@hollowdono, Think you have that backwards -- The TU-160 "Blackjack" bomber is a copy of the B-1B....considering that the B-1B first flew in 1974....the Blackjack's first flight wasn't until 1981....so how could the B-1B, flying in 1974, be a copy of a plane that didn't even *exist* yet??
Looks like Nellis AFB....... my shop is less than a block from the end of the runway and the B1B's almost always set off car alarms in the parking lot! Love seeing the after burner shock rings, the best thing is if i miss the fly over I'm sure to catch the second plane as they almost always leave in pairs!
@MrEddieG420 It's Nellis...Glaringly obvious was all of the LV Strip construction behind them. The Wynn and The Encore were clearly visible when they taxied out.
@DavePhillips671 That crew chief may have been jumping up to touch the wingtip. When I launch out an F-16, I'll touch the missle (or the missle rail) when they're taxiing out.
@dummermutht was talking about the guy in the far background mucking around on a ligth tower lol, you must have one of the best jobs going shooting fighters off to do their good work, much respect mate.
Such a beautiful plane ... but do you know how much they cost apiece? do you know how many schools and hospitals you could've made with the entire budget for the B1 program?
@Itchhhh aha ... :) you know, so far as we have gullible people like you around, why do we need bright honest politicians for? any donkey wearing a suit can sell you any lie ... which is what we have, and what we will have for a long time ... "price of peace" ... now pray tell, were you being sarcastic?
@Byron10301 : I have no love for politicians and or the military industrial complex. As someone who served in the AF at the height of the Cold War I do know how close we came to WWIII. The B-1 was a formadable threat that the Russians were quite concerned about. So much so that the most recent SALT treaty prevents the B-1 from carrying nuclear weapons. Don't give me your left ideology when we have enemies that want to destroy us.
But these days with JDAMs and what not, the strike aircraft on board carriers carry a hell of a lot of bombing potential. Why clutter a deck with a bomber when your CAS F/A-18 can do almost as good of a job whilst remaining a potent dogfighter?
@SsgtVenere It's maintainability leaves a lot to be desired. Compared to every combat aircraft ever that is. It does it's job though and it's all were gonna have for a while for that role.
Watched the B1s during early deployment in Abilene, at Dyess AFB, in the 80s. Amazing to look off in the distance and see a sleek flying goose that suddenly swept its wings back and shot out of sight and off to the Arizona desert for training exercises.
@WALTERBROADDUS I know I had a buddy of mine who was flyin f16s who got transered to drones if I cant get a real flying job then Im just gonna go fly Rjs for united express or another airline. I dont see why drones are the airforces new favs I think they are hella stupid.
@1999sebring Well they don't need to be rescued if shot down. They don't eat,sleep, or blackout. Some actually like the 9-5 way of doing things. In the office by 9, kill some Tailban by lunch. Be home to the wife by 5. Anyway, that is the future.
@WALTERBROADDUS To me if I was flying a drone and a mig was on my ass I could careless if I got shot down but if my life was on the line Id fight 10 times harder and I dont feel drones are a good thing for anything besides recon or srikes on enemy camps
Those engines are old, arguably under-powered and expensive to maintain. I'd go for redesigning the engine bays to house upgraded GE-132 engines as part of a B-1B+ modernization and SLEP option. It would be a helluva lot cheaper, more expedient and less risky than proceeding with the NGB in the mid-term - a program Congress would likely kill down the road anyway after getting nothing for sunk billions in R&D. Postpone the NGB to a mid-2030's acquisition. Supplement B-1B+ with FB-22, done.
Carries nearly 2x the bomb load of the B-52, is more stealthy, faster and better weapons systems too. Indeed Mr. Reagan, we need you now more than ever!
Had a chance to see one of the B1's do a high climb then into a barrel roll at Oshkosh. I freaked when I had seen it. A crew chief at show center said it could be done if they maintained 1-2g's. I've admired it ever since then.
@ViperKeeper2070 The Military is used the same way our POLICE are used. To force compliance of those who DON'T want to live under a Jewish Communistic Controlled America. Are you aware we are not even a country but a CORPORATION?? i WAS young once and thought WE Were the good guys but then my eyes were opened. Read Smedly Butlers book WAR IS A RACKET. (he was a Congress medal of honor winner of ww1 ) and Learn JEWS/ISRAEL control US. Seek Truth. All you Believe IS A LIE!!
