Earth shaking USAF B-1 Lancer launching from RAF Fairford, England

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  • @UKAviationMovies
    @UKAviationMovies  ปีที่แล้ว +3

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  • @DarkendSun
    @DarkendSun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    Proud to say I was part of the B1-B program, building the wings for this beast .. Was the best job I ever had ..

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Did you have any part with the sweeping actuators?

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Awesome! 😎

    • @chrismontreuil2206
      @chrismontreuil2206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My uncle did some wiring in the bomb bay area. He told none of us what he was doing during the building of these planes.

    • @RaDK012
      @RaDK012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *Russian secret service wants to know your location*

    • @DarkendSun
      @DarkendSun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That would be 👉👇

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Fuel tanks half empty by the end of the runway, afterburners were like watching the gates of hell opening up

  • @Redbikemaster
    @Redbikemaster 8 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I grew up right outside Dyess AFB in Texas. I loved watching these take off at night, with all 4 engines glowing. There was one airshow they did there one year where a Lancer did a flyover at over Mach 1 at very low altitude. It knocked pictures off our walls. So worth it. I was in the front yard when it went right over us, completely silent for a second.

    • @krisyung
      @krisyung 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awsome

    • @racheljennings8548
      @racheljennings8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Who needed TV?

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@racheljennings8548 I didn't watch much back then lol

    • @montinaladine3264
      @montinaladine3264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow, lucky experience -- good description - I had some good word pictures going through my head.

    • @cgillit
      @cgillit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I remember a Lancer did a low flyover for 4th of July over Austin one year. I think I had PTSD for about 2 hours afterwards lol

  • @whetedge
    @whetedge 8 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    Gotta be the most beautiful air plane ever built.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I'm with you on that!

    • @whetedge
      @whetedge 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      ***** I know I know. There's tons of beauties out there, but the smooth curves of B1 are just incomparable.

    • @billcarr6392
      @billcarr6392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Avro Vulcan?

    • @kurtiskaskowski5386
      @kurtiskaskowski5386 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Geoff Peterson Hustler

    • @kurtiskaskowski5386
      @kurtiskaskowski5386 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      B-58 Hustler is the most beautiful bomber.

  • @larrygabler528
    @larrygabler528 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Served in the USAF in an F-15 squadron. I beam with pride when I see these planes. Awesome to watch. GO USAF!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome. Thanks for your service! We have a lot of F-15s here in the UK skies of course, mostly from Lakenheath but we've had jets from Seymour recently as well as aircraft from AFRC squadrons staging through. Cool jet!

  • @bigblockchevy409
    @bigblockchevy409 8 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    I was deployed to the Persian Gulf, you could always tell when one of these was taking off, everything shook, and you look outside at night and just see the glow of the afterburners lighting up the sky. Ah, Murica

    • @SifiliticoJoe
      @SifiliticoJoe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The sound of fredom and democracy

    • @wakkadakkaify
      @wakkadakkaify 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      the sounds of tax dollahs explodin

    • @testing1619
      @testing1619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hii

    • @testing1619
      @testing1619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good

    • @thorthunderlungs5171
      @thorthunderlungs5171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      These fly out of Mountain Home AFB here in Idaho. Once in awhile we are graced by flyovers that make volcanic eruptions envious. I've never heard anything like them.

  • @raidzor5452
    @raidzor5452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    It’s impressive the amount of just raw energy these engines can output.

    • @damusicman.3196
      @damusicman.3196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ✨✨✨

    • @barryclanton8875
      @barryclanton8875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The most beautiful plane other than the P51 ,that has ever been built.

  • @Robert-hr6sh
    @Robert-hr6sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a Citizen and a Veteran, my Appreciation of all who served, past, present and future! God's blessings and safety to all. 👍🙏

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your service Robert 👍🫡

    • @Robert-hr6sh
      @Robert-hr6sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Much Appreciated, thank you!

