Had the honor to guard this plaine on my service in the belgian army. In 1991 it was the main atraction of the belgian airshow at koksijde. Saw this plane land when i was on duty. When it parked , a service van came to us and stopped. The crew said if whe want and take a closer look at it. One thing they said , please dont touch the plaine because it is so static loaded that you would be killed. When they release the stacic load into the ground whit cables.the pilots came out. Verry nice guys who asked to us if whe would be the guards for the plaine. Do you want to go inside it they said? Our mouths fell open, and we had the chance to go inside. Believe it or not. Never forget it in my life. In my 12 months duty this was one of the most spectacular things that happend to me.
@@lumpofdirt69 - LMAO!,..oh shut up,..LOL Why must so many people, like you for instance, make total foolish jerks out of themselves? Don't do that to yourself,...let someone else do it,... it's more fun that way.
Yes. I've been fortunate enough to have seen the B-1 and the B-2 in flight in my home state at least once each through the years. It was the same area each time, I-85 almost to South Carolina state line.
I’m usually a fan of the aesthetics and sophistication of the stealth craft like the B2 and the F22 but this looks like some sort of boss level mechanical monster, it’s hard not love it, from the back it’s the coolest looking plane I’ve ever seen.
@Sanctuary Philosophy and Music: "boss level mechanical monster" is the best description I've ever come across about a B1. I love it! By the way, I find your screen name curious. It seems a bit contrary to the B1, such a loud, aggressive, death machine while your name seems so serene. Although I have to agree that the B1 IS "music" to my ears.
Agree my #1 fighter plane I’d choose is the f22 raptor and my #1 bomber I’d choose is the b1b lancer as it’s super sonic. And 4 massive engines without afterburner each engine puts out 17k lbs of thrust each x4 but with full afterburner each engine puts out 30k lbs of thrust each x4 imagine what 120,000 lbs of thrust sounds like from this massive bomber as it’s the heaviest and fastest and largest payload of 75k lbs of freedom delivery dropped by the bone.
Whenever the news bums me out, I come to channels like these and watch these videos of these amazing pieces of human engineering to remind myself that I'm damn lucky and proud to be born in the greatest nation on Earth: The United States of America. Godspeed!
The USA is not the greatest country. The greatest power is Russia. The USA is a jackal, devouring the weak, bringing death and destruction to other nations, and to its own...
Man this is probably the absolute best footage I’ve ever seen of this beauty! Guess I never truly realized how mammoth these things really are! Thanks for an amazing video!
My buddy and I attended the air show in Oshkosh Wisconsin on a regular basis. This particular show featured the B-1 bomber which flew level about two hundred feet above the airfield. When it got to the end of the runway it made a sharp climbing right turn and hit the after burners which were aimed directly at the crowd. The massive thundering sound wave of those engines at full throttle and after burners felt like my body was in the ring with a Heavy weight champ. The words that comes to mind are pummeled and battered by oceans of air hitting me almost at the speed of sound. I turned to face away from the blast and it threw me to the ground. IMPRESSIVE. My buddy, who has since passed away stood 6' 4" and was thrown to the ground almost instantly. We both agreed this was the best show we had ever attended.
@@Dr.Pepper001 I was in nashville this year for a Titans game vs chiefs and they had a B-1 flyover. Same experience. It lit off all the car alarms. It was life changing. I found a youtube video of the flyover and it doesnt do it justice. You must experience it in person. It felt like the world was coming to an end. I will never forget it.
Back in the 80's I worked at an airbase. Where our facility was there were never any aircraft in our area, or on our side of the runway. One morning I came to work and there sat a B1 right next to our facility on a patch of asphalt that probably hadn't had an aircraft on it since WWII. Awesome being so close, and we got to go over and check it out. Beautiful aircraft! It was there for a few days and one morning it was gone when I came to work.
Such an amazing video, the B-1 was one of the very first plastic models I ever built as a kid, it was about 18 inches from tip to tail. Even by today's standards, it still looks incredibly modern, and I love its Concorde like design, the adjustable wings, everything.
I was a mechanic on this jet for 6 years. It's a love/ hate relationship with mechanics and this jet. Standing next to it in full afterburner is a trip dood.
Same here. Was a crew chief on them up at Ellsworth. 2011-2017 Loved seeing the going up in the air. Hated them coming back down. As it was most likely code 2 or 3. Never code 1. Pain in the butt to work on. But so satisfying hearing her running.
@@user-si7kp9lm6p Для каких разных???? Ту-160 может сбрасывать бомбы (ковровая бомбардировка) может крылатые ракеты пускать, может ядерную бомбу кинуть (Как на херосиме было) может Ракеты с ядерным зарядом запускать , И может огромную скорость набрать 2200 км.ч . А этот Американец может что то ещё?