@cessna65423 Israel does indeed 'control' US foreign policy in a way that Eisenhower, for one, would find surprising and unacceptable, but it's nothing to do with Jews, who are not an important voting bloc outside NYC and a few Florida counties - it's because so-called 'right-wing Christians' have adopted Israel as a pet cause.
@cjman1990 b-1 had the signature of a hummingbird, the amount of price difference the b-2 has does not truly justify the difference in technology. plus being highly unstable where the b-1 is rock solid.
@xxJ1G5AVVxx It's actualy an international excersize hosted by the usaf. Statistics had shown a pilot is much more likely to survive after 10 combat missions. Red Flag is designed to give the pilot his first ten. Red Flag includes ground and naval excersizes in conjunction with its air.
@Antifaith29 in most reality 10 practice combat missions do not compare to 10 real combat mission , by reason of the real tension on a real mission no practice mission can probably make happen.
@Antifaith29 why so hostile , just making a casual observation. don't really care if you think your the military mastermind behind it or not. though it probably started back in some foreign theatre were that was probably noted and put into use . the point is your way out of line coming at me like that , just making a simple observation as part of a conversation, don't get your panty's in a wad dude.
@circusboy90210 No, im not. I told a guy the exact reason red flag was created and you came at me with a perfectly obvious " pretend missions arent ther same as real missions" statement. My first reaction was " yes.. no shit , idiot" , i then toned it down to that.
I'm certainly no military mastermind, anyone with half a brain and a search engine can find out why red flag was started , at least you're half way there with the search engine eh?
@Antifaith29 came off hostile as fuck guy. if it's perfectly obvious then what's wrong with spelling it out for those who don't understand it like you do??? maybe I'm testing a hyposthesis?? no need to get hostile that's all. just because things are obvious to you does not mean that is the truth for eveybody. other people might assume a training mission is just as effective as a real mission even though you go through exactly the same things that would happen on a real mission. god bless.
@circusboy90210 So basicly you're saying that every time i type something i have to account for the lowest common denominator? No thanks, i'd much prefer to assume people have a basic level of intelligence , at least enough to understand something as simple as that.
You certainly are testing that theory though.
And please, as much as i dont want to turn this into a religious debate , keep your god bless .
@circusboy90210 With that said, this argument is retarded on every level. I wont be replying again , i refuse to argue about something so fucking purile.
I suggest you grow up and let it go, champ.
I'll leave you to have your last word if thats what you need, good evening.
@Antifaith29 thanks for broadcasting your feelings of your own lack of self worth sir, your puerility is greatly appreciate.(spelling) really though you should lighten up, I know there are alot of flaming trolls on here, too bad. I'm not one of them and am just searching for answers , I am into aviation period.
Shitty camera work showed a whole bunch of sky & mountains above the damn airplane but didn't even show the landing gear or runway during takeoff. wtf!
I think I'll shoot some video of the sky & maybe capture bits of the plane at the bottom.
I heard air Force rumors they make the B-1 as a fighter. I doubt that would happen tho. little by little these pretty bombers are going into the bone yard.
AS A FORMER CREW CHIEF OF 86-0134 AT MCCONNELL ABF WICHITA KS , AS LONG AS THEY FLY EVERYTHING IS OK BUT IF THEY SIT ON THE GROUND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME THEN THEY HAVE A TENDACY TO BREAK
The guy jumping up to touch the wing tip is a crew chief, thats a "pat on the back" if you will to show pride in your jet and wish her a safe flight. Although rare, some of us old crew chiefs will do that from time to time.
@88ABRAMS88 Supersonic bomber for conventional bombing. The B-1B's were recently used in "Operation Odyssey Dawn" in air strikes against Libya in March, 2011. (see wiki article, explains a whole lot more).
@rotor13 how can something so baddass be so fragile?? is it really constantly pushing it's envelope so hard the materials are strecthed just past their design limits?
its high maintenance because its a rather old plane, and just from its size any combat maneuvers adds a great deal of stress to the frameworks joints.... bolts welds etc.... not from the actual material itself.
plus alot of parts are hard to get to and some need to be reman'd because they are no longer produced and are manufactured on an "as needed" basis.
@rotor13 really don't understand what's so complicated about a simple swing wing seems like it would be just a huge bearing nor really a whole lot to complicate, the idea is probably one of the best in all of aviation and would save commercial airliners tons of money.
