthquake uncle said nope showing me the back and watching a b52 just lifting off
Better make sure the doors don't fly off lmao 💀💀
Eastern axis bot
Must be new here…
military vs civilian department
Gotta love the buff
The A-10 of bombers
USA Air force is and will always be the most dominant Air force this world has ever seen. Take it from a vet..
No one who ever served uses the term “fella”.
Oh, it's Boeing? Do the doors fall off too? I heard that's a special Boeing feature.
You didn't mention its large bomb capacity. It's YUGE.
spooky 320 use 105 shell, bring the rain
KELLY JOHNSON!
BUFF FTW‼️🤗
So what you're saying is that it takes a fleet of refueling jets just in case it needs a sip. Got it.
FREESOM BABY 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇲
Almost? You can fly anywhere around the world!
GRANDPA BUFF
Buff..
Humpin’ Buffs!
Supposedly it will retired in 2040
Until the Raider's numbers get cut to 20 units.
The USAF said that when the BONE came along, BUFF Said Hold My Beer‼️🤣🤣
moved to 2060 ya know right after we run out of oil
Hey Louisiana, this is our gentle giant 🌟. Love my Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City Louisiana home of Mike Johnson Speaker Of The House. My grandson Chris is stationed in Minot North Dakota and works on planes. He will be 28 this June 19. Hey Chris😠call home. Love🩵 cookies🍪🍪🍪 and kisses💋 from Gramma Judy. Minot take care of my firstborn grandchild.✝️🙏🌹✝️🙏🌹
Not just the US but the whole world is proud that such technology exists
My brother in law was an officer in USAF and his first deployment was at Ellsworth Air Force Base in the 1980's. I got the chance to watch these behemoths do touch and goes. From the weird way that their landing gear always remained parallel to the runway to their gigantic size, this was something that I'll never forget!!
Huge flying target on radar, standoff is it's only sure fire deterrence.
Wasnt the Convair B 36 refered to as the " Hustler?"
B-58 was the Hustler. B-36 was the Peacemaker
Umm a bit of correction the B 36 was replaced by the B 47 and then the b 52 replaced the B 47
The B-52 replaced both the B-36 and the B-47 at the same time. The B-47 didn't become operational until 1951 had both structural and refueling problems early on. They replaced the B-29s/B-50s. They stopped producing B-47s in 1957. The last B-36 was replaced by B-52s in 1959.
Fella?? 🤣🤣🤣
In Vietnam, we also love this aircraft, because they were flying metal mines that we can take down and use to create daily stuff like mugs, cooking pots, ... xD
The US lost 18 B52s in 10 years in Vietnam...thats not even 2 per year. Thats not very many 😔
@@cameronspence4977 in 1968, 12 B52s was shot down, and in Dec 22, 1972, 8 was shot down, just in a single day
yea its not a huge number, but it was a huge moral strike, because at that time, US believe B52 can not be shot down. They tell the media all over the world that Vietnamese can't even see B52s coming on the radar, and no AA gun, missile from North Vietnamese army can reach B52. At the time the first B52 was taken down, US gov gone crazy, and after the Linebacker II ops, they have to sign the Paris agreement in shame.
Also, it important to remember that ever since the Vietnam war, anti-air weapon keep getting developed, but no other country or armed force be able to take down B52
@@euphoriessno B-52s were shot down in 1968. All of the loses occurred in 1972 with most occurring during Linebacker II. 19 we shot down in total.
He'll of a plane
There is not an apostrophe in the word "hell."
When you need to subsidize the fossil fuel and "defense" industries in one fell swoop!
Wait... you said Boeing?
Uh oh.
yep 1 thing 4 sure with out Boeing who had to push the dash 80 (707) on the world no one wanted it but Panam and if not for Boeing, jets would have taken 20 to 30 years to get going and thats not even talking about the 747 and the sst
Yep. Back when engineers took pride in their work.
Lockheed Martin B 52H Stratofortress
Boeing
In the age of rockets and drones such a big plaen is in the air what the battleship is on the sea: outdated and a big target for up-to-date weapons. Kind of the Yamato of the skies.
Define subsonic?
Oxford reads: relating to or flying at a speed or speeds less than that of sound.
"subsonic aircraft" Nasa : atmosphere on a standard day at sea level static conditions, the speed of sound 1100 feet/second. At sea level, with the high density of the air, the speed is about 762 mph, and at 40,000 feet about 630 mph. So at each height that speed is Mach 1. In space sound doesn't travel at all due to the virtual absence of matter in a vacuum.
This plane is designed to fly at the edge of space... stratosphere. All staff on board ( not just pilot, co-pilot and navigator) are required to wear pressure suits with full oxygen supplies. It even has a clear dome where a sextant can be used for navigation and relative positioning.
Slower than the speed of sound.
@@ambhatti1538 It's not designed to fly at the edge of space. It's ceiling is around 50k feet. I think you're referring to the U-2 and SR-71.
Boeing - whistleblower killer?