This Bomber is an absolute masterpiece of design and technology, and the raw or those engines and how they create that unique tearing sounds is terrifying and awesome.
I remember at an Air and Sea show in Ft Lauderdale 20+ years ago all these cool jets flew in and around the beach, including the Blue Angels. Great show. Then this thing rolls up and just blows the doors off, set off just about every car alarm 2-3 blocks off the beach it was so loud. People were left flabbergasted. It was awesome. What a machine.
Thankyou for this incredible footage of this raptor. The focus on the rear of the aircraft makes for really interesting viewing and awe! The design and the engineering of the AC from this rear position gives a whole new dimension as to the complexity and detail of the design when looking at it. I don’t how how that AC holds those engines on those wings and in one perfect piece. What I wouldn’t give to have a few hours flying time in one of these. Thanks folks - I don’t get overwhelmed by the design of modern AC but this is magnificent. This is what proper money will buy - the best!
I remember watching these babies do bumps and circuits off RAF St Mawgan in the 80s. It was spectacular to see em roar into the sky and land from a Cornish Beach! Spectacular bomber! Saw the SR71 leave from there as well! Well chuffed to this day! What a decade that was!
What a magnificent beast. Had the pleasure of seeing one up close a few years, back when one came from Guam and stayed here for Air Power Day. Had the pleasure of being woken up and shook from the bed, at 2 am, when it fired up those engines and took off that night too.
Cheers for the phenomenal footage of this majestic aircraft, very much appreciated and envious of your ability to get so close, what an aircraft, thanks
You want a treat. You should see the B1 taking off at night. Had a squadron of B1’s stationed at my local airbase. The sights and deafing sounds were spectacular.
There's a retired B-1 as gate guardian at the aerospace museum southwest of Omaha that I see regularly. Recently repainted colorful camouflage. Beautiful impressive plane.
There's one inside the Museum of the USAF in Ohio and another one (A) model in Wings over the Rockies museum in Denver. Got to go inside one when it landed at my based back in the 90's.
Definitely defines one extremely badass flying machine. Actually no other way to honestly describe how awesome this video is. Thanks very much for sharing this.
@@arnelpervandosmadrazo8479 Its just a small referrence to Americans"s fascination with "ass" and how silly it is."Bad ass, dumb ass."I killed his ass"; "We got our asses handed to us"."I decapitated his ass" is an awkward one since "decapitation" means u know what,etc and so on.They obviously think it somehow sounds "cool" but trust me it does"nt,at least not for someone who"s not born and bred in the US
Good video! A bueatifull flying machine! seen from a different angle! Remember the first time I saw one in the raw ,30 years ago she took my breath away. the yanks have a certain style, which in my opinion is one on its own. Amazing engineering!
Worked the engines and APUs on the Bone, retired now and every now and then I get nostalgic about doing the maintenance runs on these. Quiet hours ended at 0600 and we were restricted to idle, so at 0559 we were up and running and at 6 on the dot the run-up into aug (afterburner) would shake the base and set off car alarms across the base.
Ah, a jet troop I see. I was a 34th crew chief on them from 2011-17. Loved doing the launches. But hated playing musical jets with them. Moving the aircrew from one jet to the spare. Because of mx issues. LOL! Loved doing engine runs on this thing. Putting one of the engines in Aug. And the whole jet tried going left or right depending on which engine you throttled up. Good times.
I was 34th at Mountain Home '97-'02 before they realigned the base. It was interesting, We had the Bone, -15C's & E's, -16's , and -135R's. I'd worked them all except the Bone and managed to finagle my way out to them when they tried to stuff me in the backshop.
Back in 1998 as a Canadian Military Engineer I was deployed to the former Harmon AFB, an old SAC airbase in Stephenville NFLD, Canada to be OPFOR for OP MARCOT, a large NATO amphibious exercise. Our mission was to defend the airbase and for air defense we deployed the Oerlikon Skyguard LLAD (Low Level Air Defense) system which was comprised of four twin barrelled 35mm auto-cannons that fired at 1100 rounds per minute. We were zoomed by a B1 practicing runway denial that couldn't have been more than 100' agl with all four afterburners ignited. The combination of the Bone and the anti-aircraft artillery firing blanks was all the noise that could be generated at once in the world. A couple of our guys actually crumpled to the ground and were rendered insensate for half a minute or so.
That much sound beats a pair of Tom Cats leaving the airshow at Offutt, turning away from the crowd, .and kicking the burners in. My chest was reverberating from it.That was decades ago.
Thank you SO MUCH for this. It just popped up on my RU-vid recommended videos and you have no idea how much love the Lancer. Subscribed to your channel! My ex-gf in the early '90s had a dad who worked at Rockwell in SoCal and he had that famous photo of a B-1 doing a high-speed pass over water framed on his wall. One of the most beautiful aircraft ever constructed and I'm so happy it found its purpose during the Gulf Wars. It is an elegant brute with lines like a Jaguar!! lol. Thanks again and I'll be watching for more of your vids.