@circusboy90210 The wing is the primary lifting surface of the aircraft, which means that the majority of the plane's mass must be supported by the wing's main spars. You can think of it as a rod, with the plane hung in the middle. If you lift it from the ends, it will sag in the middle. If you put a couple of hinges in the rod, those hinges will sag even further.
Getting the same strength from a hinge as a uniform rod is going to be heavier.
@HarryVoyager Very true but don't forget the B1's blended body design....helps lift and high-speed stability....beautiful aircraft.....I was stationed at Dyess myself many moons ago...
@circusboy90210 Continuing... There will also be issues with binding, because the force is trying to drive it in a direction it doesn't bend. A taller hing will resist the lift forces better, because it has more surface area in the joint, but the more surface area you have in the joint, the more friction you will have against turning in the desired direction, and the bigger and heavier the drive motors need to be., etc etc etc.
@circusboy90210 The commercial world doesn't really benefit from it because they are almost purely subsonic, and do not need to operate large aircraft off of unimproved runways. The big deal with a swing wing is it allows you to get something with a highly effective supersonic wing off of a short runway.
Its the same set of reasons why the very powerful and highly efficient high bypass turbofans don't get used on combat jets.
modernize my ass! still the best mama jamma on the block! still 1 hell of a express man. & still more capable than a b2 it should had been the delivery syst. in so many confrontations. Hey Travolta they might be on sale! Way to stay hip man just sayin, ya geyser... :D
@planecrazynl this technology sould not be wasted, it should be used to make civilian airlines fly faster higher , more efficiently and carry more passenger.
@zonapainter my best friend was a fuel systems specialist in about 95-96 @ dyess... i got to be alot closer to one of those than i probably should have!
true, I would not want to be at the business end of one of these lancers. But, I've heard that they are a bitch to keep in the air
wranglerkowboy1 3 hours ago
I've been on that flight line and I thought our EA-6Bs were loud. I was wrong the B-1B makes the prowler sound like someone whispering.
ghost762 1 day ago
wtf that plane is copy of Russian airplane TU-56 WHITE SWAN OR NATO STANDART BLACK JACK
hollowdono 2 days ago
@hollowdono, Think you have that backwards -- The TU-160 "Blackjack" bomber is a copy of the B-1B....considering that the B-1B first flew in 1974....the Blackjack's first flight wasn't until 1981....so how could the B-1B, flying in 1974, be a copy of a plane that didn't even *exist* yet??
knightryderrwn 1 day ago
i spy a F22 at 2:09.
Looks like Nellis AFB....... my shop is less than a block from the end of the runway and the B1B's almost always set off car alarms in the parking lot! Love seeing the after burner shock rings, the best thing is if i miss the fly over I'm sure to catch the second plane as they almost always leave in pairs!
porousorifice 4 days ago
I have been crewing these things for the past 15 years and the takeoff never gets old :)
freezingSD 4 days ago
Off we go, going to bomb sand niggers!
madisonelectronic 4 days ago
I feel so wimpy only being able to fly a Civil Air Patrol Cessna
32jrye 4 days ago
glad to live in a country that owns those
bad-ass weapons, love it
pacoloco729 5 days ago
Doesn't take much runway to take off when you've got 4 fuckin F-16 engines does it? LMAO Love it. That's the sound of freedom bitches!
0100011001010101fool 6 days ago
Better a Cessna than not flying at all!!Be proud in stead of being unsatisfied. I hope that the Cessna does not fuck you; that would be your problem!
greetenmax 6 days ago
How about tilting the camera down a little bit.
jeoverv 1 week ago
It's a shame the B-1 gets overshadowed by other jets. It really is a nice plane. Only the Vulcan was more beautiful.
WALTERBROADDUS 1 week ago
they are heavy loaded they are not going for a ride on missions
sertox12345 1 week ago
This is Area 51
MrEddieG420 1 week ago
@MrEddieG420 It's Nellis...Glaringly obvious was all of the LV Strip construction behind them. The Wynn and The Encore were clearly visible when they taxied out.
