always one of my favorite planes. I did a report on the B-58 while at US Air Force Squadron Officer School

1966-67 Nuclear Weapons 46250 Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB) great memories of loading this great aircraft.

Can you imagine this beautiful bomber re-designed with today's technology and micro-chips?

@christiane.g.4142

3 жыл бұрын

And redesigning those J-79 engines to be more blended into the wings

@foxtrot312

Жыл бұрын

Still a gas hog

@888ssss

Жыл бұрын

no. i mean yes. i dont know.

Saw the static display @ ChanuteAFB. One beautiful aircraft. I was on the F-111 program.

used as a backdrop in parts of the classic movie "Fail safe" even though in that movie they had the pilot and co pilot sitting side by side versus how they really sit

Another great video of the B-58 Hustler

Makes me remember the one on static display on the grounds of Chanute AFB in Rantoul, IL. I used to play around as a kid. My dad was stationed there as an electronics tech. The base also had a B-36 on display there among other SAC/TAC/MAC machines. It was a great place to be a kid. That B-58 was a spaceship to me. The only cooler plane was the F-4.

@kdcobra64

4 жыл бұрын

i saw that B58 so Sweet

@sski

4 жыл бұрын

@@kdcobra64 I see it's in the museum hanger now. I gotta go down there at some point this summer to visit the place.

@Sparkchaser1200

4 жыл бұрын

sski The museum at Rantoul is closed.

@sski

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sparkchaser1200 What?! Why?

@Sparkchaser1200

4 жыл бұрын

sski Closed in 2015. Lack of money. The aircraft the air force owned were removed. The rest were scrapped on site. The B-58 and the B-36 shipped out to Castle Air Museum. The B-58 landing gear was damaged by museum staff while trying to move it. Not sure if it is being displayed.

Still think of the movie, "Fail Safe."

It was a little ahead of it's time..... I love this aircraft and the x-15 ....

Hallochen Die B-58 Hustler war zur Zeit des letzten kalten Krieges " Mit Abstand der beste Mittelstrecken Bomber der Welt. Ende der 5o er bis Ende der 60 er Jahre. Gruß Kalli.

What a beautiful machine!

you don't get to hear that many big turbojets anymore since so many are higher bypass designs like turbofans

great video thanks for sharing

Awesome 👍

The SAM systems the Soviets had pretty much ruined any chances this aircraft had of doing its mission.

@krethmckee6726

4 жыл бұрын

No, you don’t know what you are talking about.

@gkprivate433

3 жыл бұрын

the Sams took away the speed advantage the 58 had over many pursuit fighters, but the electronic counter measures were getting pretty good by then.

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Duly note, the original flight of Plane 31 never had the Star and Bar on the fuselage.

Beautiful airplane

B-58 was an amazing plane...

Hallochen Habe noch was vergessen. Sie war schwer zu fliegen und zu beherrschen. Genau wie F-104 Starfighter. Beide waren ihrer Zeit vor raus. Aber wirksam.!! I

I wonder how well the low level performance was because the F111 pretty much replaced it. A low level dedicated platform

@TakeDeadAim

4 жыл бұрын

The aircraft itself was very stable. My grandfather was a test pilot on both the B58 and F111(Convair then GD but basically the same company) and retired in 1971 during the early design stages of the F-16. He always said the B58 was very fast low level but had no real weapon system which could be used "downstairs". When he went to the F111 he said THAT was undoubtedly the fastest low level aircraft in the world for many years but because the technology was transitioning from tube to transistor to digital so quickly back then...it got a bad rap because it didn't integrate easily. Had it been designed even 5 years later he said it would have had most of those bugs worked out as it would have been an entire generation(in weapons/TFR) newer. Oh...and they would have "fixed" the wing box as well.

I cant find any information on what kind of conventional weapons and how.

@smark1180

Ай бұрын

There weren't any.

Huge flair on landing

@georgetaylor4719

3 жыл бұрын

Of necessity. Because of the delta wing design's inherently high landing speeds, the pilot pitches up on final approach and uses the entire wing to reduce the approach speed, in much the same way wing flaps are used in a straight or swept-wing configuration. You've seen the Concorde land much the same way with it's cranked delta wing.

Tactical?? It was a strategic bomber!

@smark1180

Ай бұрын

The word tactical has its roots in tactics related to combat operations. This B-58 was the first in operational service, hence it was the _first tactical B-58 bomber._

I read that the Hustler was too fast for It,s own good. Would burn up with little or no warning,

@smark1180

7 ай бұрын

No, you did not.

It's clear everyone died landing.

They used liquid oxygen to pull of Oxygen for breathing. Saved on space

@bobclifton8021

Ай бұрын

all Air Force planes have a LOX system and have had for decades.

Great looking, poor range, difficult to maintain and very very expensive. Nice looking though.

life was better when instant death was a possibility

@bosnmatecaddie

4 жыл бұрын

Blake, life is grand, Man! I believe M. A. D. is still in effect, hope that makes U feel better!

@1Klooch

4 жыл бұрын

Fear not, secret military technology and weapons are always decades ahead of what the public is allowed to know about. I'm sure they have something tucked away which will not disappoint.

@bobclifton8021

4 жыл бұрын

This life is all you have on this earth. Try making better use of it.

not that great for napalming mud huts.

tax hustler....