When the B-52 was designed in 1948, the most powerful engines developed only 17,000 pounds of thrust. Thus, eight are required to get the plane airborne. Today''s engines can develop 78,000 pounds of thrust, so if the plane were designed today it might only have two engines. The new Rolls Royce engines are designed to still provide only 17,000 pounds of thrust, so as not to require redesign of the wings, but to improve fuel efficiency and increased range. The remaining 76 operational B-52H's are 62 years old, The primary structural components are never replaced. The main reason for their longevity is that the usage has not been as severe as was projected. We designed the B-52G/H in 1956 for high-altitude bombing. The emphasis in the structural design was minimum weight, to maximize range. But in 1961, at the height of the Cold War, we redesigned the structure to meet SAC's new, more severe usage and service life requirements. These notably included low level terrain avoidance training, often under extreme gust and maneuver conditions. The emphasis in structural design shifted to toughness and durability. As Chief of Structures Technology at Boeing-Wichita at the time of the redesign. I am honored to say I chose the materials, the analysis methods, and the limiting stress levels for the redesign. I am now 96 and I am thrilled to see these planes still flying, and projected to do so for many more years.
Well done that man for your hard work and its amazing to think this aircraft the B52 was born before me , and still fly when i retire in 8 yrs time , the old B 52 with the old engines screams like a banshee , i love that , older engines sound better than to todays hush engines .
I was told the new ones are the RR BR725, producing 16.9k# each, still in pods of 2, as designed. They are much more fuel efficient, so longer range. They also power the new Gulfstream 650. 8)
From Deb…in 1963 the USAF shipped our family to England for a 3-year tour. Dad was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. But before that we were at RAF Fairford. Dad was a navigator on mostly KC-135s & also the BUFF. Our Fairford quarters had a great view of the flight line, with the large window of my bedroom giving me a fab view of flight ops. Every time the klaxon went off, my brother and I would rush to that window to watch the fabulous show of the entire B-52 squadron taking off; the four plumes of each plane trailing behind! Don’t be jealous of my childhood! No wonder I’ve been an aviation addict ever since.
Former Master Crew Chief B-52H 61-011 Chameleon. The B-52 actually flies at 3° nose down. One of my greatest thrills was running up engines after maintenance. Worst was cleaning starters after an alert cart start. Flying low level was also thrilling. Picking up drag chutes suck. 5th Bomb Wing Minot.
During the Cold War, SAC required the entire fleet to be airborne within 15 minutes to avoid being destroyed on the ground by Soviet ICBM's. "COCOA" alert exercises were frequently performed to practice this. The flight crews did not know if it were for practice, or for real. By design, the leading edge of the wing is tilted up a few degrees so that enough lift is generated during the takeoff roll to allow lift-off without rotation.
In 81 when I was at Wurtsmith we had crews still living on the alert pad. I was an avionics tech and our bread truck had rotating dome light and a siren. Many a time during an exercise we had to get to the pad in no time and no speed limit
no during the cold war not ALL bombers were on quick response or alert , the alert birds were required to be off the ground in a matter of minutes. Usually only about 1/3 were on alert at any time. The rest of the fleet was in various stages of repair or disrepair and not loaded. The scenario we practiced was that intelligence would keep the wings and HQ SAC advised of the deteriorating world scenario and we would have ample time to generate the additional aircraft to combat status. The first wing I was assigned to that was a 36 to 48 hour endeavor.
@@fk4515 Sir, may I assume you were in SAC? If so, my utmost thanks and respect. I was at Boeing, so was not involved in operations and not privy to threat levels. I understand that the overall alert status depended on the perceived threat level at the time. I believe the entire fleet was required to airborne in 15 minutes if at the highest DEFCON level. Is that correct?
@@cosetteudx The plane was designed in the early stages of jet engine development, and the early model B-52's engines had only about 9,000 pounds of thrust. Thus, it took eight of them to get the plane airborne. As the models progressed from A thru G, the thrust increased to about 14,000 pounds,. The TF-33 turbofan engines on the remaining 76 B-52H's have 17,000 pounds thrust. Current engines have as much or more than 78,000 pounds of thrust, but it would require a complete redesign of the plane to use only two or four af the newer larger engines. The new Rolls Royce engines will have the same size and thrust as the TF-33's so as not to require a redesign.
