B-1B Lancer strategic bomber 1 of 3

Documentary made in 1989 about the B1 Lancer bomber.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Rockwell
• b-1b
• b1
• Lancer
• bomber
• cold
• war
• nuclear
• weapons

[jeffs1000]

NO IM WRONG :-)

[jeffs1000]

ITS A B52 LOOK AT IT

[Versus1984]

@namznej

Yes there are similarities. For example between the Mig 29 the f-15 Eagle . I think it was even designed to match the F-15 in a air combat. Don't get me wrong i do think that generally US planes look better, but there are some pretty elegant Russian ones.

[Versus1984]

@namznej

Yes, Im talking about the Bear. He's noisy allright, but it's a remarkable machine - does its job for more than 60 years, even longer than the B-52 and it is by far the only propeller . As for the looks - well I guess its a matter of personal taste - i think it is an elegant plane - slick airframe, powerful engines, despite its propellers it can fly at 900 km/h and with the range of 15 000 km. Quite a bird.

[namznej]

@namznej My top 3 ugly American planes I suppose would be the F117, F111, and the A7 corsair. This excludes WW1 era aircraft of course which I know little about.

[namznej]

@Versus1984 I'm not very computer literate but how the hell did this comment get flagged as spam? Who flagged it?

[namznej]

@Versus1984 BTW, I disagree with the TU95. Isn't that the Bear? I guess i can look that up here on YouTube. I will after posting this comment but if it is the Bear I think it isn't very attractive. Also, isn't the Bear so loud that submarines can actually hear them flying overhead? The A10 is a beautiful, magnificent, deadly, cheap, rugged and unique machine. It irks me to hear people bash it on the ground of looks. Didn't some Airforce generals son fly one to the dismay of his dad?

[namznej]

@Versus1984 I agree. I know a man who flew one of these. I don't know what he pilots now. I heard he pilots a plane that is small, goes high, is fast and goes on long missions. He is Airforce and was stationed out of Pensacola at the time. Any idea what it might be? My guess a manned spy plane that we know nothing about. Keep in mind, our last manned spy plane was the SR71. You think that would be decommissioned without a replacement waiting in the wings? No pun intended. What say u

[namznej]

@Versus1984 I wont disagree with you completely on your point but isnt it remarkable the similarities their aircraft have with ours, especially the mig 29 and a few others. These similarities seem to occur a few years after our planes hit the sky. Would you agree with that?

[Versus1984]

@namznej

Well, I can't agree - there are quite a few Russian planes that are simply magnificent -

Tu - 160, Su 27, Mig 29, Tu 95...I have to admit though that up untill the MiG 29, the MiG series were not very pretty looking, nor the Su up until Su 25.