CanesFan680 1 week ago
@CanesFan680 Thanks I wasnt sure where it was
MrEddieG420 1 week ago
1:03 what was he smoking?
chasedrgc1223 1 week ago
2:10! raptor in the background! and prowlers!
local1114 1 week ago
That dude at 1:03 doing the jump on the lightpole, must be bored at work, he needs internet lol
DavePhillips671 1 week ago
@DavePhillips671 That crew chief may have been jumping up to touch the wingtip. When I launch out an F-16, I'll touch the missle (or the missle rail) when they're taxiing out.
dummermutht 1 week ago
@dummermutht was talking about the guy in the far background mucking around on a ligth tower lol, you must have one of the best jobs going shooting fighters off to do their good work, much respect mate.
DavePhillips671 1 week ago
@dummermutht ...And then say, "go get'um kiddo." Lol
ultrared27 1 week ago
Such a beautiful plane ... but do you know how much they cost apiece? do you know how many schools and hospitals you could've made with the entire budget for the B1 program?
Byron10301 2 weeks ago
@Byron10301: Are you really that thick? Its called the price of peace!
Itchhhh 2 weeks ago
@Itchhhh aha ... :) you know, so far as we have gullible people like you around, why do we need bright honest politicians for? any donkey wearing a suit can sell you any lie ... which is what we have, and what we will have for a long time ... "price of peace" ... now pray tell, were you being sarcastic?
Byron10301 2 weeks ago
@Byron10301 : I have no love for politicians and or the military industrial complex. As someone who served in the AF at the height of the Cold War I do know how close we came to WWIII. The B-1 was a formadable threat that the Russians were quite concerned about. So much so that the most recent SALT treaty prevents the B-1 from carrying nuclear weapons. Don't give me your left ideology when we have enemies that want to destroy us.
Itchhhh 2 weeks ago 2
you know what the US navy should request to boeing?? A carrier based bomber. Like what doolittle did when attacking japan...
dogfightingcat 2 weeks ago
@dogfightingcat
But these days with JDAMs and what not, the strike aircraft on board carriers carry a hell of a lot of bombing potential. Why clutter a deck with a bomber when your CAS F/A-18 can do almost as good of a job whilst remaining a potent dogfighter?
De4thAnge1 2 weeks ago
@De4thAnge1 good point my bad...
gee, i cant wait till i join the navy... ill be flying a F/A-35 and
the F/A-35 is not useless! According to some people on youtube...
dogfightingcat 2 weeks ago
Those things look cool but are such pieces of crap....
bilobaman 3 weeks ago
@bilobaman waddya mean?
SsgtVenere 2 weeks ago
@SsgtVenere It's maintainability leaves a lot to be desired. Compared to every combat aircraft ever that is. It does it's job though and it's all were gonna have for a while for that role.
bilobaman 2 weeks ago
Terrible gracefulness.
AVMamfortas 3 weeks ago
Watched the B1s during early deployment in Abilene, at Dyess AFB, in the 80s. Amazing to look off in the distance and see a sleek flying goose that suddenly swept its wings back and shot out of sight and off to the Arizona desert for training exercises.
DjbGumpy 3 weeks ago
Love the dude jumping at 1:03
greghm 3 weeks ago 22
@greghm That was the crew chief. He jumped and hit the wing for good luck.
CanesFan680 1 week ago
@greghm -- cuz he got stung in the arse by a pebble the first B1 shot at him by the thrust from the engines.
70x719946 1 day ago
if i ever get in the U.S Air Force i would like to fly a c130 or b-52 or b-1
FUMBILLMOR 4 weeks ago
I hope that when I get in the Air Force I get a b-1 slot hell I'd rather have it then a fighter slot
1999sebring 4 weeks ago
@1999sebring Actually Lately They are training more drone pilots than fighter jocks these days. So you may wind up at a desk flying a Predator.
WALTERBROADDUS 1 week ago
@WALTERBROADDUS I know I had a buddy of mine who was flyin f16s who got transered to drones if I cant get a real flying job then Im just gonna go fly Rjs for united express or another airline. I dont see why drones are the airforces new favs I think they are hella stupid.
1999sebring 1 week ago
@1999sebring Well they don't need to be rescued if shot down. They don't eat,sleep, or blackout. Some actually like the 9-5 way of doing things. In the office by 9, kill some Tailban by lunch. Be home to the wife by 5. Anyway, that is the future.
WALTERBROADDUS 1 week ago
@WALTERBROADDUS To me if I was flying a drone and a mig was on my ass I could careless if I got shot down but if my life was on the line Id fight 10 times harder and I dont feel drones are a good thing for anything besides recon or srikes on enemy camps
1999sebring 1 week ago
The Royal Air Force really needs some of these!