I grew up as an Air force brat in the mid fifties and sixties until I did my hitch in the USAF 73-77. So I was was around these BUFFs as we called them for the first 21 years of my life. I was in SAC stationed at U-Tapao Thailand and Mather AFB in California where we had an A ramp for the 4 nuclear laden alert birds and their 4 KC-135 Strato Tankers. These big boys would taxi out at high speed with all 8 of those T 33's howling on O.R.I 's Operational Readiness exercises. I was a K-9 handler and when those 4 BUFFS taxied out at high speed 50 feet away you could feel the sound waves and the turbulence pulsating from those 8 engines making your internal organs practically vibrate. Even wearing ear plugs and a "Mickey Mouse" headset over that to further protect your ears. You still could hear the high pitched whine of those TF turbo fan engines. And those long pendulous wings flexing up and down carrying those 2 pods of 4 engines on each wing. Watching them land and take off made one marvel at how agile they were with their short landing gear.
i worked at NASA on C-141's that had the same engines (4 not 8) as those BUFF's- very fuel inefficient and low bypass design compared to a modern high bypass design. I think there was a multi-$B contract to replace them!
The starters on B52's are mounted on the OPAH Oil Pump and Accessories Gear Drive Housing. The starters are driven by compressed air that drives a Starter turbine wheel that drives the gear housing. The cartridge starter allows for starting when a ground APU Auxiliary Power Unit isn't available as a compressed air source. Back in the 70's there was just one cartridge starter on each wing and bleed air was used for the other engines. It's interesting that they have 8 Cart Starters on the BUFF's now. The video makes it sound like "The Black Smoke" blows into the actual engine or something. It is simply the residual exhaust from the starter turbine wheel. United States Air Force 1971-1975 AFSC 43250 Jet Engine Technician SSGT.
Thanks for the explanation of the carts. Given the smoke from the carts, I always wondered how the heck the engine's turbine could possibly deal with that much contamination...because I mistakenly thought that the cart gas was used to directly spin up the turbine.
Back in 1969 I had three B-52 models held above my bed by fishing line along with Huey and Cobra helicopters until My brother gave me a pack of Blackcat fire crackers.
I lived 25 miles NE of Blytheville, Ark Air Base in the 60's & 70's. These fine warplanes circled my Grandparent's farm several times a month. They were a site to see & watch!
Can't wait to see the B-52 with the new Rolls-Royce engines! So curious to see the difference between the old and the new on my favorite Airforce plane.
One of the reasons the BUFF is so big is that there isn't very many cubic inches inside the fuselage that isn't filled with equipment. I worked ECM systems on it, and there is a vast amount of electronics inside it and many, many, miles of wiring.
Lived in Blytheville when Blytheville AFB (later Eaker) was operating. Nothing like see a B52 in person and in takeoff. I really miss seeing them. I was often on base and could really see how massive they were. We had renters that were crew chiefs and would rotate on the alert pad, planes and crews ready to go at a moment's notice. I miss those days.
The first one I ever saw close up. I was driving west on M-28 in the Upper Pennisula, and it came in just above treetop level headed for a landing at K. I. Sawyer AFB. Pretty darn cool!!!
The weight of the engines and fuel is actually beneficial, as the wing's most critical loading is the upward lift during flight, and the weight counters the lift.
My father-in-law flew over 250 bombing missions in Vietnam, incl. Linebacker I+II or what he called murdering thousands on innocent people on the ground. Is that what „God“ intended ?
@@thomasmoeller2961 NO. Definitely NOT. But the murdering, obnoxious communists were hiding their army, weaponry right in the middle of civilian population. Just the way Palestinian terrorists are hiding right in the middle of its own civilian people. Causing the utterly unnecessary and heart breaking deaths of NON-COMBATANT children and women. Whish is a ghastly betrayal of their own PEOPLE, whome they are supposed to be defending. A daibolical, cunning and cruel trick. AND they exhibit these avoidable deaths to the outer world as the violations of the freedom fighters of the free west, the democracy. If they don't shoot at them or bomb the areas, the communists would be shooting and bombing them. If they shoot and bomb them they appear to be heartless. Forcing in to a dichotomy.
I think the new engines are virtually fit for life and can take bio fuels. Two large engines would virtually destroy the wings, which are not designed for modern large high power engines. The B52 is special, glad it flies on. 🇬🇧
I remember watching them take off and land as a kid at the Grabd Forks Air Force Base. I was born and raised there. This was an amazing air base. Many years lader for many years I provided alot of the weekend entertainment, meet alit of people and made many friends. I always was amazed by these plains.
