1. pretty incredible human ingenuity. 2. aliens didn't help us make shit, lol, take off your tinfoil hats. 3. amazing how far humans will go to find new ways of killing each other.
Remember seeing these for the first time as a kid at RIAT around 1999/2000, blew my mind, one of the most iconic aircraft of all time. Great to have them back!
They are not back as such, they are rotated with B52 wings for training over Europe. That's why there is no long term accommodation for families, it's crews only other than the permanent base staff. One wing arrives with support staff and the other returns home.
During my career, and from its inception, I was appointed to the position of my company's Responsible Engineer on the B-2 aircraft life support system. It's so good to see such an innovative design still fulfilling an important role in military aviation.
@@famaccount479 Experimental planes are real planes, in that they are functional. Ho-229 was never formally adopted for service by the Luftwaffe, and certainly not in quantity. N1M and XB-35 were designed and built before Northrop had access to Ho-229s.
@@hailexiao2770 The Horten was ready to, just the war was finish. And then compare, a jet plane with stealth ability vs. a prop experimental which flow the first time after the war. Lmao, you compare this both seriously? xDDD
That plane is 30 years old and it was 50 years ago that we walked in the moon 6 times. It would scare you to know what we have now that no one knows about.
Like so many older aircraft out there, the B2 looks good, despite the fact it came out in 1989. I bet there're a few upgrades.. Lol.. Great video work. Thanks 👍
Thank you Dafydd! If this does not look like it belongs in the next Terminator film, nothing does. It's almost scary to look at. They say this and the 117 are absolutely not capable of flying without the onboard computers. They would fall like rocks!
We in the U.S. owe our ever faithful British allies for allowing us to use their ground and air space. My depression era dad taught me that without the British holding out alone against the Nazi evil, we might be speaking German as our native tongue in Missouri today. I still remember, as a child in the early 70s, my parents listening to recordings of CBS reporter Edward R Murrow reporting on the 'Blitz'. Those words he spoke, with the background of falling incendiary bombs upon London, the heart of western civilization...'This is London.." Western civilization owes a great deal to the United Kingdom, a small, island nation of stubborn and determined people who would not submit to tyranny.
People often say the B-2 is what people saw when reporting UFOs, but you'd have to be deaf to mistake that sound for anything but a jet engine. Most UFO reports I've read about have said the vehicles were silent.
@@deecoder4497 I've read and viewed a variety of reports and they took place under various circumstances. If any plane could easily be mistaken for a UFO, it would be the B2, but many reports talked of a vehicle close enough to be hit with a baseball. Some have claimed the stars were blocked out as though they had opened a newspaper in front of them.
@@DavidSmith-qo1se Who's to say how many of those reports are accurate though. My grandfather did random human psychology tests on this kind of stuff before. One time he walked out of KMart and insisted he saw a UFO. Before you know it quite a few people were insisting they saw it too. Even though there wasn't one. People do weird stuff. Not saying everyone lies of course, just that you gotta be careful with reporting. Hell Bigfoot is a good example. Thousands if not more claim they saw Bigfoot. Yet magically every video of it is unclear. Despite crisp and clean camera technology these days. But people sure do like the story.
I live near Whiteman air force base where they are stationed and see them quite often. They have a distinctive sound, low and just rumbling on and on, but only when flying away. You can't hear them coming toward you at all. Scary because you realize that if you were a target, you'd never know until it was all over!
I live on the west side of San Antonio and I see f18 action all day. I've almost wrecked a few times watching them. Every now and then you'll see a mig or a f22
Dafydd, I've been able to count rivets on the underside of the Spirit. As usual right through to the core of the action with the best possible stills and footage available. A true luxury to witness it through your lenses!!!!.
@@springn633 Really - ok my bad I thought it was Lockheed, I have SR-71 on the brain 24/7 - maybe I should have said the USAF has the sexiest aircraft lol
I can only repeat what most others say, great stuff. We went to Fairford many years ago when a Russian aircraft nearly crashed, glad it didn’t we were quite close.
Thank you. Not sure how YT notifies subscribers?? They may spread them over a few hours of uploading ?? I’m sure it’s a complex system. Appreciate your viewing 👍 Daf
Amazing display of technology. I have a pretty cool photo from a chase plane of the B-2's grandpa, the YB-49. In the 40's that was so advanced. Interesting while on jury duty once I was talking to a Northrop engineer about the 117, he said and I quote "With computers now we can make a barn door fly". Well here you see a Boomerang flying Impressive stuff Thanks for posting this beauty!
