It's not a weird reason. The engines used currently on the B52 are OLD as the hills technology so they smoke because they smoked when they were designed. Change them to newer technology engines and the no more smoke. There, I saved anyone who couldn't wait nearly 15 minutes of their life to find out why.

@richb.4374

8 ай бұрын

Exactly, they smoke because they run a very rich fuel mixture due to the old design. Back in the day, the fuel delivery systems for jet engines were less than wonderful, they just hosed the engine in fuel and hoped for the best. They didn't care about efficiency because jet fuel didn't cost what it does today. Plus they didn't want to risk a flameout so better to run rich.

@dougdegraff5892

8 ай бұрын

Seven years working on those TF-33 engines, although not exactly hosing the fuel in the engines. There have been many technological advances in 50+ years. There have been many upgrades to the B-52 since they were built, but the engines however have remained exactly as they were built. Yes they have all been overhauled many, many, did I say MANY times. But no new technology has been added to the engines.. The Air Force has considered replacing the engines with more current models but as of this moment they as well as the rest of the military services suffer from that disease that effects a majority of people in this world called DaFundsalow…😂 It will cost major $$$$$$$ to upgrade to a more fuel efficient engine for these aging aircraft..besides the time it will take to refit every one of them. This is not your average LS swap in the family hot rod we’re talking about.

@eezy9872

8 ай бұрын

​@@dougdegraff5892but they are being replaced, by the Rolls-Royce F130.

@irabullrider

8 ай бұрын

Plus they use cheap jet fuel that is probably closer to diesel than jet fuel..

@grandcrappy

8 ай бұрын

Expensive as a bitch to campaign.

OK... so I have to ask... who ever described the smoke as "scary"?!!

@nicholasklangos9704

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!! As a 23 year veteran who worked on fighters, tankers an Buffs for short period with kc135s I NEVER heard anyone call the smoke scary! Except the enemy!!

@t.c.2776

8 ай бұрын

@@nicholasklangos9704 as a teen we used to go to Bangor AFB, in Maine, back in the 60's and there was a parking spot right at the end of the runway where you could park your care and be less than 200 feet below the B-52's as they landed directly over head... that was kick-ass... and the primary jets at that time were the F-104 Voodoo

@stargazer2504

8 ай бұрын

Well, I'd like to say it but I would get banned. But the word starts with L and ends with berals.

@jstring

8 ай бұрын

Anyone from Gen Z

@vitogulotta7193

8 ай бұрын

Just the people who titled this piece, because they don't know what they're talking about.

Back when this aircraft was first built, black smoke trailing jet engines was the norm rather than the exception. Not seeing black smoke for someone who grew up next to the LA Airport is still strange.

@paulnicholson1906

8 ай бұрын

Called air pollution. Diesel trucks used to belch black smoke too. Progress is great.

@HitsTownUSA

8 ай бұрын

The old P&W JT-8s on the old 727s used to smoke too. So did the DC-8s.

B-52Hs are getting brand new Rolls Royce F-130 engines and will be reclassified as B-52Js after installation

@bwmcelya

8 ай бұрын

B-52: Still a solid aircraft. Beautiful to look at and a top performer. I’m pleased to hear about new power plants. I would love to hear the new sound of takeoff.

@182QKFTW

8 ай бұрын

@@bwmcelya Try to find (4) Gulfstream V's or 550's taking off at the same time...and there you have it(:

After 112 years, the Colt .45 Model 1911 still has some active service in the US military despite the introduction of certain replacement models from other manufacturers. It is the single longest lasting weapon in the United States military arsenal including everything from pop guns to 16 inch battleship cannons. The Boeing B52 Stratofortress is the longest lasting aircraft in US military aviation after almost 70 years and is still in operation. Some of these planes are more than twice as old as their pilots, and are still going strong.

I grew up near a SAC base and saw B-52s taking off throughout my childhood, so the black smoke just seemed normal.

I had to hide in a cupboard when I saw those smoke trails.

Oh those scary smoky trails. Had one chasing after me just the other day until I realized it was just me.

@obhuicoksetyaetse1

8 ай бұрын

Scary Smoky trails? What idiot writes this crap

@wannamontana4130

8 ай бұрын

Nobody light a match! LOL

@mudhutproductions

8 ай бұрын

@@wannamontana4130 Oh hell no! I can't run that fast!

