The Infamous Eager Beavers & Their Custom B17 Bomber - Old 666 by The Fat Electrician - Reaction

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  • Опубліковано 17 лис 2024

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  • @launcesmechanist9578
    @launcesmechanist9578 3 місяці тому +31

    Apparently these missions with ‘Old 666’ were not the only missions this bomber went on.
    It was stated that this aircraft went on several missions beforehand but it got shot to hell Every. Single. Time.
    So much so that it became known as ‘unlucky’ and was eventually sent to the boneyard to be cannibalized for parts.

  • @Archerfish1977
    @Archerfish1977 3 місяці тому +25

    The US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio has a large display dedicated to Old 666 and her crew. Among the items in the display is Captain Zeamer's Medal of Honor.

  • @dcohen1359
    @dcohen1359 3 місяці тому +25

    0:01 Hey look it's me. Thanks for doing this one.

  • @Flash_Flood44
    @Flash_Flood44 3 місяці тому +22

    That pet bed is a tax write off now

  • @NCWV13
    @NCWV13 3 місяці тому +19

    No, you need the Kreig spade. Plus, what chads. They turned a B-17 into a Ork Dakka Bomba! We need people like this.

  • @generalthunder4786
    @generalthunder4786 3 місяці тому +18

    My guy be speaking 40k orc language, DAT'S DA BIO!!

  • @theap0killyp1k2
    @theap0killyp1k2 3 місяці тому +21

    Funny story regarding the height requirement for pilots in the Air Force, my father originally joined the Air Force because he wanted to be a F-15 pilot, but he was too tall at 6'8, they made him a B-2 pilot instead.

    • @czarnynight
      @czarnynight 3 місяці тому

      spicy dorito are cool as well but not as F-15. i feel bad for him. if i was him i would try get post in B-1 or B-52

    • @brandonmercer499
      @brandonmercer499 3 місяці тому

      ​@@czarnynightI'm still waiting and hoping for them to come out with the second B1 bomber, the B1-R

  • @6totoro6
    @6totoro6 3 місяці тому +18

    Just like the Fat Electrician my room was invaded by onion cutting ninjas in the end.

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 3 місяці тому +16

    Old Man: 😠...😠...😠...😠...😠... FINE.
    Me: 🥳

  • @Seafish84
    @Seafish84 3 місяці тому +32

    Fun fact allied bomber crews had access to amphetamine through their rations to keep the alert and awake.

  • @widgren87
    @widgren87 3 місяці тому +3

    Awesome flight crew that really should be a household name.
    Also there is this quote from What if the Emperor had a Text to speech about Dakka: "At the point in time when bullets can pass through the interdimensional walls. When firepower takes up the entirety and eternity of space and time, all being stuck in a neverending life and death cycle as bullets recover and destroy their bodies in quick succession. No one is able to think about anything but the sheer force of the bullets rapidly flying literally everywhere in the materium turning the warp itself into nothing but a sea of semi-automatic weaponry.. Then there will be enough dakka. Or, at least almost."

  • @Flash_Flood44
    @Flash_Flood44 3 місяці тому +6

    I think TFE video “Roy Benavidez “ might be the best yet

  • @Jawmax
    @Jawmax 3 місяці тому +1

    27:49 Yes! I was hoping you would say that in this video.

  • @damiadwalker8464
    @damiadwalker8464 3 місяці тому +6

    I request you watch the episode of the history channels show called "dogfights" that covers this fight. Its a show that uses cgi to recreate, breakdown and analyze the biggest dogfights in history. Was one of my fave shows when i was younger ❤

    • @seand.g423
      @seand.g423 3 місяці тому

      Yeah... back when you didn't need to _completely TURBO-simp_ for the channel _just to fucking pretend TO YOURSELF_ that it was worth a damn...

  • @aaronhenley4741
    @aaronhenley4741 3 місяці тому +5

    17:08 Pudge should have been called Pugh Pew.
    I’ll let myself out now.

  • @dannykarigan5967
    @dannykarigan5967 3 місяці тому +2

    Ordered you some painting supplies off your amazon wishlist.. enjoy! love the videos

  • @bryannewberry7081
    @bryannewberry7081 3 місяці тому +6

    I know what you mean. I was the only IFF tech on my ship and when I got there I got handed a toolbox and told that the last IFF Left 6 months ago...

  • @ChuckHuffmaster
    @ChuckHuffmaster 3 місяці тому +3

    Former Dallas cowboys defensive end and two time Superbowl champion Chad Hennings was 6'-6" and before his NFL career he flew the A-10 warthog in combat missions

    • @gregsteele806
      @gregsteele806 2 місяці тому

      The only airframe that fit him.