  • @davidcbrainard
    @davidcbrainard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I worked at Air Force plant 42 in Palmdale, California at site 4 on the B2 program. Next door at site three was where Rockwell assembled B1s. You could literately feel it in your chest when a B1 hit its afterburners. An incredible experience to watch (and feel) them take off.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome David. I bet that was an interesting place to work. I visited Blackbird Air Park a couple of years ago just across the runway from plant 42, incredible place. Driving past the Skunkworks was very special 😎

    • @jameswroe2403
      @jameswroe2403 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Vulcan did that without afterburners.

  • @larrygallegos6644
    @larrygallegos6644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Yes it is DEFINITELY a Beautiful plane , the only other one to out class it is the SR 71 BLACKBIRD !! THEY ARE BOTH ABSOLUTELY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD !😉👌

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed on that Larry. The SR was something else 😎

    • @brentluckhart6238
      @brentluckhart6238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not quite. The B1 is in a class by itself

    • @concorde__
      @concorde__ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      beauty is subjective dummies, saying any plane is best is just foolish

  • @zathrasyes1287
    @zathrasyes1287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Despite its destructive power, this airplane has a certain sense of beauty in its appearance.

    • @Kevin-rz6lm
      @Kevin-rz6lm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I do so much agree with that. It is a graceful thing that WAS equipped to carry 24 nuclear bombs (removed to comply with START II treaty), or 85 500# conventional bombs, and now for cruise or hypersonic missiles.

    • @adriandavies4012
      @adriandavies4012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's appeal, to me, is it's monumental destructive power,,,,,,,,

    • @jgrokoest2419
      @jgrokoest2419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All North American designed planes are gorgeous . Too bad Rockwell ruined the company.

  • @howardzinko3190
    @howardzinko3190 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Absolutely beautiful!! Only one time in all my years of attending air shows has there been a plane that shook, rattled, and rolled the ground with it's power on take off than the B-1. It was at the MCAS Miramar air show in California and I shall never forget that moment. Thanks for sharing.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're welcome Howard. Thanks for sharing your memory of Miramar

    • @patrickoconnor9908
      @patrickoconnor9908 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You should stand near a runway with an SR-71 taking off and going almost vertical... one of the benefits of growing up on AF bases.

    • @howardzinko3190
      @howardzinko3190 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Patrick Oconnor I would have loved that. The "closest" I came to the SR-71 was at it's final air show performance in 1999 at Edwards AFB. When it flew by with it's tiger-tail afterburners blazing, I could feel the power from half way across the field. They also had it fly over at 70.000 ft. at mach 3. It produced a double sonic boom and the announcer said that the SR-71 was 2 miles away. I will never forget that moment.

    • @Sugarsail1
      @Sugarsail1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I got buzzed at low altitude by one of these while sipping margaritas on a boat on Lake Powell in the '80s.....holy shit, it was doing near Mach 1 so we didn't hear it coming but one of the guys who happened to be a pilot saw it coming down a canyon onto the lake and screamed "B1!" and everyone was like "wtf is he all screaming about?" And we all turned around and it was so low over our boat that I could have tossed the pilot a margarita if he was going a bit slower. His loss. Then our ears never forgave him...earth shattering point blank RAWR! Glad he wasn't doing Mach 1

    • @delten-eleven1910
      @delten-eleven1910 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Howard Zinko I live near Nellis AFB and the B-1s visit from Dyess, no plane rattles the ground, structures and your body like a B-1 takeoff at full power overhead.

  • @shivajivythi7307
    @shivajivythi7307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wow, what a sight... Being an aircraft enthusiast from my childhood, this is a treat for me... Thanks for sharing.... God bless Royal Airforce and USAF... Regards from India 🙏....