What's the mystery of jet engines running rich? When I was growing up in the late 50's into the 60's every jetliner in the U.S. left black exhaust trails during take-off.

@GBOAC

8 ай бұрын

Not everyone is as old as you

@gehlen52

8 ай бұрын

@@GBOAC Not everyone will be that lucky either.

@paulnicholson1906

8 ай бұрын

I am 😀@@GBOAC

@paulnicholson1906

8 ай бұрын

Is BOAC the British Overseas Airways Corporation?

@GBOAC

8 ай бұрын

@@paulnicholson1906 it is, and G being the UK prefix for airplane registrations it may give a hint to what it’s referring.

70 years of service. I wish my car would last that long.

@thomasturner7111

8 ай бұрын

Hope i last that long cheers…

@tea4223

8 ай бұрын

@@thomasturner7111 LOL... well, me too bro.

@akulahawk

8 ай бұрын

If you inspect, maintain, and repair/replace items in the same way as airplanes, your car will last pretty much forever... It'll be basically a new car after every major overhaul...

@tea4223

8 ай бұрын

@@akulahawk That's true.... until my wife totals it,

@akulahawk

8 ай бұрын

@@tea4223 that's a different problem but we all can relate!

Interesting about the cartridge starts, not seen that before. Old design engines were smoky as they were less efficient. Don't know what the blue angels and other filler has got to do with b52 smoky engines?

The black smoke is actually just soot, from unburn fuel, the F4 Phantom is another such plane, and help ATC (and enemy !) identify them, much like the same black smoke from older diesel bus and truck. With the emphasis on efficiency the smoke been engineered out.

@faktistletztenendes894

8 ай бұрын

In Germany F4's had a long career and had the nickname "Luftwaffendiesel"...

What exactly is scary or mysterious about a smoke trail from a Vietnam era jet engine?

@thomasturner7111

8 ай бұрын

Just the greenies making it scary ooh ooh black smoke pollution bad bad bad…

I worked on these in the early 80s and thought they were old then. I guess they just keep on keepin' on.

Theres nothing weird about it, back in the days they needed rich fuel mixture, more power plus it both cools and cleans. The cooling factor is significant, you can then push the engine above its limits, the difference is bigger than one would think. Cant compare old turbo jets to modern fan jets, old jets relied on lots of fuel to get lots of power from small engines.

@Comm0ut

8 ай бұрын

Primitive fuel controls (fmr engine troop here) and combustors were more an issue since cooling is performed by compressor bleed air and other air blankets such that flame does not impinge on metal.

Saw some of these taking off from Grand Forks AFB back in the late 70's, pouring out black smoke. Awesome to see and hear!

If you think those engines smoke, you should have seen the B-52G and older mdels with a water-injectin takeoff. You took a perfectly good running jet engine and threw 1000 gallons of demineralizd water into it with 30% going in the inlet to cool the air and make it denser so you could burn more fuel and increase the thrust. Then you put 70% in the turbine area for steam generation. That was a very smoky combineation. H models are nothing compared to that.

@andy164501

8 ай бұрын

True to a point. My years at a SAC base featured 2 squadrons of the G model so I'm witness to these beasts taking off (I was "airway sciences" so was close to the runways often). The end result was not so much a "smoky combination" as it was a combination of smoke and steam that looked like it was far more 'smoke' than it actually was.

I was on a SAC base........loved to hear the klaxon sound, then flush the birds...one right after the other.....then the tankers...KC 135.following them.......then all quiet on the Base...great stuff............👍👍

@donalddodson7365

9 ай бұрын

@deepwoodguy2 I would visit March AFB, Riverside, CA around 1970. Each intersection had a rotating blue beacon hung over the mid-point. Signs advised pull over and stop when activated. During one visit the lights came on. From behind came the ubiquitous blue USAF crew cab pickup truck with lights and siren, 'flying' to the flight line. Exciting stuff!

@simonrussell6884

9 ай бұрын

Do they still smoke? Weren’t the engines replaced recently?

@deepwoodguy2

9 ай бұрын

where i was...the flight crew was housed right next to the B-52 aircraft....so..they just ran out of their housing and climbed aboard...@@donalddodson7365

@chrishuber7704

8 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the Phantoms they release to provide cover before the Buff’s take off and get a drink. Remember watching that while on base at Carswell in the ‘80’s. What a sight.