    • @ChuckHuffmaster
      @ChuckHuffmaster 2 місяці тому

      @@gregsteele806 only fighter aircraft he can fit in and he said he doubted he could safely eject

  • @gregmiller-qq5on
    @gregmiller-qq5on 3 місяці тому +2

    My first assignment in the Army after AIT as the 'New Guy' was unique. I came from school as a SP4(E-4) s I had been at the top of my class for the entire year of computer training. I was assigned to a long line communications company in Korea that ran a dozen microwave/tech control site, several telephone exchanges w/ an outside plant, a satellite terminal, and a computer data communications center. I was supposed to be working as a maintenance tech at the data center but the powers running the company decided to make me the Operations/Training NCO (an SFC/E-7 position) for the company responsible for coordinating all the different sites to work together. Then the MSG/E-8 I worked for took off for a months' vacation and left me in charge of the company. One hell of a first experience in the military, getting thrown in the deep in without a life preserver!

  • @TheRealBiofodder
    @TheRealBiofodder 3 місяці тому +4

    This shit is incredibly gangster

  • @anlydaly5726
    @anlydaly5726 3 місяці тому +2

    This planes name may have been the number of hell ... but I know that God had some fine angels watching over that old bird and her crew.

  • @KimFareseed
    @KimFareseed 3 місяці тому

    19:57
    "Were they on the equalent of Fort Polk?"
    _Shudders._
    I certainly hope not.

  • @MorellioBenoir
    @MorellioBenoir Місяць тому

    Having the last name Bates has to be tough.

  • @whiskeytangofoxtrot8006
    @whiskeytangofoxtrot8006 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey, Old Man. I loved this reaction as always. Also, I saw a video you might like earlier. Habitual Line Crosser's video about the hypothetical war between the US and Poland.

  • @m2hmghb
    @m2hmghb 3 місяці тому +6

    So I'd suggest a Mattock instead of a pick axe. They work better, a pick and a blade shaped like a hoe. Most effective tool I know of. Also part of the reason for wanting shorter people in fighters is the G Forces are generally better tolerated by shorter people because they have shorter legs which is less space for the blood to pool in.

  • @Shalltear773
    @Shalltear773 3 місяці тому +1

    oddly enough, I feel some sort of pride for making it into the intro. lol. anyways, the one thing I wish the Fat Electrician made known is the name of the congressman that demanded that the Eager Beavers be rewarded because I'm so used to hearing about politicians screwing things up or lacking respect that this bit of information floored me.

  • @bryannewberry7081
    @bryannewberry7081 3 місяці тому +3

    I've had leaders that I would not follow out of the desert if I knew there was freshwater on the other side and I've had leaders that I would follow into the desert with no water because I know they are going to handle business I totally know what you mean

  • @Thomastangerine
    @Thomastangerine 3 місяці тому +1

    Maybe we need another eager Beavers video

  • @nes819
    @nes819 3 місяці тому

    These guys were the spiritual ancestors of the Orks aswell as the A-Team series.

  • @tsamoka6496
    @tsamoka6496 3 місяці тому +1

    This story absolutely deserves a movie...just not one by hollywood. Acorn TV would be my recommendation. =^x^=

  • @richardkim3652
    @richardkim3652 3 місяці тому

    0:01 oh man that stare lol

  • @gregsteele806
    @gregsteele806 2 місяці тому

    I think my computer room must be infested with Onion Cutting Ninja too.

  • @themalcontent100
    @themalcontent100 3 місяці тому +3

    All we need to do is hound him for 5 months and he folds. He will be a Vtuber

  • @FrozenLionsFan
    @FrozenLionsFan Місяць тому

    It is amazing how many war hero stories seem to include bad vision😂

  • @The_cestelin_Holland
    @The_cestelin_Holland 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm finally able to request something now

  • @InstrucTube
    @InstrucTube 3 місяці тому

    Yep. I found out even if I were to lose the excess weight I've got, I'm literally physically too wide to be a fighter pilot. I'm only 5'9" but my shoulder width is almost 20 inches, whereas the average is around 16. I think I could technically fit, but it'd be too cramped to use some of the required panels.
    And actually at this point I'm too old, but I just looked again, it's been a while since I checked, and I don't see any width specifications, so maybe that'd be alright. However, height and weight are specified. Height isn't as much of a problem now, as most modern fighter seats can accommodate most heights.

  • @HistoryNerd808
    @HistoryNerd808 3 місяці тому +4

    Guys, yeah, the video is awesome but y'all didn't need to bully him into it like this lol.

  • @XolaresTiberius
    @XolaresTiberius 3 місяці тому

    Would be a great tv show or movie.