MrXray2011 4 weeks ago
tu 160
6587az 1 month ago
Notice the guy at 1:03
brent07 1 month ago
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brent07 1 month ago
Those engines are old, arguably under-powered and expensive to maintain. I'd go for redesigning the engine bays to house upgraded GE-132 engines as part of a B-1B+ modernization and SLEP option. It would be a helluva lot cheaper, more expedient and less risky than proceeding with the NGB in the mid-term - a program Congress would likely kill down the road anyway after getting nothing for sunk billions in R&D. Postpone the NGB to a mid-2030's acquisition. Supplement B-1B+ with FB-22, done.
TacairStationHQ 1 month ago
and here I am...flying a fucking cessna! ;)
Nortroll 1 month ago 40
@Nortroll I know the feeling.
CaptainMetalwing 1 month ago
@Nortroll way better than flying nothing, believe me ;)
Ululuro 4 weeks ago
Do you really fly one?
Battleship009 3 weeks ago
Sir, if you are flying the Cessna,
and watching you tube....
you may want to add some flaps and slow it down a bit..:)
wwgt 2 weeks ago
@Nortroll I can relate, except I fly a Piper!
ryanspeed 2 weeks ago
@Nortroll and i'm here stuck in a chair in the fucking office.........
Allbbrz 1 week ago
@Allbbrz
hehe...yeah I guess that's bad to...
Nortroll 1 week ago
@Nortroll I'm only flying a couch : (
uxo68 1 week ago
@Nortroll Hey man!, dont gripe, it beat a greyhound buss. you wanna trade?. lol
frogeyeful 3 days ago
@Nortroll You didn't say what type Cessna, a Citation would be pretty respectable.
fz7bh5 3 days ago
@fz7bh5
yeah well...it's a 172 ;) but one day..maybe a Citation:D
Nortroll 2 days ago 3
is there a toilet inside?
reekpeekseek 1 month ago
@reekpeekseek yes there is a toilet-
proudccmom88 1 month ago
Do they still fly? Where can I get info on future air displays where they will be at....?
dkatwa 1 month ago
Thank you Mr Reagan for saving the fine aircraft from obscurity.
Auggie56 1 month ago
@Auggie56
Carries nearly 2x the bomb load of the B-52, is more stealthy, faster and better weapons systems too. Indeed Mr. Reagan, we need you now more than ever!
EvilxMerlin 1 month ago
skip to 1:27 uless you want to see it taxi
DontClickMyChannel13 1 month ago
thats a big jet
lukeloveless99 1 month ago
Are all Bones equipped w/the Sniper pod now? Or do the 2-ship cells do a buddy laze?
Bad to the B-ONE!
Kodos13 1 month ago
Had a chance to see one of the B1's do a high climb then into a barrel roll at Oshkosh. I freaked when I had seen it. A crew chief at show center said it could be done if they maintained 1-2g's. I've admired it ever since then.
TimjR42 1 month ago
@TimjR42 I was there that year as well. Beautiful bird. Set up for photos late one night, boy does that thing suck up the light. Got great photos.
Billharley61 1 month ago
saw one this morning doing the touch and go drill. motherfucker was loud lol
TheEliminator1992 2 months ago
saw these in Qatar at night, so cool.
Korgon2013 2 months ago
wow its so sweet
TheVideosfactory 2 months ago
lmfao at 1:03, dude trying to catch onto the wing :P
eclipse245 2 months ago
I hate know-it-all aviation pilot weenies, there's so many of them and they're so annoying
ChuckaXr 2 months ago
I wish the passenger jets have that same roar
Rompeballs 2 months ago
cool planes i love b-1 jets btw the guy who touched the wing was stupid
Xbox2454 2 months ago
Off to Bomb more Innocent people
cessna65423 3 months ago
@cessna65423 Douche
ViperKeeper2070 3 months ago
@ViperKeeper2070 The Military is used the same way our POLICE are used. To force compliance of those who DON'T want to live under a Jewish Communistic Controlled America. Are you aware we are not even a country but a CORPORATION?? i WAS young once and thought WE Were the good guys but then my eyes were opened. Read Smedly Butlers book WAR IS A RACKET. (he was a Congress medal of honor winner of ww1 ) and Learn JEWS/ISRAEL control US. Seek Truth. All you Believe IS A LIE!!
cessna65423 3 months ago
@cessna65423 Israel does indeed 'control' US foreign policy in a way that Eisenhower, for one, would find surprising and unacceptable, but it's nothing to do with Jews, who are not an important voting bloc outside NYC and a few Florida counties - it's because so-called 'right-wing Christians' have adopted Israel as a pet cause.
