🇺🇲🇵🇷🇲🇽😎 Thank you for taking me back in time. Nineteen sixty eight nineteen sixty nine ,UTapou thailand Walk in the backs of those B-52's Working on the k c 135's Got to see a Sr 71. Come in drop off some film. The next day it took off like a rocket ship. Thanks again for the memory.❤
Been there done that. Snoopy was used for guided air to air munitions testing. The one B52 was used for testing the original engine for the Boeing 747. The Vodoo was flown by a former astronaut
The blown up B52 is NB-52E 57-0119 which was loaned to General Electric in the 60's then back into storage in 1972. It was used to test the TF 39 engine for the C5A cargo plane, and the CF6 engine that was used on 747, DC10, and A300 Airbus. It was blown up to satisfy a Soviet arms treaty. As can be seen in the video the #3 pylon, most inboard pylon on the right wing, is different then the other three pylons. 6:37 to 6:43.
Thank you so much that was a great video I really hate Vandals they deface much of our history, just leave things as they are for all to enjoy I would really like to go out there and just explore, having you do it for us is the next best thing thanks again
Nice to know there's a partial parts source for the 7 or 8 surviving B-58s in museums throughout the country. Thanks for "risking your tail" to get these shots!
Yeah. That B-58 appears to be in condition to be restored as a static display. It’s easier to fabricate ‘look-alike’ parts than to find original! I have never seen a Hustler, not even a carcass, and old B-52s were likely scavenged thoroughly long ago because they’re still flying. Thanks for your work in creating this video.
So sad to see American Aviation History just rotting in a desert like that. No respect what soever. Sniff sniff. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Not too far from there rests B52 # 1 or 2 with an inline cockpit. Emblazoned on the nose is " supersonic dive test," another B58 and a B66. We used to access them via my buddies LA lake property in the 80s. So much history left to rot.
Armando thanks for the video, it seems to me that you are an aviation bluff. Please be careful with the snakes and scorpions. Greetings from Mexico City, paisano.
I woukd wager that far more of our military equipment has been lost to the scrapper than were ever lost in actual combat. .your Tax $$ at work. Too bad we cant do that with Politicians.
They're NOT abandoned: they're on Edwards AFB property! They know the planes are there - just in the past year, they removed the nosegear from the B-58, for use on another B-58 that's being restored in a museum. If base security catches you out there, you can face a federal rap.
*Great pictures, however, would have been much more interesting if you'd done the research and provided a little narrative on each airplane, like in some comments below or at least provide the information in the "show more" dropdown...*
@@aemphotos They are not so far away. I visited all the aircraft in 2010, but it is a bit of a walk- East of the Voodoo. You'll find them on GE if you look hard, but if no luck, drop me a line again and I'll send you the co-ordinates. The B-58 had a nosewheel when I stopped by.
They don't take trade ins on new military equipment. The B58 was last in service around 1970 the F101 around 1972. Of the about 740 B52s built between 1952-1962 only a bit more then 10% remain in service. Those 4 aircraft, expensive yes but no where near billions.