  • @blkjet117
    @blkjet117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Awesome, a Bone from Dyess AFB. I worked on them for 9 years. I started as a Mid-shift Production Supervisor and when I retired I was the Avionics Flight Chief. I can't say it was the best base I ever worked at. The avionics shop was open for business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 363 days a year. We were only closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The workload was intense to say the least. Undermanned, and overworked. We were authorized 137 airmen, but usually had 67-73. The coolest thing I got to do as a Flight Chief was to read a letter from an Army 1st Sgt. It described how their patrol was pinned down from sniper fire and they called in air support. The closest aircraft with ordnance was 15 minutes out. Our B-1 was getting fuel from a tanker after dropping all his bombs elsewhere, It arrived within five minutes and flew over the enemy held ridge line in full afterburner at 200 feet. It didn't drop a single bomb, but the taliban fled for their lives. It must have been quite a sight. The B-1 is faster than an F-15 at sea level. Quite a beast.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just wow. What a great story, thanks for sharing 😎

    • @goldp1229
      @goldp1229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe my son was the pilot 😊

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  • @hippo780
    @hippo780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    by far the most gorgeous aircraft ive layed my eyes on.

  • @WarThnderMudnen76
    @WarThnderMudnen76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These used to tear over my house extremely low in full burner day and night during "Flag" exercises at Nellis AFB, NV. Neighbors bloody hated it and I couldn't get enough.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂 I’d have been the same as you Chris!

  • @Altenholz
    @Altenholz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    When you consider that this aircraft was designed and built decades ago, an almost incredible achievement.

    • @Kevin-rz6lm
      @Kevin-rz6lm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This one has the original external engines. The newer stealth upgrade has recessed engines to reduce radar feedback. I haven't kept up with this system, so I don't know if/when the recessed engines were/will be upgraded. I entered the Air Force Academy in 1974 and these bombers were listed with photos in the Contrails training manual as pending along with F-15's, F-16's, and A-10's. That's how freakin' long ago it was when these were being designed and tested.

    • @jeffommen4759
      @jeffommen4759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bail10k31 it’s really exciting to just think about the things the US Airforce will come up with in the future.

    • @peterbrockhoff857
      @peterbrockhoff857 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bail10k31 We're going to need them to fight WW3, primitive crazy humans won't stop until the planet is nuked for morbid!

    • @jeffommen4759
      @jeffommen4759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bail10k31 Its gonna be awesome. 6th generation of fighter jets, new stealth bombers. Looking forward to all of it.

    • @dickburt69
      @dickburt69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jeffommen4759 They’re saying the B-21 Raider and another 6th gen fighter prototype has been flying. Can’t wait!

  • @kl9505
    @kl9505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The seer amount of the energy that engines produce, and the sluggish pace of acceleration despite that power, which tells just how heavy this thing is, is almost graceful.

  • @Forest_1995
    @Forest_1995 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Last time i saw one of these up close i was 9. I will never forget how that thunderous sound rattled me.
    It was great to hear and see this mighty bomber take off from Fairford and fly over my home near cirencester on my birthday. Couldn't have asked for a better birthday present.

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      @marcilialevino2278 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @marcilialevino2278 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @sherzaiasim
    @sherzaiasim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Impressive, truly earth shattering aircraft kudos to the engineers, pilots and the mechanics that maintain these beasts

    • @damusicman.3196
      @damusicman.3196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ✨✨✨

    • @dpelpal
      @dpelpal ปีที่แล้ว

      Mechanics are the unsung heros.🤷‍♂️

  • @extradimensional8818
    @extradimensional8818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A Beautiful Bird with Beautiful Curves✌️🧐🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦

  • @CharlieGolfAviation
    @CharlieGolfAviation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Incredible. I remember watching this take off at Fairford. The sound from those four afterburners was deafening.

    • @garyhaines6891
      @garyhaines6891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought so. Like I said inearlier text. When I served on base at Dyess. What ever I was doing I would stop just to watch a Bone take off. The roar and the beauty of that plane will always stick in my mind.

  • @battingbacon1
    @battingbacon1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    3:09 Nice view of the wake turbulence on the left wingtip.

    • @WeichenherzByChrookie
      @WeichenherzByChrookie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isnt that a wingtip vortex?