TheMarkXIV 2 months ago
@cessna65423
Sounds good to me!
LS1Heli 3 months ago
@cjman1990 b-1 had the signature of a hummingbird, the amount of price difference the b-2 has does not truly justify the difference in technology. plus being highly unstable where the b-1 is rock solid.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
What does it mean "red flag"?
ernshengjoel 3 months ago
@ernshengjoel - Leasing to Russians
ALB437 3 months ago
@ernshengjoel Operation red flag is, as far as i know, a USAF combat training exercise. There's an IMAX movie about it all.
xxJ1G5AVVxx 3 months ago
@xxJ1G5AVVxx It's actualy an international excersize hosted by the usaf. Statistics had shown a pilot is much more likely to survive after 10 combat missions. Red Flag is designed to give the pilot his first ten. Red Flag includes ground and naval excersizes in conjunction with its air.
Antifaith29 3 months ago
@Antifaith29 Yea, that sounds right. I was pretty fuzzy on the details as i haven't looked up much about it lately
xxJ1G5AVVxx 3 months ago
@Antifaith29 in most reality 10 practice combat missions do not compare to 10 real combat mission , by reason of the real tension on a real mission no practice mission can probably make happen.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210 Yeah, i dont really care what you think, champ. My post is EXACTLY the reason red flag started. Look it up.
Antifaith29 3 months ago
@Antifaith29 why so hostile , just making a casual observation. don't really care if you think your the military mastermind behind it or not. though it probably started back in some foreign theatre were that was probably noted and put into use . the point is your way out of line coming at me like that , just making a simple observation as part of a conversation, don't get your panty's in a wad dude.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210 No, im not. I told a guy the exact reason red flag was created and you came at me with a perfectly obvious " pretend missions arent ther same as real missions" statement. My first reaction was " yes.. no shit , idiot" , i then toned it down to that.
I'm certainly no military mastermind, anyone with half a brain and a search engine can find out why red flag was started , at least you're half way there with the search engine eh?
Antifaith29 3 months ago
@Antifaith29 came off hostile as fuck guy. if it's perfectly obvious then what's wrong with spelling it out for those who don't understand it like you do??? maybe I'm testing a hyposthesis?? no need to get hostile that's all. just because things are obvious to you does not mean that is the truth for eveybody. other people might assume a training mission is just as effective as a real mission even though you go through exactly the same things that would happen on a real mission. god bless.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210 So basicly you're saying that every time i type something i have to account for the lowest common denominator? No thanks, i'd much prefer to assume people have a basic level of intelligence , at least enough to understand something as simple as that.
You certainly are testing that theory though.
And please, as much as i dont want to turn this into a religious debate , keep your god bless .
Antifaith29 3 months ago
@Antifaith29 some kind of higher power? I'm not totallly into monotheistic religion if any really myself.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210 With that said, this argument is retarded on every level. I wont be replying again , i refuse to argue about something so fucking purile.
I suggest you grow up and let it go, champ.
I'll leave you to have your last word if thats what you need, good evening.
Antifaith29 3 months ago
@Antifaith29 thanks for broadcasting your feelings of your own lack of self worth sir, your puerility is greatly appreciate.(spelling) really though you should lighten up, I know there are alot of flaming trolls on here, too bad. I'm not one of them and am just searching for answers , I am into aviation period.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
Shitty camera work showed a whole bunch of sky & mountains above the damn airplane but didn't even show the landing gear or runway during takeoff. wtf!
I think I'll shoot some video of the sky & maybe capture bits of the plane at the bottom.
FantasticBob7000 3 months ago
@FantasticBob7000 - Great, check back when you get 30,0000 subscribers one over one million channel views...
Z0ne5ive 2 months ago
@Z0ne5ive HA HA you must be the camera man
FantasticBob7000 2 months ago
And there goes one city...
ltnbooyah 3 months ago
Why all Engines are almost at the tail or end of plane, even the wings are almost at the tends towards the tail of plane.
mushtaq1266 4 months ago
@mushtaq1266 Supersonic aerodynamics.... Google it.
mymovienerd 3 months ago
Those things are so mean looking!