Без преувеличения - один из самых красивых в мире самолётов, когда-либо созданных человеком. Учитывая тот факт, что это военный самолёт стратегического назначения - он бесподобный в своём облике. Разбег, взлёт и посадка - одно заглядение, на это можно смотреть вечно.
The great thing about RAF Fairford is that a minor road runs right by the perimeter fence. You can go and watch anytime you like but please park carefully. Check out your road map and go see!
Lucky enough to see one flying overhead cheyenne wyoming at an altitude of maybe 10k feet a couple weeks ago, days after Russia invaded Ukraine. What an amazing sight to see. It was flying with a kc135 I believe
It still screams “UFO” whenever u look at it from the front & sides, it is just that sleek & mysterious!
The sound of it too !
It is
Cuz the got the inspiration from a UFO
Or rather copied an alien aircraft
It does have a unique shape
Crazy how we went from rubbing two sticks together to the B2 Stealth.
Exactly, we didn’t “ we had help” 👽 try know 😂
Reverse engineering alien craft and materials does wonders.
@@clemsonalum98 exactly 👊
1. pretty incredible human ingenuity.
2. aliens didn't help us make shit, lol, take off your tinfoil hats.
3. amazing how far humans will go to find new ways of killing each other.
The aliens are surprised and disappointed that we could make the B2 Stealth Bomber.
Remember seeing these for the first time as a kid at RIAT around 1999/2000, blew my mind, one of the most iconic aircraft of all time. Great to have them back!
They are not back as such, they are rotated with B52 wings for training over Europe. That's why there is no long term accommodation for families, it's crews only other than the permanent base staff. One wing arrives with support staff and the other returns home.
Dartmoor Dave good gen cheers 👍🏼
The legacy of Northrop lives on! He truly was a pioneer in aviation. Glad he got to see his dream fly before he passed.
Latest b2 vid is here
th-cam.com/video/ak-PJ2UwCco/w-d-xo.html
Yes he knew he was right the whole time he was a man ahead of his time rip JACK
Hopefully they weren’t being piloted by John Travolta and Christian Slater.
😁
Those were B3s . For reals..
Broken Arrow
Haha such a cheesy film
Or Harrison Ford in real life.
During my career, and from its inception, I was appointed to the position of my company's Responsible Engineer on the B-2 aircraft life support system. It's so good to see such an innovative design still fulfilling an important role in military aviation.
Well, the innovative Design is just stolen loot of the ww2, where Horten developed it for Nazi Germany.
@@famaccount479 Northrop built N1s, XB-35s and XB-49s independently of Horten, and unlike Horten actually built them in quantity.
@@hailexiao2770 You know the difference between experimental and real planes? And also, they build the experimental because the stolen Horten Design.
@@famaccount479 Experimental planes are real planes, in that they are functional. Ho-229 was never formally adopted for service by the Luftwaffe, and certainly not in quantity. N1M and XB-35 were designed and built before Northrop had access to Ho-229s.
@@hailexiao2770 The Horten was ready to, just the war was finish. And then compare, a jet plane with stealth ability vs. a prop experimental which flow the first time after the war. Lmao, you compare this both seriously? xDDD
That plane is 30 years old and it was 50 years ago that we walked in the moon 6 times. It would scare you to know what we have now that no one knows about.
what do you know, Steve?
Unmaned beasts 🛸
B-21
So, so true!
I expected to see it go vertical and disappear in under a second.
Incredible!
Thanks for posting.
Amazing machines, so majestic yet so deadly! Great filming and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and the comment Alan 👍
Yes! God bless America, I’m as English as you could be and very proud of the relationship and history we have with the USA, from a Plymouth Pilgrim...
Why would God bless criminals and thieves like Americans and British?
Actually you sound more American than English so no, you are not "as English as you could be" unless integrity is no longer a requirement to be so.
@@bacomiric Bullshit
@@krashd Go French-kiss your mother, smegma boy.
Crazy how it goes from a giant bat in the sky to a literal sliver lol how sick is that
Wow! Awesome vid! On the ground they look really small, but once airborne it looks huge! Thanks for posting! Cheers!