OUTSTANDING video. Not only was it very educational, but entertaining as well. The narration was just perfect and the video was crystal clear! Liked it so much that I just subscribed! Thank you for creating, uploading and sharing! PS: I don't know if you take requests, but I would really enjoy a video about the FLYING WING. I don't know if she is still flown or not, but I feel it would make a great video. Thanks! ✈😊
I grew up in northeastern Montana, just 60 miles from old Glasgow AFB. In addition, just to the south of us was the low-altitude Flint Rock Oil Burner run which B-52s from all over trained on. They were a very common sight during my youth. As it stands now, I haven't seen a B-52 in flight since 2001 (it and a B-2 flew over my house, which is below an aerial refueling leg). Miss seeing those ol' girls.
Thank you America for bringing aluminum mining technology from the sky to help the North Vietnamese people have the best aluminum home appliances in the world.
*_Former Boeing.... BUFF lives on and on.... kids flying it today had parents that flew it._* Because there is almost zero rotation, the B-52 has no tail strikes common to other military aircraft. Many aircraft have 'sacrificial' wearing blocks to take the punishment of a tail strike. Cheaper to replace these blocks than repair dinged up tail sections on fuselage. When B-52 was first flown, the 8 engines were quite the sight. They were needed for power and for redundancy. Can't have aircraft turning back from a strategic mission because of a blown engine. Today, the 2 giant GE 9xx engines on our 777 have more power than all 8 engines on the current B-52's combined. In fact, the GE 9xx engines are larger in diameter than the entire fuselages of 737 and B-52. If it wasn't so expensive to retrofit engines, 4 GE 9xx engines on BUFF would more than double performance. *_How long will BUFF continue to fly.... for as long as it needs to..._*
@@niweshlekhak9646 Thanks for comment. A little 'carpet bombing' goes a long ways. Back in the day B-52's lined up wing to wing and front to back to drop 70,000 pounds of dumb bombs. It was like spreading a carpet out, everything in zone was destroyed.
@@bobmorgan1575 Thanks for comment. I've been in every Boeing Military Aircraft except B-52. Bet it is quite an experience. Been in B-17, B-29, F-15, and F/A-18. Also in every Commercial plane except 787, that includes 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777.
I used to live near the old Plattsburgh air force base in northern N.Y., the base was part of the strategic air command and had a B52 loaded with nukes in the air 24/7 until the end of the cold war then they closed the base now all we have up here is fort drum home of the 10th mountain division
When I was in Plattsburgh was a FB-111 base I don't see where they ever had B-52s. It seems to me they went from B-47s to FB-111s. There was a B-52 wing in Rome New York (Griffiss AFB)
IIRC there is a difference between a "Cartridge" start and a "Cart" start. A Start-Cart or "Huffer" is a ground ower unit that provides compressed air to spool up the engine. Cartridge starts are done with a "explosive (or rocket fuel) cartridge" that is fired and spools up the engine. The first video image of a Cartridge Start may be seen in the moving "Flight of the Phoenix" starring Jimmy Stewart.
One of the B-52s is being displayed at the War Museum in Korea. I was surprised to find that it was huge in its height, wingspan, and sheer size. However, it is still smaller than B747.
And a very cramped cockpit! It wasnt designed for comfort but for a specific purpose. I was impressed seeing the b52 in Seoul also, Im from Australia and it was my first sight of one in the flesh!
Nice video. I have wondered which was actually bigger the B-36 or the B-52? I was stationed at Roswell when the B-52 was there. Sometimes a B-58 would make a visit. At that time the B-52 was equipped with hound dog missiles.
They fly daily where I live. There are a few bases dedicated to them around the U.S. From what I've heard, there's always one locked and loaded in the air at all times.
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i still miss the b-52's and kc-135's that were stationed here at castle. i think it was a mistake to centralize everything but who knows? still miss'em!
