Madness B-52H Stratofortress destroy 18 Runway Lights after Flying Display RIAT 23
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- B-52H Stratofortress departing, Fly-Bys and landing at Fairford RIAT-2023
Amazing to watch up close this amazing Aircraft
Sad the B-52 literally destroy 18 Runway Lights Taxing back to the ramp at Riat 2023
Timestamp
00:00 Intro
00:05 Takeoff
01:08 FLY-BY
01:54 Second FLY-BY
03:30 Landing
04:25 Taxing Back 18 Runway Lights Damage
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I had no idea that the B-52 could taxi sideways. Absolutley amazing.
Yes awesome right?
Crosswind Crab. It's for landing..
Yeah it was always a feature of them so in a crosswind they didn't need to use the traditional crosswind technique that other planes have to use.
It can sideways takeoff & land
Yeah they can, but maybe they shouldn't.
One thing it does show is the pilots ability to taxi "straight". He missed a few but still an impressive score for the camera.
it looks like a bunch were already down also.
Be patient! Next time, he'll get a couple more...
Its like Buff Bowling.
He gets high marks for tracking straight in a heavy crab configuration. He was lights out.
Hahahhah
Hard to steer a plane sideways while also waving like a maniac out of the cockpit window. RIAT was obviously a tick on his bucktet list - Respect!
That's the copilot waving, boss is in the left seat.
@@wcolbyBoo!. Way to ruin the fun!
100% did not know a B-52 could taxi like that. Learn something new every day…
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It's the inline landing gear, if it tried to land sideways - look up crosswind landings - it would just dig a wing in. It could land with up to 22 deg angle.
When the B-52 was first produced in the 1950's and 1960's, one of its most highly classified features was the landing gear that was capable of "crabbing" sidewise. The reason for this feature was that the B-52 could not bank into a crosswind during landing. The wings were so long that, during a steep enough bank angle, either the right tip or the left tip would drag along the ground. (But, mind you, only for a very short distance). Hence the crab capable landing gear.
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@@Epicaviation47 Amen, little brother! Fine video. I actually passed through Fairford several times during the nineteen eighties. Our KC-10's (from Barksdale AFB) were doing some kind of exercises at the time.
no it wasnt one of its most classified features at all. What absolute nonesense.
@@lancsladgaming7146 Read "Boeing B-52: A Documentary History" by Walter Boyne. Photograph Page 60 - 61. Caption: "The first photograph released showing the B-52's complex landing gear, which had been kept highly classified."
Nice. I was just wondering if it would help make crosswind landings easier. I always figured the reason was for hangars with tight storage space.
I never knew the B52 could steer sideways like that
The steerable landing gear was a top secret aspect of the B52. It allows the plane to takeoff and land in crosswinds the plane should not have been able to operate in.
Interesting thanks for watching
Most elevated runway lights and signs are designed to breakaway if hit. The lights are fine, the wiring is fine, they'll just have to replace the plastic riser between the mount and bulb. It's not "sad", they're designed that way and clearly worth the cost to display a unique and fantastic feature of the B-52!
Maybe
I so agree with you @jerrylittle7797!
Those lights are Aluminium, there is no plastic riser, looking at the footage the only thing that will be fine is the wiring, those old cold war fittings look like they exploded on impact.
Seen many of them squashed by wheels at old RAF bases. Metal frangible risers, with aluminium housing and a glass front, with some bad cable damage likely to some of them. About £400 a pop 15 years ago just for the spares, and many of those probably had 3 lamp units as well. Ouch. I wonder how resilient the tyre is to that many!
You don't know what you are talking about. The light is never able to just pop back in. It's almost always broken. It will take an electrician probably 20 minutes to replace each light at a cost of around $500 each. Also the runway will have to be closed during the work.
What a great crosswind landing feature.
Agreed
"Landing" feature, not taxi and show off feature
@@roberthale8407 but it was done at a "taxi and show off" event...😏
That was a top secret feature for many years ob the B-52
Crosswind crab it looks crazy
That's amazing! I never knew the BUFF can crab like that. Thanks for sharing.