    • @battingbacon1
      @battingbacon1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeichenherzByChrookie Thats the source yes, but what it leaves behind is wake turbulence, if that makes sense. Well that is what I believe, correct me if im mistaken.

    • @WeichenherzByChrookie
      @WeichenherzByChrookie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@battingbacon1 Oh, i see. thanks for clarifying

    • @johnboyjr21
      @johnboyjr21 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a bit of what would become wake turbulence after a few minutes

    • @giapnguyen898
      @giapnguyen898 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@battingbacon1 88i8888888888888(p)89ocs nhac nhe

  • @alholbertlim1154
    @alholbertlim1154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Marvelous. We support our friend, USA from long time ally, the Philippines.🇵🇭🇺🇸

  • @texan-american200
    @texan-american200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember being stationed at Dyess at that time and we went to the other side of the field through a south side perimeter road. When a B-1 was in takeoff position, we held short of the runway and got treated to witnessing those massive engines go into full afterburner. Our Hummer would vibrate from the sheer force of the roar of the engines before the plane was taking off from the strip, much like this excellent video showed.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, that must have been an amazing sight man! 😎

    • @texan-american200
      @texan-american200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@UKAviationMovies
      Sadly, we weren't allowed to photo or record the takeoff during those times because of security back then.
      K We also got to witness a B-1 and an F-15 flying at a relatively close formation over the base to show visiting congress men the B-1s tight maneuvering capabilities. I think it was meant to wow the congressman more than anything else as there was no representation of any true tactical capabilities of the bomber.

  • @RSTI191
    @RSTI191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I had one of these, I just park in my living room and stare at it all day.
    What work of art..

  • @wakeordiex
    @wakeordiex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Cool to watch, more fun to sit in! I was on that sortie headed to the Czech Republic. Over 5000 hours in a Buff and only 110 in the Bone but my, what a ride!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very cool! Thanks for dropping by 👍

    • @wakeordiex
      @wakeordiex 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaeljay4213 you obviously did enough to reply - go back under your rock. Jealous much?

  • @liverpoolfcslayer4290
    @liverpoolfcslayer4290 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is Without a Doubt THEE most Beautiful, Sleakest Plane on the Planet. The Shape/Lines are Absolutely Fantastic!

    • @delten-eleven1910
      @delten-eleven1910 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LIVERPOOL 68 I would add the F-16 too.

    • @nigeljohnson8022
      @nigeljohnson8022 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      English Electric Lightning? Vulcan? I have seen these in the flesh and you are right the B1 is a sleek looking aircraft, but my favourites are the British 50's jets.

    • @_KennethG
      @_KennethG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@delten-eleven1910 The F22 Raptor?

    • @delten-eleven1910
      @delten-eleven1910 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@_KennethG The sleekest of them all.

    • @richardelliott8523
      @richardelliott8523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's going to help people survive during this next war do we have enough supplies to help each American person who needs safety equipment for breeding and other things we might need

  • @earljohnson7745
    @earljohnson7745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those 4-engine afterburners 🔥 are insane!

    • @fromnorway643
      @fromnorway643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun fact:
      The Concorde had 15 % lower maximum take-off weight than the B-1, but still had 23 % more powerful engines.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely incredible to see 😎👍 thanks for the comment 👌

  • @jwj410
    @jwj410 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Saw one of these at fairford when I was a kid - loudest noise I've heard to date! Awesome piece of kit

    • @bradleychristensen9866
      @bradleychristensen9866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live by an air Force Base. Seen many planes. This one took a picture off my wall. It's a beast

    • @waldirlima9660
      @waldirlima9660 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      L3 .

  • @boblapee2289
    @boblapee2289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love our military ! Thank God for American soldiers, marines, sailors and flying military.

  • @dotdashdotdash
    @dotdashdotdash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I saw one at an airshow once, you could feel the ground vibrating even though it was not in visual range. awesome.