I miss the B52s that were at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro NC. They would fly low level behind my house. After the B52s left the 68th Bomb Wing became a refueling with with KC135s .The 68th was disbanded and in now the 916th Air Refueling Wing a reserve unit. They had KC10s for a few years then it became a reserve unit the KC135 replaced the KC10s. Within the last year the Wing traded the KC135 for the new KC46 Pegasus
when l was a kid in the 60s, l could see this wonderful machine high in the sky over SW Ontario Canada. l knew to look very closely at the entrail to see a pair coming out from the engine pods then blending into the more visible 4 total. and wished and wondered what it would be like to FLY IN ONE.
The B-52 max takeoff weight 488,000 lbs (219,600 kg), compared to the 747 max takeoff weight of 910,000 lb (412,770 kg). Therefore a B-52 would only need two 747 jet engines to do the same job as the older eight engines. This is 60 year old tech when compared to today's tech! 😆
When the B-52 was designed in 1948, the most powerful engines developed only 17,000 pounds of thrust. Thus, eight are required to get the plane airborne. Today''s engines can develop 78,000 pounds of thrust, so if the plane were designed today it might only have two engines. The new Rolls Royce engines are designed to still provide only 17,000 pounds of thrust, so as not to require redesign of the wings, but to improve fuel efficiency and increased range. The remaining 76 operational B-52H's are 62 years old, The primary structural components are never replaced. The main reason for their longevity is that the usage has not been as severe as was projected. We designed the B-52G/H in 1956 for high-altitude bombing. The emphasis in the structural design was minimum weight, to maximize range. But in 1961, at the height of the Cold War, we redesigned the structure to meet SAC's new, more severe usage and service life requirements. These notably included low level terrain avoidance training, often under extreme gust and maneuver conditions. The emphasis in structural design shifted to toughness and durability. As Chief of Structures Technology at Boeing-Wichita at the time of the redesign. I am honored to say I chose the materials, the analysis methods, and the limiting stress levels for the redesign. I am now 96 and I am thrilled to see these planes still flying, and projected to do so for many more years.
Well done that man for your hard work and its amazing to think this aircraft the B52 was born before me , and still fly when i retire in 8 yrs time , the old B 52 with the old engines screams like a banshee , i love that , older engines sound better than to todays hush engines .
A life well lived. Thank you for taking the time to comment! Amazing that these engineering wonders will outlive their creators!
Thanks for sharing your expertise Lawrence, it must be amazing to see your hard work still validated decades later.
@Alex Lindsey The entire plane would have to be redesigned to use 2 or 4 current larger engines.
I was told the new ones are the RR BR725, producing 16.9k# each, still in pods of 2, as designed. They are much more fuel efficient, so longer range. They also power the new Gulfstream 650. 8)
the last pilot to fly the B-52 hasn't even been born yet.
All of these pilots were not born when this aircraft started flying. Amazing
The kids working on it were not even a gleam in daddy’s eyes. I worked on them as an avionics tech at Wurtsmith AFB 81-85
Nor were Thier father's
From Deb…in 1963 the USAF shipped our family to England for a 3-year tour. Dad was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. But before that we were at RAF Fairford. Dad was a navigator on mostly KC-135s & also the BUFF. Our Fairford quarters had a great view of the flight line, with the large window of my bedroom giving me a fab view of flight ops. Every time the klaxon went off, my brother and I would rush to that window to watch the fabulous show of the entire B-52 squadron taking off; the four plumes of each plane trailing behind! Don’t be jealous of my childhood! No wonder I’ve been an aviation addict ever since.
Weren't you Lucky!!
Some people call it ugly i think its one the most beautiful planes ever built.
Former Master Crew Chief B-52H 61-011 Chameleon. The B-52 actually flies at 3° nose down. One of my greatest thrills was running up engines after maintenance. Worst was cleaning starters after an alert cart start. Flying low level was also thrilling. Picking up drag chutes suck. 5th Bomb Wing Minot.
During the Cold War, SAC required the entire fleet to be airborne within 15 minutes to avoid being destroyed on the ground by Soviet ICBM's. "COCOA" alert exercises were frequently performed to practice this. The flight crews did not know if it were for practice, or for real.
By design, the leading edge of the wing is tilted up a few degrees so that enough lift is generated during the takeoff roll to allow lift-off without rotation.