AKCzech555 4 months ago 23
I heard air Force rumors they make the B-1 as a fighter. I doubt that would happen tho. little by little these pretty bombers are going into the bone yard.
USAF2409 4 months ago
@USAF2409 LOL BONE yard, it is sad tho
trainguy3 4 months ago
AS A FORMER CREW CHIEF OF 86-0134 AT MCCONNELL ABF WICHITA KS , AS LONG AS THEY FLY EVERYTHING IS OK BUT IF THEY SIT ON THE GROUND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME THEN THEY HAVE A TENDACY TO BREAK
BLACKBIRDHEATER1 4 months ago
@BLACKBIRDHEATER1 seals and gaskets need regular lubrication that only come by operating the bird?
circusboy90210 3 months ago
gotta love the f22 in the backround on rolling .. one of my fav planes !!!
miamiguy72 4 months ago
they didn't have these are the 2011 Miramar Air show :(...so bummed out
probably because they're too busy bombing dune koons in Afghanistan!
sure with they were there!
Fourteen88SoCal 5 months ago 2
A Dyess bird, Sheetmetal on these planes.. Rib Cracks, lots of hydrolines... Ugh! Had to trim a new saddle panel recently.
Kenshin851 5 months ago
hate that the top two comments are the same...so 2010
MrKyvegas00 6 months ago
What great bird it is!
wiesenbefeuchter 6 months ago
The guy jumping up to touch the wing tip is a crew chief, thats a "pat on the back" if you will to show pride in your jet and wish her a safe flight. Although rare, some of us old crew chiefs will do that from time to time.
ANDE2004 8 months ago 15
@ANDE2004 that is so kewl! love it
proudccmom88 1 month ago
SEE THE F-22's AND A-7E's ! COOL ! :D :D :D
Thorium1996 8 months ago
hey guys can someone explain me the main jobs of this plain, what its built for, does the usa only have them and where its built? : ) thanks!!
88ABRAMS88 9 months ago
@88ABRAMS88 Supersonic bomber for conventional bombing. The B-1B's were recently used in "Operation Odyssey Dawn" in air strikes against Libya in March, 2011. (see wiki article, explains a whole lot more).
DJsStratoArt 9 months ago
@DJsStratoArt thanks man
88ABRAMS88 8 months ago
I want to work on this aircraft so bad.
XStormfalconX 11 months ago
@XStormfalconX No you dont..... its maintenance has become the same as the F-14..... its 48-52 hours of labor for every hour the plane is in the air.
You sneeze at it...... it'll take a week to fix it, its that fragile, but it is a badass plane...... when its not on the ground
rotor13 5 months ago
@rotor13 how can something so baddass be so fragile?? is it really constantly pushing it's envelope so hard the materials are strecthed just past their design limits?
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210
its high maintenance because its a rather old plane, and just from its size any combat maneuvers adds a great deal of stress to the frameworks joints.... bolts welds etc.... not from the actual material itself.
plus alot of parts are hard to get to and some need to be reman'd because they are no longer produced and are manufactured on an "as needed" basis.
rotor13 3 months ago
@rotor13 really don't understand what's so complicated about a simple swing wing seems like it would be just a huge bearing nor really a whole lot to complicate, the idea is probably one of the best in all of aviation and would save commercial airliners tons of money.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210 i dont mean the swept wing. i mean the entire frame in general.
rotor13 3 months ago
@rotor13 yes I understand just taking more shop about other things . ty for your courteous and prompt response.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
@circusboy90210 The wing is the primary lifting surface of the aircraft, which means that the majority of the plane's mass must be supported by the wing's main spars. You can think of it as a rod, with the plane hung in the middle. If you lift it from the ends, it will sag in the middle. If you put a couple of hinges in the rod, those hinges will sag even further.
Getting the same strength from a hinge as a uniform rod is going to be heavier.
HarryVoyager 2 months ago
@HarryVoyager hinges can have tolerences so tight tha sag is not a function of their operation.
circusboy90210 2 months ago
@HarryVoyager Very true but don't forget the B1's blended body design....helps lift and high-speed stability....beautiful aircraft.....I was stationed at Dyess myself many moons ago...