    • @christophercook723
      @christophercook723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean the US of A. That's the only country that flies these.

  • @michaelleftwich8186
    @michaelleftwich8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw 2 of these at McConnell AFB in Wichita, Ks. In 2012. One one the ground& one flying around. Saw the one on the ground up close. These birds are HUGE!!!! And AWESOME!!!!!

  • @rvnmedic1968
    @rvnmedic1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was stationed at Warner Robins AFB, GA back in 1996 and the BONE was flying there. Shook the neighborhood when it went overhead. Amazing aircraft! Cheers, Bob CMSgt, USAF(Ret)

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your service Bob 🫡 They sure are an awesome jet to see up close 😎

  • @timdavis4424
    @timdavis4424 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I worked on the Flight test program at Edwards AFB California, from 1986-1988 what a great program to have worked on.

    • @ncrtrooper245
      @ncrtrooper245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you mean rapid city South Dakota

  • @Sugarsail1
    @Sugarsail1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got buzzed by one of these things flying near Mach 1 at 100 feet off the surface of Lake Powell back in the 80s......all of us spilled our margaritas and have permanent hearing damage but it was still worth it.

  • @alexabadi7458
    @alexabadi7458 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    At 3:13 you can see the vortex at the wing's tips !Beautiful !

  • @Jrryclmnjc
    @Jrryclmnjc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a friend, a golf buddy, who is a retired USAF Colonel. He flew B-52s and B-1s. I asked him what it was like taking off in a B-1. He said it was absolutely awesome. You never get used to it. He said the ground shook all around you.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  ปีที่แล้ว

      Woah. I sure would love to sit in on that ride! Cool friend to have 👍

  • @JeffreyNihart
    @JeffreyNihart ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We were in Kandahar Province on the enemy supply trail at 6500 ft and got ambushed so we dug in behind the boulders and requested air support. We were advised the A10's could not be on site for 30 minutes at best and my response was we would not last that long but we would hold in place. The next thing I heard was a strange voice telling us to dig in place and that THEIR mission had been canceled, but could deliver lots of gifts to buy us some time and it was COVER ears time! When that B1 arrived it was only five minutes after the call. Most of us were visible elevated off the sandy ground when that bomb run exploded right in front of our now covered faces and ears! IMPRESED DOES NOT EVEN BEGINE TO DISCRIBE THE AMAZING DISPLAY BY A SINGLE BI. I HAD TO SET UP STEAK DINNERS AT A BAR HANG OUT BACK NEAR THE BASE IN SOUTH DAKOTA FOR AFTER THEIR 30 HOUR RETURN WITH A NOW EMPTY BOMB RUN LOAD AS A HEARTFUL THANKS!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. What an awesome comment, thanks a lot for sharing that with us all. I've not had a story on the channel of how a B-1 has saved troops like this, but I have seen the videos on the net. Awesome post. I'll pin it so others can read your incredible story. Thanks a lot for your service, and for the great post 👍

    • @JeffreyNihart
      @JeffreyNihart ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UKAviationMovies SOP would require them to drop their ordinance over the ocean to make that 30 hour trip back but decided instead to have our six.not

    • @JeffreyNihart
      @JeffreyNihart ปีที่แล้ว

      and not one of those aviators got an article 15 for their actions (a slap on the wrist)

  • @1glopz
    @1glopz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    probably one of the most eye pleasing aircraft I can think of

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re right there for sure. Beautiful aircraft. Thanks for the comment 👍

  • @04m6gto
    @04m6gto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is the loudest, most Earth shaking aircraft you'll ever see and hear. One of my favorite aircraft of all time. It's America's highest payload bomber and it flies like a fighter.

  • @agnostic47
    @agnostic47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been at Fairford and watched a B-1 take off from roughly the same position this was shot from. You always see kids covering their ears when planes take off but you know it's loud when most of the men also cover their ears. The ground shakes when a B-1!takes off.