Thanks for watching Ted 👍
I love how quiet the b-2s are.
The most beautiful aircraft ever made.
I saw this magnificent aircraft fly north over Los Angeles a couple months ago at 4am.
Like so many older aircraft out there, the B2 looks good, despite the fact it came out in 1989. I bet there're a few upgrades.. Lol.. Great video work. Thanks 👍
Cheers Bill 👍
WOW ,DUDE !!!!!
B2 !! This Video , and B2 sound is
absolutely Amazing !!
greetings from Poland , and thanks for you all videos
Dziękuję Ci
Appreciate the comment Walt 👌
Great Vid!! I miss being at home in the "Show Me State" and the almost everyday refueling flyby's. Even from 18,000' they are fun to watch.
Absolutely superb Video! The B2's just look and sound awesome! Must be an impressive experience when these black beauties pass low over your head!
Thank you Dafydd! If this does not look like it belongs in the next Terminator film, nothing does. It's almost scary to look at. They say this and the 117 are absolutely not capable of flying without the onboard computers. They would fall like rocks!
Wow talk about "drive it like you stole it"! That first guy taxiing a Billion-Dollar bomber like it's a Cessna 172
The footage is sped up. You can see the car fly be at an unrealistic speed. The audio seems unedited though.
51Pineapples car didn’t seem that fast
2 billion
The B-21s are almost ready to join these guys.
Can’t wait ✈️✈️👍
We in the U.S. owe our ever faithful British allies for allowing us to use their ground and air space. My depression era dad taught me that without the British holding out alone against the Nazi evil, we might be speaking German as our native tongue in Missouri today. I still remember, as a child in the early 70s, my parents listening to recordings of CBS reporter Edward R Murrow reporting on the 'Blitz'. Those words he spoke, with the background of falling incendiary bombs upon London, the heart of western civilization...'This is London.." Western civilization owes a great deal to the United Kingdom, a small, island nation of stubborn and determined people who would not submit to tyranny.
Never disappointed when I come to this channel.
Thank you
outstanding footage as allways cant beat a bit of 4k action
Love it Dafydd. I was there too last week. What an amazing experience to see those fantastic aircraft!
Indeed 👍
i was so there woop, touch and go landings were awesome
Thank you for such incredible HD video!!! I’m almost in disbelief you could get so close to see and film?!
People often say the B-2 is what people saw when reporting UFOs, but you'd have to be deaf to mistake that sound for anything but a jet engine. Most UFO reports I've read about have said the vehicles were silent.
It is silent once in air ... watch more videos of it at high altitudes with sound
@@deecoder4497 I've read and viewed a variety of reports and they took place under various circumstances. If any plane could easily be mistaken for a UFO, it would be the B2, but many reports talked of a vehicle close enough to be hit with a baseball. Some have claimed the stars were blocked out as though they had opened a newspaper in front of them.
You probably can't hear it when it's at altitude
Shhhh. That’s our B3 program.
@@DavidSmith-qo1se Who's to say how many of those reports are accurate though. My grandfather did random human psychology tests on this kind of stuff before. One time he walked out of KMart and insisted he saw a UFO. Before you know it quite a few people were insisting they saw it too. Even though there wasn't one. People do weird stuff. Not saying everyone lies of course, just that you gotta be careful with reporting. Hell Bigfoot is a good example. Thousands if not more claim they saw Bigfoot. Yet magically every video of it is unclear. Despite crisp and clean camera technology these days. But people sure do like the story.
Looks Awesome yet Angry at the same time! God Bless our Military.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@Alpha Cymru your country is shit bruh your teeth brit
I saw 2 tonight. It just makes me proud to be an American, the technology packed into those planes
The US Navy has its submarines (recognize/respect);
the USAF has its stealth bombers (recognize/respect).
Mr Gone The USSF has its stealth space fleets (recognize/respect)
Hard to believe these are human made. Seems alien like.
German Ingenieur 😊 HO-229
A marvellous B-2A Spirit and a extraordinary sight of this aircraft 😎🤩
They don't waste much time taxiing do they? Great footage. I remember the cold war days when they'd shoot you for filming this. :)
Right...
I lived next door to a SAC base and this is so true.