Anytime
I saw a b52 in Texas last year in real life and that plane is so loud but awesome at the same time 😀
They have done it before showing this unique ability. Ironically on the Saturday they were allowing Joe Public to walk under the B52 in the static, some went between the bomb bay doors to be able to see inside. i chose to look at the mechanism for the undercarriage which also has amazing stowage, and spoke to the Airman whose task was to maintain that undercarriage, and I mentioned the previous incident to him, not knowing they were going to repeat the feat.
🤣loved the way he was knocking the lights out, gotta love the Buff
I know the electrician who had to sort this........not quite so easy as everyone might think, and he was working all night! (After a long day)!
Was he singing a English shanty while he worked? 'The Yanks are over hereeee'
Show Boss: Hey we've got a Buff coming to our show.
Airport Manager: You do realize that our runway is not large enough for that airplane, right?
Show Boss: It'll be fine.
They often operate out of Fairford, alongside the B1 Lancer
Yes… And!!! I want it here and your point is
Not WIDE enough.
The issue with the B52 is that it is too wide for the taxiway and has to turn around and back track up the runway, bringing the whole show to a halt for the duration :(
BEST
DRIFT
EVER
!
Brilliant piece of filming!
I’ve never seen that before excellent display and skill from the awesome B52👏👏🇬🇧🇺🇸
Watched these big boys do touch and goes at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota. Yes, the landing gear is really crazy but the fact that something that big can even fly is a rush!!
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Excellent display of crab, just a shame she had taken out many bulbs on the way, HEY" these things happen plenty more Bulbs in the stores, Great Plane, Great Base" and a Great Air show, 💯👌
Those light fittings are from the cold war, bit more than changing a bulb
Had to leave her mark somehow
Great upload mate, that crab walk was insane, just uploaded a video of this from slightly different angle cheers 😎
Thanks mate I appreciate it the comment
8 smoky engines plus damage to runway lights = Freedom. 😂😂
Hahahha 😂
All this time and I didn't know it had a rear gunner.....
@@SNAFU.. the tails guns were removed in the 90s
Don’t worry there just upgrading to British Rolls Royce clean engines, so they can then drop clean air nuclear bombs on the world. Work that one out
@@erice4288 but not this one?
Great ground handling by the pilot. It is not easy to keep your forward side wingtip gear ahead and that low as you crab down a runway. He might have missed a few, but he still gets full points for style.
Agreed he is a champion
I know if I were the Crew Chief, there would be 18 runway lights painted under the cockpit window!
Ah well. Gives the airfield engineers something to do after the show
Hahahha 😂
@@ProgNoizesB It’s a US military base. It’s repaired by them. Who is speaking without knowing the facts?
@@ProgNoizesB Sounds like somebody needs a mental health day.
@@josephfrancis2919Fairford is an RAF base....
@@MrBillybonkersoperated by the US
Chalk up another first for the Aim High crown. Nicely done Ace!
I'm going to guess they won't do that sidewinder taxi thing again next year.
Hahahahha probably not
That steerable undercarriage on the B52 always impressed me as an aircraft engineer! It makes crosswind landings a lot easier if you can point the wheels down the runway whilst heading into wind. I served in the RAF and we used to get these visiting for bombing competitions against the Vulcans. ( The Vulcans ALWAYS WON!)I managed to cadge a 'jolly' flight in a B52 sitting in the tail with the rear gunner ( they are all gone now they use radar tracking guns instead.) He used to have a small pressurised compartment under the tail. I was invited 'up front' once we got airborne we hant yet pressurised so to get to the front open the small hatch and crawl along this narrow 'cat walk' that runs through the bomb bay. If the bomb doors are open you are looking straight down at the ground so dont fall off! Had a brilliant trip!
GUY WAITING AT DISPERSAL WITH a calculator and a cop.....
" Hi sir are you the driver?'
"ER YEAH MAC THATS ME"
"That will be $45,000 for the damage to our lights......card or check sir?"
Major Kong of Dr Strangelove fame didn't have much luck with the catwalk!
