Up Close B-1B Bomber "The Bone" Taxi and Takeoff - Test Flight Nation 2009

[inxprncd]

Nice!  Notice the camera rocks at brakelock-release. Only drawback to this video is that it doesn't hold on long enough at the end. Thumbs Up.

[drummingmodellor]

I'd give anything to fly one of those...

[Uriel3766]

TY for making this video!! AWESOME work!! And for NOT putting any stupid music in, but instead just letting the engines say it all, TY TY!!! She is a beautiful airframe that's for sure. VERY Happy that Former President Ronald Reagan gave approval for her construction and use.

[Zoydian]

Great video, thanks for posting!!! I wish it would have lasted longer, after the Bone got airborne..! In my opinion, we need more beautiful, 'professional' HD video's like this one, showing 'heavies' like the B-1, B-52, B-2, and others, taxiing, getting airborne or landing. No irritating background music needed, just the aircraft in all their brutal beauty, with the roar of their mighty engines providing the 'music' themselves! A treat for the true military aviation enthousiast!

[slowmodan]

Nice work...Were you hiding behind the bushes to get these shots ...Ha...Ha...Or I take it you knew somebody, or had some kind of press pass.

[sngsht]

I worked on that aircraft also- during it's manufacture..

[fslzzz]

i would love to take my Gf for movie on that thing.

[rjmortiz]

I used to work on that very aircraft! Great to see AC28 looking so good. Spent many years on that very aircraft. Great memories.... :)

[Kenshin851]

@rjmortiz Worked on that plane a couple of months back, it was in ISO. Sheetmetal.

[drkx2009]

Nice plane...USA #1!!!

[hogwash139]

Come back to Fairford England anytime' ppl who avant seen these take off.. well yr missin a buzz..! Fackin Lov The Ground Shake .

[GOOEYJIZZ]

Beautiful Machine!

[whitewingsrich]

I love the B-ONE. It's smooth curved shape, Sweeping wings and i love its awesome face on view!!!

[pacoloco729]

one sexy beast of a plane

designed to ruin a bad guy's day

[Candlemanification]

good to see the goose catcher on that one.Makes me proud to have been a part of this project.

[DEVASTATOR478]

WONDERFUL !!!!!

[guitarrocker147]

is it just me or does the engines on the b-1 look pretty much the same as the f-15 engines

[Raketenmartsi]

@guitarrocker147

F-15 uses Pratt & Whitney F100-PW100

B-1B uses General Electric F101-GE-102

[Raketenmartsi]

wonderful footage. Thx!

[Fourteen88SoCal]

so sexy!

[056716]

I worked on all 100 of them, They should have built at least another 200 of them

[ThatAdelaideGuy]

@056716 Thats a bit biased don't you think? There is no need for 300 heavy bombers.. You could get the job done with 20 bombers and 280 strike fighters

[056716]

@ThatAdelaideGuy actually no, If they would have built another 200 of them, they could have retired the B-52. Even the buff is a good aircraft, but could have saved a lot of money on maintenance costs.

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@056716 only thing about the BUFF it's no stealth at all.

[1vdn992]

An Air Force Bomber with afterburner, I Love It.

[nobadges]

I gotta get me one of those!

[TiBossII]

Great clear footage...love the BONE...

[Vikingdescendent]

Great footage! thanks for posting.

[japanowner]

7 bazillion dollars of testing and development and never used???

Sounds like our government doing a bangup job.

Maybe fix the fuckin roads instead of playing Buck Rogers.

[PchanStitch]

@japanowner It's been in very good use in the middle east, providing CAS.

[1vdn992]

@japanowner The last B-1B rolled off the assembly line in may of 88 and you talk as if they're brand new. I guess that means they did a good job in building a timeless aircraft.

[GladiusDidimus]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH the B1 is basicly a big kick ass F-14, not that the F-14 is kick ass ( :

[eristderbeste]

10 stars!

[drsevrin100]

Can anyone say wicked BAD?

[prorobo]

That is wicked sick. Was that dust getting kicked up during taxi though? Isn't that a danger to be ingested by the intake?

[mtb42yahoocom]

Fabulous clip. What did you record this with? The clarity, sound and quality is outstanding! Kudos for the steady hand too! :-)

[will79601]

wow the only thing better is sitting by dyess watching them take off

[bambang303378]

smoooooth criminal..aint she...pretty little thang...

[uoo22boo]

nice shots,, why is there big open compartment on top wing base above engines? when taxi and takeoff,,, just curious, did quick google and did not find anything.

[onebadevox]

@uoo22boo they help keep the engines cool

[eamt10]

@uoo22boo no its not to keep the engines cool... its the slot where the wings fit when they close them!

[bassplaya1549]

Beautiful bird...I would feel pretty intimidated seeing this thing coming at me in ANY situation...bombing or at an air show

[BusterBunker]

Amazing Video of the Bone.

[Uriiah]

Not Bad!

[longsweep1]

wowy

[macleanbnr32]

Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful

[Mudshovel27]

What a Jet! Awesome video!