A Yeehawd I know. It kind of seems treasonous just watching this
That taxi footage was sped up.. :) . Audio wasn't...
Can they still arrest you if you film certain parts of this aircraft?
JJ Skippy no
I live near Whiteman air force base where they are stationed and see them quite often. They have a distinctive sound, low and just rumbling on and on, but only when flying away. You can't hear them coming toward you at all. Scary because you realize that if you were a target, you'd never know until it was all over!
with these three marvels of engineering and technology on UK soil, the value and power of the UK just went up.
You don't own them
Yes sir! America miltary power and weapons is to protect America and dont forget its allies.
Thanks, Dafy, awesome footage as you do.
I live on the west side of San Antonio and I see f18 action all day. I've almost wrecked a few times watching them. Every now and then you'll see a mig or a f22
lerch400block excuse me-a MiG?? In US Airspace??
@@eastwestcoastkid yep the older ones the Iraq army has. But I mainly see C5s. I can't explain the excitement when the f18s are out. It's incredible.
lerch400block ?? You’re sure you’ve seen Migs flying in US Airspace? They’re being flown by US personnel I’m sure.
@@eastwestcoastkid Obviously they are being flown by US personnel.
Rob Fraser I would imagine-I’m just surprised they’re being flown at all, since they are such dated aircraft.
Dafydd, I've been able to count rivets on the underside of the Spirit. As usual right through to the core of the action with the best possible stills and footage available. A true luxury to witness it through your lenses!!!!.
Deadly weapons.....in invisible armor.Greetings from Croatia.
Incrível a beleza e imponência do B-2. É de arrepiar ver este monstro do ar, com seus 52 metros de envergadura! Muito bom....
Those B2 Bombers still look pristine.
A true work of technology, looks like a boomerang
Wish it would come back
You ... like me... are a considerate Photographer.
When you do a good job, most people don't notice
Thanks for this footage ! just subscribed to this channel, wonderful work thanks !!
Thanks Yassine. Appreciate the comment and the sub 👍
Oh look, another Dafydd Phillips video!!!!!!! *Click*
Hi; I really really enjoyed ur video.
*DAMN LOUD & LOW LANDING* 😍😍😍
Happy you enjoyed 😎👍
@@DafyddPhillips; Hello.
*IT'S MY FAVOURITE AIRCRAFT IN MY LIST* So I will enjoy till the fullest. 😍
My latest b2 video
th-cam.com/video/ak-PJ2UwCco/w-d-xo.html
Stunningly beautiful piece of machinery.
Epic! Well done bro. Well freaking done.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for posting this-I felt like I was right there on the flight line.
Thanks for watching 😎👍
Dafydd Phillips outstanding video footage especially of the undercarriage-stunning 🔥
There are only 21 of these things. You’re so lucky to see this take off.
21 to the public...🤣
Excellent footage, thanks for sharing
Woww....!!!! thank you for sharing these spectacular images. It is not "material" from every day !!!
Best regards, Roberto
Thanks for watching Roberto. Appreciate the comment 👍
Amazing photos, thank you for posting. What lenses are you using?
Thanks for watching.
I’m using a canon 1dx2, 300mmf2.8 lens with 1.4 converter
Good job on the framing and video. Spot on keeping both aircraft taking off (as best as possible). Lockheed makes the sexiest aircraft bar none.
Thank you.
My latest b2 vid is here
th-cam.com/video/ak-PJ2UwCco/w-d-xo.html
It's built by Northrop Grumman.
@@springn633 Really - ok my bad I thought it was Lockheed, I have SR-71 on the brain 24/7 - maybe I should have said the USAF has the sexiest aircraft lol
Great video dafydd,what a beautiful monster,and some beautiful stills 😀👌👍
I can only repeat what most others say, great stuff. We went to Fairford many years ago when a Russian aircraft nearly crashed, glad it didn’t we were quite close.
Google HO-229 .... that is an german plane
Didn't show up in my feed? Excellent footage as always 👌
Thank you. Not sure how YT notifies subscribers?? They may spread them over a few hours of uploading ?? I’m sure it’s a complex system.