  • @d500expert5
    @d500expert5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Wow that’s impressive. God bless the brave men and women who operate these amazing works of engineering

  • @techFPV5964
    @techFPV5964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She sure is a work of art isn't she!! ❤️

  • @IainHamilton
    @IainHamilton 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This has got to be "the" most beautiful looking aircraft.

  • @cfavalorofavaloro6053
    @cfavalorofavaloro6053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s one awesome jet there. They are huge and i just love watching all 4 afterburners light up.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the watch and the comment my fiend 👍

  • @Stanimal62
    @Stanimal62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The most visually stunning aircraft ever built.

    • @larrylamb3480
      @larrylamb3480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I worked in the large hanger where the engines were installed on the B1-B bomber at NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL ! GLORY TO UKRAINE ! This bomber looks like a jet fighter on steroids ! It's stealthy , flies high and has precision armaments ! GOD forbid it ever flies over Russia ,which it won't because the WEST ONLY WANTS TO LIVE IN PEACE !

  • @grahamd3712
    @grahamd3712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most beautiful aircraft ever, in my opinion.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm with you on that Graeme. The SR-71 is up there too, but the B-1 is such a beautiful jet.

  • @LarryHatch
    @LarryHatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is by far the most beautiful plane in American history. I had a white metal model of one in my college dorm and never got tried of looking at it. But the recipients of its gifts will not be so happy.

    • @leonmiller4774
      @leonmiller4774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sorry the SR&! takes that cake not only was it unarmed it was beautiful pity nobody saw much of it in reality

    • @LarryHatch
      @LarryHatch ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leonmiller4774 You might have a point there. I've spent the better part of an hour on three visits at Udvar-Hazy getting as close to the SR-71 as they will allow and bought the polo shirt of one too. Upclose it looks like a child's paper mache project made of black, badly glued paper but those lines are....legendary. "That's better than anything in Star Wars" said one guy standing near me. His young son agreed.

  • @stripervince1
    @stripervince1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived in Palmdale in the 1980s. When Playing golf at desert aire golf course you could see them parked right next to the hangar across the street. These things were absolute ground shakers earthquake makers. Loud as hell

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome. I visited there a couple of years ago, awesome place. The Blackbird air park was like my Mecca 😎

  • @fcaughli
    @fcaughli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a beast. That thing scares the hell out of me and he's on my side

  • @Retiredstatecop
    @Retiredstatecop 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had the opportunity to go inside one of these on a trip to North Dakota. I'm 6'1" and weigh about 210. I could just barely fit into the co-pilot's seat, but it was worth the effort.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow that must have been an awesome experience. I saw a video recently where one of the crew was doing a walk around of the jet. They said the B-1 was designed to carry fuel and bombs but they forgot to add the crew space 🤣

  • @backpackerthrulife8497
    @backpackerthrulife8497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I often watch this video in the morning to help get me going, it's such an adrenalin rush- visually, audibly, technologically (from the radar to the engines and everything in-between, not to mention anything that might happen to bad people along the way).

  • @iramiyahira8301
    @iramiyahira8301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The..B.ONE.. Izz thee most
    Beautiful.. Man.made bird
    Of all. Time!!!!

  • @WilyRelic4
    @WilyRelic4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The F110 GE engines are among the best as to why both the F-14 and F-16 we're redone with them however all B1-Bs still have the old but reliable GE F101 engines. The B-1 Lancer did test them several yrs ago but as to why not using them is just a mystery. The thrust to weight ratio must still be capable for such a massive plane and from the look of things still a beauty when afterburner selected.

  • @ericadams4267
    @ericadams4267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love seeing them flying at Ellsworth, there's a truck stop almost next door, and I've been able to sit and watch. Got a few great pics and videos from there... When they take off and fly over you feel that in your bones. Incredible aircraft!!

  • @bobsurgranny
    @bobsurgranny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some guy parked his lorry up on the kerb and stood on the roof, what a view!