In 81 when I was at Wurtsmith we had crews still living on the alert pad. I was an avionics tech and our bread truck had rotating dome light and a siren. Many a time during an exercise we had to get to the pad in no time and no speed limit
no during the cold war not ALL bombers were on quick response or alert , the alert birds were required to be off the ground in a matter of minutes. Usually only about 1/3 were on alert at any time. The rest of the fleet was in various stages of repair or disrepair and not loaded. The scenario we practiced was that intelligence would keep the wings and HQ SAC advised of the deteriorating world scenario and we would have ample time to generate the additional aircraft to combat status. The first wing I was assigned to that was a 36 to 48 hour endeavor.
@@fk4515 Sir, may I assume you were in SAC? If so, my utmost thanks and respect. I was at Boeing, so was not involved in operations and not privy to threat levels. I understand that the overall alert status depended on the perceived threat level at the time. I believe the entire fleet was required to airborne in 15 minutes if at the highest DEFCON level. Is that correct?
But why does it need eight engines? The video never answered the question.
@@cosetteudx The plane was designed in the early stages of jet engine development, and the early model B-52's engines had only about 9,000 pounds of thrust. Thus, it took eight of them to get the plane airborne. As the models progressed from A thru G, the thrust increased to about 14,000 pounds,. The TF-33 turbofan engines on the remaining 76 B-52H's have 17,000 pounds thrust. Current engines have as much or more than 78,000 pounds of thrust, but it would require a complete redesign of the plane to use only two or four af the newer larger engines. The new Rolls Royce engines will have the same size and thrust as the TF-33's so as not to require a redesign.
The ultimate importance of professional maintenance. Kudos to these men and women for keeping USAF ready to answer the call.
I grew up as an Air force brat in the mid fifties and sixties until I did my hitch in the USAF 73-77. So I was was around these BUFFs as we called them for the first 21 years of my life. I was in SAC stationed at U-Tapao Thailand and Mather AFB in California where we had an A ramp for the 4 nuclear laden alert birds and their 4 KC-135 Strato Tankers. These big boys would taxi out at high speed with all 8 of those T 33's howling on O.R.I 's Operational Readiness exercises. I was a K-9 handler and when those 4 BUFFS taxied out at high speed 50 feet away you could feel the sound waves and the turbulence pulsating from those 8 engines making your internal organs practically vibrate. Even wearing ear plugs and a "Mickey Mouse" headset over that to further protect your ears. You still could hear the high pitched whine of those TF turbo fan engines. And those long pendulous wings flexing up and down carrying those 2 pods of 4 engines on each wing. Watching them land and take off made one marvel at how agile they were with their short landing gear.
i worked at NASA on C-141's that had the same engines (4 not 8) as those BUFF's- very fuel inefficient and low bypass design compared to a modern high bypass design. I think there was a multi-$B contract to replace them!
The starters on B52's are mounted on the OPAH Oil Pump and Accessories Gear Drive Housing. The starters are driven by compressed air that drives a Starter turbine wheel that drives the gear housing. The cartridge starter allows for starting when a ground APU Auxiliary Power Unit isn't available as a compressed air source. Back in the 70's there was just one cartridge starter on each wing and bleed air was used for the other engines. It's interesting that they have 8 Cart Starters on the BUFF's now. The video makes it sound like "The Black Smoke" blows into the actual engine or something. It is simply the residual exhaust from the starter turbine wheel.
United States Air Force 1971-1975 AFSC 43250 Jet Engine Technician SSGT.
Thanks for the explanation of the carts. Given the smoke from the carts, I always wondered how the heck the engine's turbine could possibly deal with that much contamination...because I mistakenly thought that the cart gas was used to directly spin up the turbine.
Back in 1969 I had three B-52 models held above my bed by fishing line along with Huey and Cobra helicopters until My brother gave me a pack of Blackcat fire crackers.
Ha, ha, ha....been there, done that!!!
The combined 8 engines produce a takeoff thrust almost as large as one of my B777 GE90-115 engines.
I just LOVE B-52 🥰
I lived 25 miles NE of Blytheville, Ark Air Base in the 60's & 70's. These fine warplanes circled my Grandparent's farm several times a month. They were a site to see & watch!
Can't wait to see the B-52 with the new Rolls-Royce engines! So curious to see the difference between the old and the new on my favorite Airforce plane.
The Pratt and Whitney TF33 engines have the best sound.Very distinctive.
They provide the same thrust just more economical hence the B52 will fly longer before need to refuel.
One of the reasons the BUFF is so big is that there isn't very many cubic inches inside the fuselage that isn't filled with equipment. I worked ECM systems on it, and there is a vast amount of electronics inside it and many, many, miles of wiring.