Appreciate the post, amazing story. Sure you know about Op Sky Shield where Vulcans, not once, but twice got through U.S radar defence thanks to the electronic countermeasures on board to 'nuke' the U.S - some tech then. Remember seeing XH558 flyby on last flight in either '14 or '15 .. not ashamed to say teared up to what is the most magnificent bomber ever.
My Dad's crew won a bombing competition in the early 60's and the prize was a trip to England to an RAF base in their B-52. He got to see a Vulcan bomber up close and said it was the coolest bomber he had ever seen.
"The Vulcans ALWAYS WON" ...Check out each yr's winner: www.afgsc.af.mil/Portals/51/Docs/AFD-141030-029.pdf?ver=2015-12-15-161406-233
@@apexnc109 Same with me but the other way round. Pop did two trips to the US in the 50's prior to the Thor IRBM deployment in the UK, 1958 - '63. He really enjoyed his US trips and those he met over there. He did a full career in the RAF and often talked about it. He was like most of his generation appreciative of the US in supporting the democratic free world. If he was alive today he would be shocked how the world seems to be turning out.
What a capture! May I feature this taxiing sequence in an upcoming episode on my channel? I'll provide a link back to your video of course. Keep up the good work!
Has longer you give me credit yes no problem
Me and my son was there on Sunday, absolutely amazing all day long (except the rain showers lol) great show👍🇬🇧
Wow, what a drift! I didn't know these could even do that!
23hublock1
The pilot only just discovered that as well.
It's for crosswind landings.
It's a feature that was secret until just a few years ago.
@@clyneheretic What are you talking about? It was designed in and widely known from day one. The B-52's wings are too long to allow the usual approach to crosswind landings, which is to come in crabbed and then straighten up immediately before landing. If you did that in a B-52, you'd risk grounding a wing. So the landing gear turns to allow the whole landing to be done crabbed.
@@beeble2003 saw it somewhere (probably the internet) - but you're undoubtedly right.
They just forgot about wing creep, also known as wing growth. This always happens to highly swept wings, on the Global 7500 that I fly, the swept angle is 39 degrees which cause this wing to creep or grow outward by a little more than 4 feet. The bigger the angle, the bigger the growth when doing a tight turn or in this case the use of a swivel landing gear system.
Just crazy their still flying after all these decades. 👍🏻🇺🇸
and no signs of quitting
They're being fitted with new Rolls Royce engines. They should still be in service at the end of this century!
Last one was built and delivered in 1962 if I remember correct? Making the youngest 61 years old!
"Just crazy their still flying after all these decades" - I'm sure you have a song in that statement somewhere, a bit like The Eagles ;)
At a ridiculous cost.
I have a feeling it wouldn’t pass the ULEZ requirements
I didn’t know that about the B52 being able to taxi crab fashion 🤔
That sideways action is so cool. I’d love to ride in the cockpit while that’s happening
It will be interesting
Not that cool when it leads to them shining their rears and breaking a bunch of stuff with that unnecessary taxing stunt. That's my old unit, they're a bunch of clowns.
What's really funny about this is when the B52 Comes to Avalon for the Airshow they always manage to take the lights out too ahah
Lol 😆 🤣 😂
They should bring some spares everywhere they go 😉
Love it Held that line perfectly and clipped those lights
Yes thanks for watching
My father crewed the D G and H models along with RC-135V and KC-135.
This is a rare sight of a B-52H Stratofortress taxy sideways and marvellous footage 😊
Agreed thanks for watching
@@Epicaviation47 ahh that is awesome and much welcome bro 😊😎
damn scary-looking thing of beauty
I’m assuming this was just to demonstrate this unique feature. Maybe next time think about where the outriggers are a bit more
And that folks is why new First Officers I flew with at my airline that came from the B52 couldn't land a regular aircraft in a crosswind. Really!
The skill it takes to crab walk those aircraft is incredible.
Agreed
The pilot literally turns a wheel knob next to their seat. In the air, they turn it to a angle setting from a chart based on expected cross wind. Its not designed to do much except showboat during a taxi
Awesome video. I bet greta was choking on that smoke. very lucky not to damage the support gear or the wing.