  • @massoud139
    @massoud139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FANTASTIC CLIP ! Thank you so much for this video .

  • @backpackerthrulife8497
    @backpackerthrulife8497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The most beautiful airplane, and the most awesome, ever.

  • @siphilipe
    @siphilipe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Based on the position of the camera, it looks like before taking off the plane's speed is close to the average speed limit on a highway.

  • @algaclem9236
    @algaclem9236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love watch these planes fly I lived close to the base where they are a great bird

  • @semco72057
    @semco72057 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is an amazing aircraft and it was designed during the Cold War for penetration into Soviet airspace in case of a nuclear war. It was designed to penetrate at low levels and destroy their targets and exit quickly before going back to high level flight where it was safe. The B-2 Spirit is another airplane designed to do the same thing, but at higher altitudes and return to their home base afterwards.

  • @brianbruce8398
    @brianbruce8398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was driving on a highway next to an air show when one flew over low with afterburners. The loudest plane I have ever heard- and I have heard a lot of them.

  • @sergioleone4215
    @sergioleone4215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That has got to be one of the most beautiful planes ever made.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely. Such a beautiful jet. Thanks for the comment 👍

  • @NathanChisholm041
    @NathanChisholm041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1974! 44 years old and still going.

  • @joeybonin7691
    @joeybonin7691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I worked at Boeing Plant II, they were showing this baby off at a mini air show. I watched her do a touch and go from a few hundred yards away. Awesome aircraft.

  • @toddventura7191
    @toddventura7191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw this machine at an airshow years ago. Loudest thing I've ever heard!

  • @blackberrylady9265
    @blackberrylady9265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God bless and thank you for the Fantastic pilots u have given us to serve ....They're just fantastic 👏🏼 👋🏾👋🏾💯💯

  • @richardgraty4684
    @richardgraty4684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I love it when the afterburners come on. That's one sexy plane! I love it!

    • @marcilialevino2278
      @marcilialevino2278 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      rio do hoje xadrez José hoje NF grau jogo LPs KMFDM UFF FGTS VDG DDD jazz mDNS cjb hab km e bens de dos FM FIFA Rusk duo etc kkkklkkkkkkkkk

    • @marcilialevino2278
      @marcilialevino2278 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      rio do hoje xadrez José hoje NF grau jogo LPs KMFDM UFF FGTS VDG DDD jazz mDNS cjb hab km e bens de dos FM FIFA Rusk duo etc kkkklkkkkkkkkk

    • @justanotherdrunk
      @justanotherdrunk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya no shit!

    • @Sxltwrld
      @Sxltwrld 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Richard Graty are they soo heavy they need afterburner to take off everytime

    • @Coiler2
      @Coiler2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sxltwrld yes and no. The afterburners gives it a boost due to it being a supersonic aircraft

  • @welldone8564
    @welldone8564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what an amazing humanitarian airplane

  • @darrellanderson8617
    @darrellanderson8617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fear of this is why Putin grips the table so hard.😵

  • @bd9712
    @bd9712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love how it SEEMS the runway is built to drop a bit right in the sweet spot ??? Helping the aircraft so long as speed is great enough ???
    Very great video

  • @alhowell4732
    @alhowell4732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome, I hope they keep them around for a while !👌

  • @bobsurgranny
    @bobsurgranny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw it the next day and we practically got the same shot. Great stuff

  • @davidrodgersNJ
    @davidrodgersNJ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I went to Purdue, and very early one morning a B1 took off from their airport, right over my head. Earsplitting.

  • @LocalMarksFishing
    @LocalMarksFishing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mind is pickled by observing closely the wingtip vortacees spiral at the tip of the left wing seconds before liftoff. It's as if that plane lifts off into a 5th dimension.

  • @julianbentley3529
    @julianbentley3529 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely stunning video! 10/10. Superb!!!👍👍👍

  • @simonhardman5759
    @simonhardman5759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I worked at Fairford putting up scaffold mostly refuel plan but bigger planes come in and out .we were only 150 yards from run way . And standing on the scaffolding shaking was mental.