  • @vincentconnett5358
    @vincentconnett5358 3 місяці тому +1

    Hell yeah my dude

  • @logandarklighter
    @logandarklighter 3 місяці тому +1

    Dude. For once, the Fat Electrician might've missed a GOLDEN opportunity! About the time he is describing the recovery, stealing the parts for, restoration and modifications on Old 666 by the Eager Beavers - in my opinion - THAT is when you add in "THE A-TEAM" soundtrack and montage music!
    But it's a quibble because the rest of that video was so incredibly bad ass I can't complain too much about a missing music beat. 🤣

  • @toddnesbitt3113
    @toddnesbitt3113 3 місяці тому +1

    If a tavern problem is a problem, you’re not a good MP

  • @captain-commander8138
    @captain-commander8138 3 місяці тому +1

    got so meany kills they made kill cams to prove it.

  • @illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015
    @illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015 3 місяці тому

    History channel dogfights long odds

  • @TheMyrmo
    @TheMyrmo 3 місяці тому

    It sucks, BUT.... when you have to put a piece of equipment together from GOD-DAMNED PIECES because you had NO CHOICE... you WILL KNOW what every piece does, and why it does it.
    If you SURVIVE being thrown in the deep end, you have knowledge that CAN NOT BE RENTED for any amount of love or money.

  • @PamBanFromChilis
    @PamBanFromChilis 3 місяці тому

    New request!! Check out the limping lady Americas first spy

  • @The_cestelin_Holland
    @The_cestelin_Holland 3 місяці тому +1

    Ha that is the name of my brother

  • @timlenard1646
    @timlenard1646 3 місяці тому +1

    FNG is not a military term, it's a workplace term that is used ALL OVER THE WORK FORCE...

    • @ssjjshawn
      @ssjjshawn 3 місяці тому +2

      It's a term that originally came from the Military, and then became disseminated into general culture later

  • @PAT8888-is2pd
    @PAT8888-is2pd 3 місяці тому

    What do you know about Fort Polk? I may be a US Navy Submarine Service veteran but, when I graduated high school, I was in the Louisiana Army National Guard and went to Fort Polk for basic training and AIT. I thought you were also a Navy vet. So, like I said, what do you know about Fort Polk?

  • @rayWH40k
    @rayWH40k 3 місяці тому

    Is it part of catch 22

  • @toddnesbitt3113
    @toddnesbitt3113 3 місяці тому +1

    Just “cheated” the MP specs, maybe, in ‘87

  • @rafehr1378
    @rafehr1378 3 місяці тому

    If you are an "A" school grad. Look to your A school book

  • @PAT8888-is2pd
    @PAT8888-is2pd 3 місяці тому

    You ought to try Submarine qualifications. Just saying. You are automatically "dink" (delinquent).

  • @vvbsnahakahsksjao
    @vvbsnahakahsksjao 3 місяці тому

    Let's go

  • @siberian8322
    @siberian8322 2 місяці тому

    Mario Warfare. Don't ask me why it's on this one, I watched all FE & your reacts to him & it's just at this moment something you might enjoy watching occurred to me. It's an older piece & it doesn't have to be a reaction video, but if you've never seen it...""ua-cam.com/video/SfbAk7Lr_yI/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared""

  • @BucketOfFail
    @BucketOfFail 3 місяці тому

    The majority of tv and movies are made for the majority of people. Unfortunately the majority of people are stupid so we get braindead sitcoms and reality tv. There is a reason I get my entertainment from youtube now and I haven't watched tv in years.

  • @timlenard1646
    @timlenard1646 3 місяці тому

    if you ever spoke like that to a woman in front of me or any of the men I know you'd be picking yourself up off the floor once you came to.... not a man AT ALL...

    • @Azorees-oj5zr
      @Azorees-oj5zr 3 місяці тому

      Better make that first punch count dipshit, I cannot imagine overreacting in such a way to two people, who are bloody married, talking casually with each other, are you and your friends such sad and fragile people that such a thing is that offensive to you?

    • @danielseelye6005
      @danielseelye6005 3 місяці тому +2

      @@timlenard1646 Lighten up, Francis. It's just banter and she gives as good as she gets.

    • @OldManReacts
      @OldManReacts  3 місяці тому +5

      I'm just going to leave it up, and just know everyone who's been on the channel five minutes is staring at this comment and laughing for more than one reason.

    • @Shalltear773
      @Shalltear773 3 місяці тому +1

      dude, grow up or at least grow some thicker skin. he didn't speak to her in any wrong way at all. it's obvious they were being playful about it and not at all threatening or rude.

    • @Azorees-oj5zr
      @Azorees-oj5zr 3 місяці тому

      @@timlenard1646 you are honestly just sad, to be such a pathetic child that you can’t handle people being normal, I just can’t imagine it.