Dangerous jobs - fly thru nuclear bomb blast clouds...crazy

Shots of several nuclear bomb blasts as well as a clip showing the check in procedure for the pilots returning from flying B 57 aircraft thru the blast clouds gathering air samples. Note the lead vests and Geiger counter scanning as well.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• christmas
• island
• operation dominic
• B57
• nuclear bomb
• mushroom cloud
• blast
• Atomic
• Nuclear Power
• Explosion
• pilot
• open air test
• Nuclear Weapon

[csdigiorgio1]

my father (main character in the video) is still alive, 77 and doing fine

[mildtomehto]

balls of LEAD

[yusefelhalal]

Checking @ 0:48. Yep, balls of steel.

[CounterBlock]

Sounds like a badass job.

[TheRiceowlex]

I wonder if any of those pilots are still alive ?

[pimplywimp]

@martinbriley oh. really? dang

[pimplywimp]

@mantic59 or tape it on a tripod with a 1080p HD camera at 24fps

[GayForJC]

@3wsgabav3 hah

[mrblackouttt]

Awesome. 

[mantic59]

I hope you will get this transferred to tape/digital at a prefessional telecine some day.