So another Old Crow. I worked the ECM at Loring AFB. Enjoyed the work on the BUFF.
amazing that frame holds up after 50 years
Lived in Blytheville when Blytheville AFB (later Eaker) was operating. Nothing like see a B52 in person and in takeoff. I really miss seeing them. I was often on base and could really see how massive they were. We had renters that were crew chiefs and would rotate on the alert pad, planes and crews ready to go at a moment's notice. I miss those days.
The first one I ever saw close up.
I was driving west on M-28 in the Upper Pennisula, and it came in just above treetop level headed for a landing at K. I. Sawyer AFB.
Pretty darn cool!!!
A super military aircraft of a super power , good 👍
Probably the best missile truck ever built:)
Greatest plane EVER built!
By far the greatest warplane of all time
I cant believe how the wings dont fold with the weight of 4 engines on them.....fabulous engineering.
Not just engines. Those wings are full of fuel, external fuel tanks, and external pylons for bombs and cruise missles.
The weight of the engines and fuel is actually beneficial, as the wing's most critical loading is the upward lift during flight, and the weight counters the lift.
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Seeing one on video can’t compare to seeing one up close. When I was in the Army, we saw one in the hangar waiting to deploy and it was massive.
Those are some awesome aircraft. I'm glad they belong to us
God bless the men and women who operate and maintain them! 😊😊
My father-in-law flew over 250 bombing missions in Vietnam, incl. Linebacker I+II or what he called murdering thousands on innocent people on the ground. Is that what „God“ intended ?
@@thomasmoeller2961
NO.
Definitely NOT.
But the murdering, obnoxious communists were hiding their army, weaponry right in the middle of civilian population.
Just the way Palestinian terrorists are hiding right in the middle of its own civilian people.
Causing the utterly unnecessary and heart breaking deaths of NON-COMBATANT children and women.
Whish is a ghastly betrayal of their own PEOPLE, whome they are supposed to be defending.
A daibolical, cunning and cruel trick.
AND they exhibit these avoidable deaths to the outer world as the violations of the freedom fighters of the free west, the democracy.
If they don't shoot at them or bomb the areas, the communists would be shooting and bombing them.
If they shoot and bomb them they appear to be heartless.
Forcing in to a dichotomy.
@@thomasmoeller2961 Your a communist democrat that murdered thousands of Americans
A marvelous airframe. Long live the BUFF.
The American Boeing B- 52 Stratofortress and Russian Tupolev Tu-95 are the embodiment of "If it ain't broke don't mess with it."
I think the new engines are virtually fit for life and can take bio fuels. Two large engines would virtually destroy the wings, which are not designed for modern large high power engines. The B52 is special, glad it flies on. 🇬🇧
I remember watching them take off and land as a kid at the Grabd Forks Air Force Base. I was born and raised there. This was an amazing air base. Many years lader for many years I provided alot of the weekend entertainment, meet alit of people and made many friends. I always was amazed by these plains.
I don't know if that's worth it, taking into account that living so close to a military base seems to have given you a stroke
Terrific video, Fluctus~! Thanks!!
I love the sound of those engines. Powerful.
Awesome Video
Very well-made video. Thank you!
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OUTSTANDING video. Not only was it very educational, but entertaining as well. The narration was just perfect and the video was crystal clear! Liked it so much that I just subscribed! Thank you for creating, uploading and sharing!
PS: I don't know if you take requests, but I would really enjoy a video about the FLYING WING. I don't know if she is still flown or not, but I feel it would make a great video. Thanks! ✈😊
Those things are one of my favorites for sure .
Love the 52's!
It's something to say that this incredible plane is flown by people that are less than half its age.
I grew up in northeastern Montana, just 60 miles from old Glasgow AFB. In addition, just to the south of us was the low-altitude Flint Rock Oil Burner run which B-52s from all over trained on. They were a very common sight during my youth. As it stands now, I haven't seen a B-52 in flight since 2001 (it and a B-2 flew over my house, which is below an aerial refueling leg). Miss seeing those ol' girls.
Why are you talking about airplanes in the front and missing the girls in the back?😅
Thank you America for bringing aluminum mining technology from the sky to help the North Vietnamese people have the best aluminum home appliances in the world.
