I got out of my car in Palmdale to get a better look as one was taking off... The sound was like someone slamming a steel drum with a hundred sledge hammers..
My family was stationed at Fairford in the 1960s. Dad was a navigator for the squadron of B-52s and KC-135s that were there at the time…the Cold War days. This was a favorite tour of duty for us. No longer a teen; now I’m 73 years old ( how’d that happen?) and so glad of the wonderful memories I have of being raised in the Air Force. Once a brat, always a brat. Deb Sims
Absolutely! Our officers quarters at Fairford overlooked the flight line. My bedroom had a picture window with a perfect view of the alert hut and the B-52s clustered around on the tarmac. When the klaxons went off, my brother and I would race to my room to that window. What a show! We could see our own dad amongst the crewmen racing and fanning in every direction toward their assigned aircraft from the alert hut. Screaming engines of the entire squadron spooling up. One by one they’d exit the pad. Before you knew it there was a line of shrieking Stratofortresses crawling up the taxiway. Then rising into the English sky, one after the other, each trailing their four grey plumes. We’d watch until they disappeared from sight, knowing Dad was at his navigator station. But this was nerve wracking too. The leader carried a locked satchel which he was not to open until airborn. This told them if they were running a drill, or if they were to fly on to the USSR! Wives had ears tuned for the sound of the returning planes. I’ve had BUFFS fly directly over our car. We could look up into the wheel wells as they skimmed us with the Shute popped. Wouldn’t trade my upbringing for anything. We crossed the Pacific in the gorgeous Constellation ( Connie) en route to a two year tour of duty in Asia in the late 50s. We flew in the C-47. We moved to our 3 year tour of England in the brand new 707 commercial jet, a rare experience in those days. Dad was Lt. Colonel Hal Williamson. He flew bombing missions over Germany in WW2, was a part of the Berlin airlift to bring supplies to the German people, flew road reconnaissance in Korea and became part of SAC, becoming vice base commander ofRAF Upper Heyford. He was my hero.Sorry for the long comment. @@jonathanwarner3852
I was stationed there from 1960 to 1964. Worked in the control tower as a ground radio repairman. Enjoyed my time there. Loved the country side. All the best. The B1 is a really beautiful plane. Remembered the times that we would have a visit from the B52 and they would wipe out the taxi strip lights with the outer wing wheels. Then we had a visit a couple of times from the Navy planes off an aircraft carrier. Because nobody was at the end of the run way telling them to put their wheels down we had a couple of bad landings. It was a good tour of duty.
Thank you for posting. I heard them go up from about 2.5 miles away. With all the noise, I thought all four had gone up, but then read it was only two, so was a little confused. This explains - technical issues!
Thanks, i got to see lots of cool aircraft in the AT 1968-1971.....loved the F-4 s in Nam and Thailand, they just had "nasty" oozing" from them "don't mess with me"
And.....your point is pertinent in the context of the next generation flying wing airframe long range strategic bombers.....There is something about the B1B, say the British Vulcan....and several others that can instill respect and menace in both their ramp and in-air silhouette and appearance.....incredible.
The first time i seen a B-1 was at Edwards AFB back in 1980. There were two of them inside a hanger. One was a gray color the other was a desert tan color. I was there to test a telephone terminal. I walked into hanger area by mistake and stood looking at both of them just sitting there. One of the people working there asked me what i thought about them. I said something like there beautiful. I asked him if your going build them for the Air Force. He said no. Pres. Carter will not spend the money. That changed in 1981 when Reagan was elected.
Will someone please please please tell me why people think the past tense of the verb 'to see' is SEEN It is SAW the past tense is SAW It screams lack of education to me Please tell me. Where the hell did that come from ?
Flew overhead above Nottingham Thursday evening 19th oct, Military Corridor usually has F15 or F35s from Lakenheath, but noise was different. A lot louder. Great to see.
Yeah, that same flight path goes straight over my place too in Swadlincote. I noticed the different engine sound and ran outside to have a look, just as it flew over, brilliant to see:)
True, you don't just hear the B1B's engines you also feel them. Standing near one with even just one engine in burner and you feel it up the vibration up through your feet.
@@maxwellcrazycat9204 It would work but probably not much better than an afterburner. Basically what you are talking about is a rocket engine where you spray in fuel and an oxidizer liquid. The B1B has an afterburner that sprays extra fuel into the back of the engine for more thrust, some aircraft carried water (KC-135) as the water increased the density of the air going into the engine but the water only lasted about 30 seconds. On a jet engine like in the B1B you would need to use (Liquid Nitrous) instead of Gaseous and in the afterburner section along with the fuel like on a rocket.