    • @mrams0911
      @mrams0911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I bet !!! It must have been something!

  • @tracygray3190
    @tracygray3190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have to agree, the sexiest jet in the sky, especially with the wings swept back.

  • @calvinrobertson9938
    @calvinrobertson9938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HAVE SEEN THESE N THE AIR THEY R A BEAST

  • @sashinnair1676
    @sashinnair1676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There goes the sound of freedom

  • @rhob2422
    @rhob2422 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What Nostalgia. Jet Mechanic 28MXS Ellsworth AFB 2005-2008.

  • @DroneShots_UK
    @DroneShots_UK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video of my all time favourite aircraft! Thanks!

  • @quentintice8406
    @quentintice8406 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most graceful and most articulate......... .

  • @danherrick5785
    @danherrick5785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a US citizen, I think I paid for one of the stickers on the back rudder. This would probably account for all the taxes I've paid my whole life...

    • @packerspodcast6458
      @packerspodcast6458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got the taxiing fuel. But definitely not takeoff fuel.

    • @kevindepew5705
      @kevindepew5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Without it u would be like irag

    • @danherrick5785
      @danherrick5785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevindepew5705 We have no ancient religious conspiracy radicals in the US - oops, wait a second...

    • @mikerotch4597
      @mikerotch4597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will take a jdam or two

  • @antigonish63
    @antigonish63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing that something that sleek looking can deliver 75,000 lbs of attitude adjustment. This bird first flew in 1974, still looks pretty good for an old broad.

  • @randystockstill502
    @randystockstill502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is my all time favorite plane. My dad worked for Rockwell International in Tulsa, Ok. and in 1976 we took a vacation to California. He worked it out so we could go to the plant and see the full sized mock up. We climbed all over it and got the guided tour. Definitely the highlight of the trip for me. Then I come home from school in 1977 and Carter had cancelled the program. My dad is still bent to this day...mention Carter and his blood boils!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome story! Thanks for the great comment 👍

  • @austinaronis2216
    @austinaronis2216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when these birds were based at the Kansas Air National Guard in Wichita back in the day.. Used to see them everyday.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That must have been ace! It's so great when they're on deployment here in the UK but it's a fairly rare occurrence. Thanks for the comment 👍

  • @Bibg867
    @Bibg867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A majestic looking aircraft

  • @anitasmith4559
    @anitasmith4559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The sound of it -- like a hurricane.

  • @kevindunne5753
    @kevindunne5753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's a great looking aircraft,

  • @DoctorDispatch
    @DoctorDispatch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got to see a B-1A at Offutt AFB in summer 1981. The spine was shaped a little different, the engine intakes were different, and of course it was white.

  • @thomassnowball6374
    @thomassnowball6374 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I live near fairford and when this flew over, it literally shook the ground

    • @DrMSayer
      @DrMSayer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea, i know what you mean.

  • @tracygray3190
    @tracygray3190 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you to all of the men and women who served and to those who are serving now. It makes me proud to be an American, and I know the sacrifices that y’all make every day for our freedom, my dad was also Air Force and I have lived in Turkey and Spain, I was fortunate to have experienced that but there ain’t nothin like the good ole U.S.A.

  • @roystonevans2223
    @roystonevans2223 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful looking plane, one of my clear favourites

  • @timschutte6924
    @timschutte6924 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most deadly aircraft mankind has ever produced. And most beautiful

  • @tungstenkid2271
    @tungstenkid2271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in England but sadly have never seen a B-1 overhead, they're probably under orders to keep a low profile as with all other US planes based here too, so as not to upset anti-war snowflakes.

  • @markblackman2542
    @markblackman2542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nearly blew up my headphones listening to this ,, epic B1 made by Rockwell

  • @falconfalcon4417
    @falconfalcon4417 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My favorite bomber with unique design.