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*_Former Boeing.... BUFF lives on and on.... kids flying it today had parents that flew it._*
Because there is almost zero rotation, the B-52 has no tail strikes common to other military aircraft. Many aircraft have 'sacrificial' wearing blocks to take the punishment of a tail strike. Cheaper to replace these blocks than repair dinged up tail sections on fuselage.
When B-52 was first flown, the 8 engines were quite the sight. They were needed for power and for redundancy. Can't have aircraft turning back from a strategic mission because of a blown engine. Today, the 2 giant GE 9xx engines on our 777 have more power than all 8 engines on the current B-52's combined.
In fact, the GE 9xx engines are larger in diameter than the entire fuselages of 737 and B-52. If it wasn't so expensive to retrofit engines, 4 GE 9xx engines on BUFF would more than double performance.
*_How long will BUFF continue to fly.... for as long as it needs to..._*
I mean B-52 will always be ideal to bomb the Taliban, so probably will live forever.
@@niweshlekhak9646 Thanks for comment. A little 'carpet bombing' goes a long ways. Back in the day B-52's lined up wing to wing and front to back to drop 70,000 pounds of dumb bombs. It was like spreading a carpet out, everything in zone was destroyed.
@@SJR_Media_Group Those were not "dumb" bombs. They were very smart. They ALL fell all the way to the ground and then went BOOM.
I was rather taken aback the first time I got to watch one climb out in a nose down attitude.
@@bobmorgan1575 Thanks for comment. I've been in every Boeing Military Aircraft except B-52. Bet it is quite an experience. Been in B-17, B-29, F-15, and F/A-18. Also in every Commercial plane except 787, that includes 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777.
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Very nice
I used to live near the old Plattsburgh air force base in northern N.Y., the base was part of the strategic air command and had a B52 loaded with nukes in the air 24/7 until the end of the cold war then they closed the base now all we have up here is fort drum home of the 10th mountain division
When I was in Plattsburgh was a FB-111 base I don't see where they ever had B-52s. It seems to me they went from B-47s to FB-111s. There was a B-52 wing in Rome New York (Griffiss AFB)
Airborne nuclear alert, "Operation Chrome Dome", terminated in 1968, many years before the end of the Cold War.
If people maintained their cars half as good as these planes,cars would last 50 years as well.
IIRC there is a difference between a "Cartridge" start and a "Cart" start. A Start-Cart or "Huffer" is a ground ower unit that provides compressed air to spool up the engine.
Cartridge starts are done with a "explosive (or rocket fuel) cartridge" that is fired and spools up the engine. The first video image of a Cartridge Start may be seen in the moving "Flight of the Phoenix" starring Jimmy Stewart.
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Man that thing is huge.
One of the B-52s is being displayed at the War Museum in Korea. I was surprised to find that it was huge in its height, wingspan, and sheer size. However, it is still smaller than B747.
And a very cramped cockpit! It wasnt designed for comfort but for a specific purpose.
I was impressed seeing the b52 in Seoul also, Im from Australia and it was my first sight of one in the flesh!
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The B-52 is only 159ft in length, most civil planes are longer than that.
What a beautiful jet maintaining this is really a costly job but nice work
Good aircraft keep it in use
I served at BAFB in fuels- this a/c is pretty awesome...
Please please keep on such a thing
AMAZING!!!
Worked B-52G aircraft, as an Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Tech, at Castle AFB 1989-1993. Keep 'Em Flying!
It is really a monster to restore peace among nations
The tu160 is a much larger mach 2 bomber and uses four engines. 8 engines are required only because they are not large engines,
WELL.
I think the reason is this B52 was designed in 1948.
Tu160 was designed in the 1970s or so. (I don't know the year.)
WOW!!! amazing!
Mohammad Ehtashami is an Iranian-American engineer who designed F-117, B-52 and B-1 engines
I'm From Iran And Proud To Him 🇮🇷❤️
Nice video. I have wondered which was actually bigger the B-36 or the B-52? I was stationed at Roswell when the B-52 was there. Sometimes a B-58 would make a visit. At that time the B-52 was equipped with hound dog missiles.
B-36 is about 10 feet longer fuselage & 45 feet longer wing span. B-36 could carry a heavier load also.
@@vitogulotta7193 Just much slower, 230 mph cruise VS. 509.
@@michaelplunkett8059 Hve you ever flown or worked the H?