Appreciate your viewing 👍
Daf
Stunning footage mate
Cheers Phil
Amazing display of technology. I have a pretty cool photo from a chase plane of the B-2's grandpa, the YB-49. In the 40's that was so advanced. Interesting while on jury duty once I was talking to a Northrop engineer about the 117, he said and I quote "With computers now we can make a barn door fly". Well here you see a Boomerang flying
Impressive stuff
Thanks for posting this beauty!
It’s a pretty surreal aircraft. Thanks for watching and the commment 🇺🇸
It dose look like batmans boomerang .
They should have called it the bomberang.
Scott Gorman. That guy was so right. Planes like the F 117 would be impossible to fly without computers.
Nice one Dafydd what a sight that must have been...
Thanks Matthew. Surreal aircraft ✈️👽
Love the B2s and the B1s been ex Australian military seen them drop there load good times not so much for the allha snackbars
Thanks , a very skillful shooting . Last time I did aircraft video was with vhs camcorder. Yeah, old guy, what did you use to shoot this great video?
Editing must of been a nightmare!! 🎥
I used two cameras here. Panasonic vx870 and vx990.
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for tip.
Без преувеличения - один из самых красивых в мире самолётов, когда-либо созданных человеком.
Учитывая тот факт, что это военный самолёт стратегического назначения - он бесподобный в своём облике.
Разбег, взлёт и посадка - одно заглядение, на это можно смотреть вечно.
Imagine a B2 Spirit dropping a massive bomb with a siren on It like the JU 87 Stuka... That would be turned into a legend
Simon Senaviev no no no no, put the Stuka siren on the A-10
Beautiful aircraft. God I love America.
GarbageDanks And God loves America,sorry only joking 😂
I hope these things keep on flying for a while
How are you able to get so close and film them from underneath? I would have thought that this would have been restrictive space?
They had to fly over a public road on their final approach.
Wow! Incredible and impressively B-2, absolutely fantastic..no stress for B-2, low and elegant in the sky..love it, thanks for the post
Awsome Beautiful sleek Planes!
It looks like one of the avengers aircrafts
The sound of freedom
Looks like a small, loud version of the Tr6-Telos I saw over an Arizona backroad.
Wow ! Looks like they are in slow mo!
considering the tech for this id from 70s and 80s, imagine what they have now, or are developing
BEAUTIFUL MACHINES👍🇪🇦🛩❤
Incredible shots, as ever!
Literally a devil with wings coming for you: they look fkn terrifyingly awesome
so wicked lookin so deadly great stuff
Awesome filming and still shots!
Really nice still shots 👌🏻
Thank you Desmond
Patience gives us GREAT photography! Thanks
Just curious, this spot where you took this video, is this open for public??
Yes it is. It’s by the perimeter fence of an air base
The great thing about RAF Fairford is that a minor road runs right by the perimeter fence. You can go and watch anytime you like but please park carefully. Check out your road map and go see!
Awesome video mate.
Cheers Thomas. Chuffed you got the heritage jet mate ✈️🇺🇸💪🏼
Dafydd Phillips oh yeah. It was a great thanks again for the invite.
Putin watches this and then goes "Hmm, I think I'll invade country X"
Putin and the usa... normaly it is a german HO-229
Florette
👽 I have to own one so I decided I’m buying one from Amazon tomorrow next day delivery. 👽
i bet it would be a keychain of this bomber
Andri Kharisma Wibawa 🤣👍😂
Package weight: 1.2 megatons
I used to think these Aircrafts was being piloted by Juggernauts 😂 idk why lol
Fantastic video !
Never disappointed with your videos & photos!
It is good too see the oscillation problems irorned out.
Lucky enough to see one flying overhead cheyenne wyoming at an altitude of maybe 10k feet a couple weeks ago, days after Russia invaded Ukraine. What an amazing sight to see. It was flying with a kc135 I believe
The stills r amazing
If they're invisible to radar, how does the base track them visually?
I like that the video is 617 long :)
They are like angels of death.
What good may come from them?
Excellent film. Thank you very much for posting. I see these babes flying over Cheltenham!
Wow Wow Nice I love this, Nice job men
I didn’t know these were in the UK!!! Anywhere else to see them? Always wanted to see once since modern warfare 2 haha
Everybody gangsta till the payload door opens
Amazing aircraft.
Superb
I remember watching videos in the 80s that featured triangular ufos. That is all I see when I see these giant air, ninjas.
That was the sightings