I believe they depart tomorrow Wednesday and head back to Morón Air Base southern Spain
Awesome !!
Thanks broo 🙏
Side ways taxy ing I never knew that. Makes perfect sense for cross wind landings.
Thanks for watching
Excellent video of this amazing B-52 Stratofortress. Oh, hitting back lamp after lamp while taxiing back.
Thanks for watching 👀 🙂 and yes lamp 🔦 after lamp world champion 🏆
4:25 Now that's drifting!!!!
Không quân Hoa Kỳ hiện nay mạnh nhất thế giới Không có đối thủ nào sánh kịp 🇺🇸👍
Love the pilot waving 👋 as he approached the crowd.
Great Video! May I feature a part of this video in my daily dose of aviation? Of course I'll link back to your video with full credit. Thanks!
Yeah np sr
The left wingtip gear looked like it was to need a Band-Aid ad as aspirin as well. 🤕
Worked on B-52s for 13 years in Minot, ND. Picked up a lot of broken taxiway lights over the years.
Awesome thanks for watching
Had he offset himself from the centerline during that crabbing display, he'd have been fine. The AC was tracking on the runway centerline to stay straight, which offset the wingtip far enough that the wingtip bogie was over the edge. Pilot and copilot can't see those wheels as they are hidden by the outboard engine nacelles from their point of view. The public should be able to watch a MITO (Minimum Interval Take Off) for a real treat of B-52 performance. And noise. And smoke.
I had no idea this beast could crab walk. Zero. Great footage!
...and reverse. 🤷♂️
Yes indeed...It cant face itself into a crosswind to land because its long wings could strike the runway so the Boeing engineers designed this awesome system.
@@erice4288 in the late 1940s, before computers, cell phones, and participation trophies
@erice4288 I assume you mean it can't bank into the wind so they designed it to crabwalk on touchdown?
Best air show yet! RIAT 2023 at RAF Fairford. Even the weather couldn’t dampen our spirits! ❤
Agreed epic show
Loved every minute of it, Saturday and Sunday, Sunday especially with tbe B52 awesome, roll on RIAT 24 😎👌💪💪🔥🔥
@@stuartjobling9360 that B52 was something else, wasn’t it? It must’ve burned some fuel doing those circuits for, seemingly, hours!! 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
@dkbt1 yeah, could see it circling just of to the right of airfield and popping in and out of Clouds, awesome with its smoke trail.
Wow, great catch! Would you be okay with me featuring this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description.
Yes I don't have any issues
60 years of “Buff” watching and that’s the first time I ever saw a real x wind gear demo!
Great video 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching
Excellent video 👍
Thsnks
@@Epicaviation47 You're welcome
Never seen that before…what an aircraft. The fact they’re still flying these dinosaurs just goes to show that when you get something right there’s no need to change the formula …just keep them well maintained.
Agreed thanks for watching
Lol id love to have heard the debrief in that office afterwards.
Me too hahhahah
Love the B52's, seen them everyday in the skies in Germany and the Minot Airbase in North Dakota..
Is a impressive aircraft
Great stream guys 🥰💯
First time I've seen a B-52 deploy a landing chute.
Awesome 👌 thanks for watching
It’s done on every landing
Jet Noise The sound of freedom!
First and last time that'll happen at RIAT 😂 Impressive though 5.9 5.9 5.9 ❤
Hahha
The reason for the steerable gear is because the rudder has very little control or authority on the B-52. The tail is so big that it would snap off if the rudder had any real control. That's why the gear steers, that's why it's got 8 engines and never been upgraded to four. You need those things to fly it. Originally they wanted the entire tail to move for steering, but they didn't have the ability to do that back then.
Yep the B52 rudder is just a 1 inch strip !
No, not related to rudder size- the tandem landing gear configuration of the -52 precludes landing in a crab without the gear being able to align with the track of the airplane in a crosswind, hence the ‘crosswind’ landing gear. The crew figures the amount of crab required prior to touchdown based on reported winds and sets the angle of the trucks accordingly so they track straight while the fuselage is off center.