@@vitogulotta7193 B-36: 210 ft. wingspan
B-52: 185
@@jimwatson842 According to the Air Force Museum the B-36 has a wing span of 230 Ft.
Amazing Aircraft
Very beautiful sweet looking sir
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Murdering millions of american babies thru abortion, supported by democrats
WHAT A BOMBER
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Don't listen to anyone here. The only reason they needed 8 engines because it was cooler than 4
With 8 engines one can malfunction in flight and the plane keeps flying.
They are undergoing a engine upgrade. Using a rolls-royce engine made for the b-52
In the air under 10 mins .? Freaking amazing 😮. Behemoth air - borne ..
We have a lot of skill men and women in the world they are to be commended
With the current technical means, are the B-52 operational today? Aren't they very fragile considering the current weaponry?
They fly daily where I live. There are a few bases dedicated to them around the U.S. From what I've heard, there's always one locked and loaded in the air at all times.
@@noahcrockett9641Untrue regarding airborne nuclear alert. That program, Operation Chrome Dome, was terminated in 1968, well over half a century ago.
One GE9X produces as much thrust as all 8 of these engines combined. Crazy
There is one at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford England. Worth a visit!
And one at Darwin museum
용어정리:
- 중위(진) - 얼마후에 대위될 사람.
- 대위(진) - 얼마후에 소령될 사람.
- 소령(진) - 얼마후에 중령될 사람.
- 중령(진) - 얼마후에 대령될 사람
- 대령(진) - 얼마후에 준장될 사람.
Glossary:
- Lieutenant (Jin) - The person who will soon be captained.
- Captain (Jin) - A person who will soon become a major.
- Major (Jin) - A person who will soon become a lieutenant colonel.
- Lieutenant Colonel (Jin) - The person who will soon become a colonel
- Colonel (Jin) - A person who will soon become a brigadier general.
You don't actually address why there is a need for 8 engines,
Just keep them all well fed.
I landed one of these first try in a simulator when I was at encampment at Barksdale
My Grandfather used to fly these big birds 🫡
Looks much more like a turbojet than a turbofan engine. It must be a very low bypass TF.
Awesome
Still prefer the B1. It has a larger payload capacity than the B52, and it's supersonic.
Because it is freaking huge.
i still miss the b-52's and kc-135's that were stationed here at castle. i think it was a mistake to centralize everything but who knows? still miss'em!
I miss the B52s that were at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro NC. They would fly low level behind my house. After the B52s left the 68th Bomb Wing became a refueling with with KC135s .The 68th was disbanded and in now the 916th Air Refueling Wing a reserve unit. They had KC10s for a few years then it became a reserve unit the KC135 replaced the KC10s. Within the last year the Wing traded the KC135 for the new KC46 Pegasus
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when l was a kid in the 60s, l could see this wonderful machine high in the sky over SW Ontario Canada. l knew to look very closely at the entrail to see a pair coming out from the engine pods then blending into the more visible 4 total.
and wished and wondered what it would be like to FLY IN ONE.
美しささえ感じる、爆撃機なのに 地獄の天使
BUFF = Beautiful Unmatched Freedom Fighter. 🇺🇸
BUFF = Big Ugly Flying F**ker
That is not what we called the BUFFs
Un gran equipo de trabajo todos los de mantenimiento...
Na um die ganzen Bomben zu transportieren
Imagine what if this massive aircraft was redesigned to be an high speed tactical bomber just like B-22 spirit and then break the speed of sound 😬
The B-52 max takeoff weight 488,000 lbs (219,600 kg), compared to the 747 max takeoff weight of 910,000 lb (412,770 kg). Therefore a B-52 would only need two 747 jet engines to do the same job as the older eight engines. This is 60 year old tech when compared to today's tech! 😆
Actually a bit more but you're close. Basic acft weight is 188,000, it holds 312,000 lbs of fuel, plus munitions.
Rolls engines will see BUFF through to its centenary.
The B52 was and still is a wonderful marvel. And i am just a ordinary person who has nothing to do eith aviation.
At 12:44 it says: "American Made Jet Engines", and yet, the engines are made by "Rolls-Royce", a British company.
ADD A CLOAKING DEVICE AND B-52 WOULD STILL BE TOP BOMBER.
It has 19 of them. They're called radar and communication jamming systems, my specialty code.
@@bobmorgan1575 The entire electromagnetic spectrum; DC to daylight.