I can recall when Congress and the POTUS/DoD were fighting over the B-1 project - seemed for about 20 years or so. There was a point when I thought she'd never make it into service. Dornan and others were not to be denied. She's an impressive bird.
Just made the trip to Tucson to the Pima air and space museum. After that we drove around the boneyard and saw 2 B1 bombers up near the fence and road. Crazy that people live across the street and see them from their yards
There is an old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover", I was on B1B's for a few years and while they are pretty to look at there is one 4 letter word that fits them perfectly if you work on them. PITA ! 30yrs USAF and ANG (retired).
Van Nuys Municipal Airport in the Los Angeles Basin would have an air show every summer which included many military aircraft. At the close of the show, the aircraft were granted unrestricted climb and departure permissions. They would fly right over where I worked. It was very loud, but the B-1's would set off all the car alarms in the parking lot. It was impressive.. Sadly, the shows were canceled after 2006 due to noise complaints.. No wonder..
Keep trying to light the cans, or park it back on the ramp. This pilot gave it just one more for the Gipper, and got the two cans lit. One can never really appreciate how big a B-1 aircraft are until you've walked under one, of which I had the privilege of walking under two of this magnificently beautiful aircraft. One was a standard Air Force issue B-1B at an airshow in Michigan, at Selfridge ANG. The second one which was the first that I walked under, what was the flying prototype B-1 with it's white paint, and red and blue eagle on the bottom of the fuselage. This was while at a visit too the Wright-Patterson Museum back in 1992.
If I remember correctly, it can carry even more than a B-52. It's like American engineers looked at interceptors and went "Yeah, that'd be a great bomber".
Awesome footage, mate!!👌....love these B1B Lancers, especially when they take off with those engines glowing!!💥💥👍.....just one question to ask?... if you don't mind?..why does the picture sway like you are sitting on a boat in the waves??!!..... not a complaint, just wanted to know?... cheers 📸👍
Stability wasn’t great in this video, thankfully iPhone takes a lot of the shake out but with the phone mounted on top of my DSLR recording while I shoot, you can get some movement, sometimes you forget to track the video as too busy taking photos. Also I was perched on the top step of my ladder so I could be above the barbed wire so I had nothing to hold on to.
@jonathanwarner3852 Thanks, mate, the video was great!...I know where you are coming from , as I am a keen motorsport and aircraft photographer myself. I sometimes get really close to the wire and then zoom into the scene that I am attempting to photograph. Works OK sometime, but your stepladder idea may be a better choice!!... just having to be careful on that top step!!👌👍📸....I have subscribed to see more of your videos!👌👏😁
At 0:06 during the control motion check you can see the asymmetric motion of the horizontal stabs. That's how the B-1 handles roll control with wings aft because it does not have ailerons.
Nice footage there them bombers look really scary but awesome at the same time. The 2nd Bomber was playing with the throttle quite abit there wander why that is? Considering that the other one went straight out.
When Russia and the U.S. signed the START treaty in 2007 to reduce nuclear armament, the B1 Lancer had a metal sleeve welded to a pylon to prevent the B1 from carrying cruise missiles. Now that Russia has backed out of the START treaty, does anyone know whether the U.S. is enabling Lancers to once again carry cruise missiles? With North Korea, China, and Russia all talking about nuclear war, it would seem a prudent step.
This is the third or fourth video where the second B1-B seems to have engine trouble before finally taking off. Can they not do engine servicing at this bas?
I predict engine surge from taxiing onto the runway so soon after the first aircraft has left. You can see the swing-wing fairing fly open as the second aircraft moves onto the runway in the wake of the first one. Maybe there is some system in place that will not allow them to light the afterburner after a surge condition or something.
Each B-1 can carry 24 LRASM/JASSM cruise missiles with an unclassified range of 230 miles to 350 miles. The Rapid Dragon System on a C-17 can carry 45 LRASM/JASSM cruise missiles. Now imagine JetZero's stealth BWB design with that huge body adapted with the Rapid Dragon System.
I have noticed the B-1B has "feisty' afterburners that don't seem to want to light. Is this due to its crappy inlet design (cheapened out from the B-1A) or something else?
The pilot did not need to use engines 1&4 because the pilot was not taking off under military power. When the pilot is not using military power not all engines need to be used.
In 1993 my wife and I and another couple where driving across monument valley when from out of nowhere a B-1 crossed the road in front of us at about 1,000 ft. then disappeared behind a mesa. It must have been using terrain following radar. We darned near ran off the road.
DID ANYONE NOTICE PLANE #2 ENTERED RUNWAY MAYBE TOO SOON AS THE RUNWAY WAS SO HEATED IT CAUSED HIS FRONT TIRES TO SMOKE? He then had to wait for plane ! to clear the air space. Right engine afterburner will not light, finally it did
