B-52 High Speed Pass

[MrPhantomFury]

Hmm 4 B2 - that might b the high speed.

[FLJuJitsu]

Love the old Buff!

[Starfish99100]

B-52 engines are tougher than airliner engines. Sure they use more fuel, but they resist battle damage and the pressure of high-speed, low-level flying better. Sould one of those 8 little engines get shot out and disintegrate, it will do less damage to the whole aircraft than an exploding bigger one would. That might be why the Air Force still uses 8 little engines instead of 4 larger ones.

[Yeika321]

sounds like an A-10 <3

[kevjay777]

Makes my stomach turn to hear the announcer say "Listen and you can hear the sound of freedom." B-52's don't sound like freedom to the innocents getting killed by the bombs dropped on them to steal their oil.

I'm a vet and I love my country, but the military industrial complex and the domestic enemies that have ALREADY conquered us - are not my country and that gang of thieves in DC is not my government.

We are a nation of slaves & idiots fat, dumb, & think we're happy.

[Gretchluver1]

"The sound of freedom"? How tastelessly corny.

[koenie201]

Enemy Rolling Thunder inbound..

[richardthek]

I wonder how many people over the years have never got to hear that high pitch whine once its gone past......

[jamesthereaper7]

Best bomber in history.

[Rob1ooo1oo]

"the sound of freedom", lmfao... Americans

[WeaselKing1000]

'Sound of freedom'...never heard so much crap condensed into three words.

[KingKrabb999]

DO A BARREL ROLL!

[LateNightCable]

That's the sound of eight Pratt&Whitney TF-33's running loud and proud. That announcer's voice is the sound of propaganda.

[lildanc]

that bloody thing keeps flying over my house (farnborough air show, UK) the whistle behind it is always so high pitched, and it always has black smoke trailing behind it, hmmm......

[EFFYOUTWAAT]

@lildanc dont moan and just fucking deal with it, its thanks to these countrys that the aircraft belong to, that people like us in the UK (US allies) we have very good defenses, and defense doesnt come quietly, so would you rather put up with just noise or get bombed the fuck out of yourself ? i rest my case, fucking BELLEND

[lildanc]

@EFFYOUTWAAT wow, chill out you pikey.

[EFFYOUTWAAT]

@lildanc sorry

[TheCasualTim]

freedom is a bomb dropping oh shit im movin to canada

[mirlin235]

@TheCasualTim We drop bombs too you know

[chrisbarry44]

more like the sound of fear!

[borntorazehell777]

@chrisbarry44 no, sounds like a regular 747 XD

[spahjrp]

best damned plane "we" ever built...period!

[10sausage01]

i want one

[borntorazehell777]

@10sausage01 got $53.4mill? if you do then you could buy one (used) XD

[dx7897]

good ole BUFF

[Anizer84]

SUCH A GOOD OLD MOVIE!

[jCazalot]

if it wasn't for that sound from jets we wouldn't have the freedom to begin with

[cspace1234nz]

That may have been true at some stage in years gone by but not any more unfortunately.

[blackyzfr1]

Freedom thru superior firepower

[chiburui6]

I saw one come in low on the way to work a few years back there was a SAC base near by. I left for work early because of a rush start and was riding my Yamaha 550 Maxim.

The sky had just started to lighten and I came around a curve that opened on a small valley and field there about 300 to 500 feet high and flying very slow was a green and gray BUFF It looked like a flying demon as it came sailing over the mist.

[coldwar2008]

if the pilots real good.. im mean really good! why he'll barrel that babey in so low! YOU OUTA SEE IT HAHAHAH BIG PLANE LIKE THE 52 VRROOOOM!!! LIKE FLYIN CHICKENS IN A BARN YARD HAHAHA!! (Dr. Strangleove)

[Xcustomz]

Right... cause it was built to do that. Be real, come on

[Chompers41791]

Right like the original author didn't attribute the quote to the movie Dr. Strangleove. Be real, come on

[LateNightCable]

@Xcustomz Roll a Buff, there once was a bold pilot who had the ambition to do just that, but he didn't live to be an old and bold pilot.

[TheWarPlanet]

@Xcustomz Hes just a dumbass.

[redsiinpa]

@Xcustomz It's from a movie.

[eightway1]

@Xcustomz

I done it before when I was in the military. Its not recommended though.

[bratonabike]

@Xcustomz 707 did a barrel roll. go search it on youtube it is possible



[Hempflakes]

Coldwar2008 if you took a b-52 a single barrel roll would be a catasrophic ending.

[SPRTNGamingTV]

Wow, how do you not get that reference....

[MrGeforcerFX]

@coldwar2008 i believe that's why a b-52 crashed back in the early 90's pilot pushed it too far

[polecat987]

that's not only the sound of freedom, is the sound of the cold war supremacy of the US

[DCussen]

Freakin' right on, polecat!

[sketchmeister]

@polecat987 That is the sound of fuel inefficiency.

[LordReaper117]

@sketchmeister kinda like my '70 chevelle LOL

[YukkiHabiki]

@sketchmeister

Yep!

The USAF was going to do a RERP program until some good ol boys wanted to keep the nostalgic sound of them.

They will get new engines soon, just like the C5 did. It just cost too much to fly B52's anymore and the USAF hates the fuel burn rate of them, another reason KC-135's got GE CFM56 engines.

[santisevenX]

@polecat987 that's exactly right. AMERICA!!!!!!!

[jbird0168]

@polecat987 Nah, thats the sound of JT3Ds :)

[legos12321]

I WAS THERE IN 2006 I REMEMBER THAT

[atlboy82]

Its funny how in every argument where service in the military is questioned everyone says yes.

[stormspinner1]

I love that sound :)

*StormSpinner*

[grandmasterpu]

50 years of PEACE: THE OLD FASIONED WAY.

[Falsbourg]

The sound of 50 yrs freedom.

Thanks to all who kept my freedom

[neiluk1984]

And 50 years of American aggression.

Thanks...

[ilikegoogle]

Yeah no shiat, moron. But they can't carry the BUFF's payload and certainly don't serve as long

[starlandliu]

So slow. Small planes can fly faster.

[southpaw0793]

Um, that was called a "High Speed Pass" but that is not really as fast as it can go. A B-52 can fly around 430mph at 300 to 400 feet off the ground. That is moving pretty quick for a plane its size with a load of bombs.  Get up to higher altitudes (35,000) and it can fly at mach .86 or 650mph. That is pretty close to the speed of sound. Also, not a well known fact but the Buff can reach an altitude of 68,000 feet. Try to fly at that altitude with your small plane....

[Ottolillienthal]

Are you kidding? The B-52 was designed over 50 years ago, can bomb the hell out a place and can still go about .9 mach. What do you want? The B-1B is large, but goes supersonic, the sr-71 is large but goes supersonic...