VettemanLT5 2 months ago
@circusboy90210 Continuing... There will also be issues with binding, because the force is trying to drive it in a direction it doesn't bend. A taller hing will resist the lift forces better, because it has more surface area in the joint, but the more surface area you have in the joint, the more friction you will have against turning in the desired direction, and the bigger and heavier the drive motors need to be., etc etc etc.
It gets to be a real pain
HarryVoyager 2 months ago
@circusboy90210 The commercial world doesn't really benefit from it because they are almost purely subsonic, and do not need to operate large aircraft off of unimproved runways. The big deal with a swing wing is it allows you to get something with a highly effective supersonic wing off of a short runway.
Its the same set of reasons why the very powerful and highly efficient high bypass turbofans don't get used on combat jets.
HarryVoyager 2 months ago
@HarryVoyager ok thank you.
circusboy90210 2 months ago
why is that guy doing the Arsenio Hall fist pump ? hoot hoot hoot hoot .... ha ha..
larryjohnny 11 months ago
he didnt touch the wing the was signalin the other B-1
bronxkidd23 1 year ago
One good lookin bird.
baseballguy2001 1 year ago
modernize my ass! still the best mama jamma on the block! still 1 hell of a express man. & still more capable than a b2 it should had been the delivery syst. in so many confrontations. Hey Travolta they might be on sale! Way to stay hip man just sayin, ya geyser... :D
armaddajam 1 year ago
GORGEOUS PLANE !!!!!!
davetileguy 1 year ago
Is that a Lantrin pod I see on the forward hardpoint?
vince38curious2 1 year ago
It's a Sniper ATP (Advanced Targeting Pod)
sparkdog44 1 year ago
@sparkdog44 Thanks Nice added extra Now the B1's are even more DEADLY COOL >:-)
vince38curious2 1 year ago
I love B-1. USAF they should modernize them
hgrgic 1 year ago
@hgrgic
They did.
Heaney5551 3 months ago
Such a sexy airplane
treeman001 1 year ago
Thumbs up on the technology but just don't let Liberals get into a position of power otherwise they will use it to kill White people.
MrBEB123 1 year ago
@MrBEB123 That was easily the most idiotic thing I've heard this month.
straightedge442 1 year ago
cool
pyrioni 1 year ago
that a bringer of death can be such a beautifull piece of art , thanks for the vid
planecrazynl 1 year ago
@planecrazynl this technology sould not be wasted, it should be used to make civilian airlines fly faster higher , more efficiently and carry more passenger.
circusboy90210 3 months ago
It really is a good looking craft hey...
RtGFuSiOn 1 year ago
After-burning!
schratboy 1 year ago
My baby! Dyess AFB, 1988-1992
zonapainter 1 year ago
@zonapainter my best friend was a fuel systems specialist in about 95-96 @ dyess... i got to be alot closer to one of those than i probably should have!
prdgyair 1 year ago
rain man at 0:55
pigjamelectric 1 year ago
@pigjamelectric lmfao
TokyozzFinest 1 year ago
1:03 lol at the guy who jumped and touched the wing as it taxied by!
xmodfreak2011 1 year ago 54
@xmodfreak2011 HA.... good eye.. I to replay it a couple of times to see that..
Ahzlon 1 year ago
@xmodfreak2011 that was probably a terrorist planting c4 on the plane
TheConnor990 3 months ago
God, I love the B1. One of the sexiest planes ever built.
mechan9 1 year ago
WOW HD whats that???^^
13BigLu13 1 year ago
@13BigLu13 not impressive enough is what that is. take it back to mpeg2 for some real sound.
boxer3main 1 year ago
She is so beautiful.
SaelPalani 1 year ago
And those SOBs in the government want to retire them already!! :(
TripleZ89 1 year ago
@kentuckysean
What? When? No way! (I am Chicagoan... please elaborate! :D)
TripleZ89 1 year ago
That plane is jaw droppingly sexy.
kmg501 1 year ago 3
Here comes some Pain.
rickbar123 1 year ago 2
Loud-n-Gorgeous!
skyyguyy 1 year ago
Sexy plane.
draoi99 1 year ago
Love the lines on the B1B...big and beautiful.
skyblazer7 1 year ago 2
These are scary planes! :D
FSXSuperboy 1 year ago 2
Awsome
musicjesus95 1 year ago
1:03 check the guy jumping
heheeh
Zuberzuber 1 year ago 28