Absolutely fascinating video of an amazing aircraft, i reckon its a bit scary from behind it once those massive engines are spooled up. The bone is still the loudest aircraft I have ever heard, mildenhall air fete in about 94. Jeez that thing blew my ears
@@user-ww7sr5xj9x Hold on there, Slavic brother! _Any_ aircraft is an ‘easy target’-except American stealth planes. Maybe Russia will have a production stealth aircraft soon. Be good, comrad. 💛
What a machine! It has this futuristic look, especially from the rear. Almost spaceship like. And a bomber with four burners too 🔥. Lovely video, I'm feeling inspired by this one for the next B1s.
as someone who is in the engine supply chain (non-military, non-destructive testing), i am amazed of the comfort level of the crew. being that close to an engine is danger
When we were launhing these things. And the engines were running. We were not allowed to walk within 25 feet of the inlet. So the front and sides. And 100 feet behind the exhaust when on idle. You didn't dare go behind the exhaust when throttled up at all. If we needed to work on anything in the nacelle while engines were running. We would go to the wing tip and then walk along the trailing edge of the wing with our tools. And open up the cowlings. I was a crew chief on them from 2011-2017.
I used to jog near the runways about 5am before going to work at base ops on Holloman Airforce Base. Every once in awhile a couple B-1’s would transit through. Bird Colonels keeping up their flight pay by moving aircraft around…. Loud and cool is what those birds are. Stealth came through too, but you couldn’t see or hear them. --->
I the mid 90’s we were staying at a guest ranch in eastern Wyoming near the town of Bill and B1 Lancers and B52s would make low level passes over the ranch at between 300 to 500 feet doing 500 knots… Very Impressive!
Amazing video of this mighty aircraft . Just looking at it warming up gives me the shivers . I dips me lid to the pilots ground crew and the engineers who developed this monster and to you for giving us these amazing views of a military aircraft .
Amazing video. It's hard to learn about some of these aircraft unless you can see enough of the aircraft to actually formulate questions to research or ask others about. These videos are so perfect for that, I am astonished. You can even see the air vortices (3:15 and 6:00) on the front side of the engines at the air inlets.
High relative humidity and the pressure dropping in the center of the vortex cools the air enough to make water mist visible. I wonder if the vortex can pick up trash from the ground and damage an engine?
@pixelpatter01 it can suck in a person inside 10-15ft. Tarmac's have to be spot clean and regularly inspected by all personal for trash or debris (what's known as FOD(foriegn obect debris))for this very reason. You'll notice at airports there are half moon areas painted in front of the engines. You do not go in this zone with an engine running.
I had the pleasure of witnessing and hearing Avro Vulcans land and takeoff when they visited the US back in the 80's, they would've given the B-1 a run for it's money in terms of noise level. The screech of four full throttle Bristol Olympus engines on the takeoff was quite the aural experience.
I am lucky enough to be near a base that these fly out of and I gotta tell you these and the Stealth Bomber We saw frequently in Missouri are honestly something that just makes you proud to see. I know we have far newer planes now that make these look outdated but still .....it takes your breath away when you see them flying "Map Of The Earth" like they used to fly the Bombers out of S.A.C. between Omaha and some fixed point out west before they would return back to S.A.C. Funny thing is they are so low and so fast you do not hear them till they are on top of you.. Trust me it scares the hell outta you then you realize it's one of ours on a training mission. These pilots and crews have my total respect.
Wow, what an absolute monster!! Bigger is definitely better!! To me, the Bone is the coolest aircraft in the USAF inventory. The combination of raw power and elegance is unmatched. No 'flying wing' design will ever come close to give me goosebumps like this brute does!
@bobsurgranny My mistake, I looked at the time 1:44 you mentioned, and that's not afterburner. it's coming from the APU exhaust. The APU is a small jet engine itself used to start the main engines and provide power during startup.
@@tadfoster6014 Was a crew chief on them from 2011-2017. It was fun seeing the new guy's petrified face when the flame spouted from the APU exhaust. And had to assure them it was normal. LOL
@@Spartan101st I bet! I do recall going underneath the nacelles during engine runs, but don't recall ever seeing flame coming out of the APUs. Maybe that occurred after they aged a little more? I only spent about 6 months on the Ellsworth flightline before moving into Bomber Phase. Fortunately, I got to do pretty much everything you could do as a Crew Chief except taxi and fly in a jump seat. I was on the crew that put the first BONE on Alert at Ellsworth, nearly froze my ass off attached to the NLG while flight crew spun up the nukes and navs.
Last place my dad was stationed at in the AF. We were there 1960-63. He was an E-9 in SAC. Had B-47’s then. He said when the Bay of Pigs occurred the bombers were loaded on standby and ready to go.