As another poster has noted the anhedral of the B-52’s wings make a side slip/banked crosswind touchdown problematic so the ability to land in a crab is critical. In large jets the rudder/vertical stabilizer size is primarily determined for handling engine out/asymmetrical thrust situations- indeed there is a photo of a B-52 flying after its rudder/vertical stabilizer was torn off due to extreme turbulence, and landing without incident.
The gear arrangement sounds like a poor decision until you realize what a massive bomb bay is able to be had, thanks to the unusual gear configuration.
Great video, well shot, steady. Well done in that wind. I missed the Buff returning and hence the light damage 🤦🏻♂️
Thanks for watching
Runway crabbing 🤣That was a nice drift from pilot 😂 !
It’s almost like they were doing it intentionally 😅 brilliant video and amazing technology on the Buff
Thanks for watching
Astonshing Capture. May I feature a part of this video in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. Peace :)
Of course thank you 😊
The lights have a break away union. Happens more often than you think.
But usually by lawnmowers 😂
Thats going to be one expensive crab & im not making light of it.
😂😂😂 👍🏼
The USAF will pay for it all
@@erice4288 at about 3 -$400 per light $5400 excl labor,i think they can afford it. I wonder if the winged wheel was damaged?
I stopped counting, any left on the Runway ??? 🙂
great video !
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@@MrThephoenix777 🤣
All that FOD for the next plane.....
Someone didn't think that manoeuvre through.
What an absolute beast.
Omg nice video
Thanks broo I really appreciate it 🙃
We had big Ukes with crab for towing large aircraft. It takes some practice and I admire the proficiency of the pilots who do it so well.
Agreed is not a easy task
Worth it!
That's not damage. That's a high score!
Ahahah for sure
RAAAHH MERICA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅
Lol
The first time I seen a B-52 going down a runway almost sideways was at an airshow at March AFB, California in the mid 1980s. No one thought a plane can do that. Blew me away. Love the B-52. She can still kick butt today. 👍✈🪖
Wow!!! Never seen a BUFF crab like that on the taxiway. The runway lights is but a small price for freedom.
Everything in life has a price thanks for watching
I never knew the BUFF could crab
I absolutely love 💕 the B-52 Stratofortress!!! The last of the big boys from the old days, old & cool 😎 👍 like always!!! Bring back the IOWA CLASS BB-63 ships and we'll be just fine!!! The Old School is made for real wars with brute force and valor! Now everything is small and soft, so sad 😢. Thanks.
Thanks for watching
I saw this yesterday and did not notice the tip gear knocking the lights until mentioned.
Where is Fairford? USA or UK or Europe? The old B52's still flying, had a look through one and sat in the cockpit of a B52 on display at Anderson AFB on Guam Island back in late 1980's, awesome aircraft. Enjoyed the video, brought back memories of them on Guam.
This was filmed in Fairford RIAT-2023
@@Epicaviation47 That tells me a lot, what was the country? Don't worry, I will Google it...thank you.
@@dieseldavetrains8988 uk
@@dieseldavetrains8988 Gloucestershire, UK
What a machine! Great video.
Amazing taxi
Rolls-Royce is re-thinking their repower program after this magnificent footage!
I wish thanks for watching
why? They're getting billions of dollars
You'll have to explain your thinking there, makes no sense at all.
It looks like the plane is taking a bow when it’s crabbing 😂
Hahahahha
Absolutely amazing aircraft. The landing gear sure makes crosswind landings easier.
Agreed
Buff crab has a light lunch 😁!
Yes
👍💯👍
what a beast!
Those lights were dropping like dominos! The marshal clearly wasn't doing their job but you'd think someone at the tower would tell them to MOVE OVER!
Jajaja idk 🤷♂️ but it was fun to watch
@@Epicaviation47 Yeah it was!
The old saying is a Buff when fully laden doesn’t take off it goes in a straight line and the curvature of the earth means the ground drops away from under it
seems like that ladning gear on the wing had a vendetta
Hahahha 😂