Yet the B--52s has already started its re engine program.

Another interesting documentary.... Roger..... Pembrokeshire UK

So proud of our B-52's. Go USA.

Very good video!

Very good for the environment and Global Warming.

If a little bit of black smoke "instills overwhelming apprehension" in you, you shouldn't leave the house. It'll be safer for you.

Really good thank you once again ,already making my week end 😁👍

The new engines won't leave smoke. The old engined where designed I'm the late 50's

I watch these takeoff every morning at Barksdale AFB as I deliver supplies to the base. Awesome sight

When i was stationed at Castle, our shop was located to the west of the 31 EOR. Whenever the 135A's and G models would take-off, all converstion in the hangar ended, phones went unanswered, and ear plugs were inserted. The sun would disappear for a bit as well, at least until the black smoke dissapated.

@robertheinkel6225

8 ай бұрын

I was visiting a friend living in Merced. No alarm clocks required,because at 6 sharp, they would start engine runs and wake everybody up.

Call me crazy but I love smoke trails. I remember flying out of Denver’s Stapleton airport back in the early 90s and seeing how smoke trails were much more common back then.

Thank you so much for your sharing,😍

They're low-bypass turbofans and the black smoke is from them running excess fuel at high engine loads to reduce temperatures...like running a piston engine a bit rich at max power.

Engine fuel controls on those old birds were analog and therefore set to be a bit fuel rich to prevent a flame out if the throttles happened to be reduced to quickly. Also the old engines had water injection just like the KC-135A tankers. Water injection gave about a 10% boost in thrust for better take off performance.

@robertboykin1828

8 ай бұрын

The J-79, F-104's and the B-58's used were a smoky engine. I think they corrected this, because, if the enemy wanted to find their target, just follow the path.

@vitogulotta7193

8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!! 💯‼💯‼

@jstrahan2

8 ай бұрын

The H models did not have water injection.

@jstrahan2

8 ай бұрын

@@robertboykin1828 : The B-52H used TF33-P-3 engines. They were not all that smoky.

@vitogulotta7193

8 ай бұрын

@@jstrahan2 Not as smoky as the J57 but smoky enough.

This is a bit painful to watch. Being a former B-52G AC the REAL black smoke was from using water injection on a J-57 engine. Both the B-52's and KC-135's using J-57"s. H models with their TF-33's didn't put out anything. The EPA would have loved them.

In the 60's it was assume to see a fully loaded B-52 take off from Guam drop down out of site then rise like a bird of prey out of the see pouring black smoke, loved watching it.

Scary to whom? I grew up with smoky aircraft exhaust...never once thought: "oh shit...that's some scary exhaust."

I respect this lady

Used to watch these taking off from Frankfurt, they woudl be so heavily laden you could see the wings rise under lift way before rotate. the plane would almost dissappear down the runway and then you would see it reappear and climb out just over the trees at the far western end of the runway.

Have you ever noticed someone pushing the crosswalk button over and over expecting the light to change sooner? Those same people over-use emojis...

So, what exactly is scary about a smoke trail from a heavily laden military aircraft?

Thanks for the video…amazing massive aircraft…

I imagine there are babies born today whose children will be flying B-52s….. 😊

The black smoke is frome the fuel burn being incomplete, more oxygen less black smoke, blue smoke is from oil.

Its becuse they are still using the same old smokey engines that were fitted to Boeing 707s. Fortunately, they are fitting new turbo fan engines soon that will be more efficient and eliminate all that unburnt fuel.

@rickpalmer9518

8 ай бұрын

Yes those JT 3 (pure jet) and JT3d (FAN JET)(improved fuel by 30%engines and also JT 8's on (DC 9/727) all can/annular combustion chambers with re-canning (modified airflow) no smoke and 1% or so improvement in fuel consumption. The new R/Royce a further 40% fuel reduction (can carry bombs or missiles farther)

There’s no more scary looking plane than the B52 IMO. You see one of these bad boys flying over your house in an enemy country, you’re gonna have a bad time…

My first wife (rip) and I lived in Delhi, California right in the flight line of the B-52s at Castle AFB. After living there long enough it was hard to sleep without the sound of them passing over our house after we had moved to Modesto. .

@russvoight1167

8 ай бұрын

I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB SD, a SAC base with B-52s. I took a while to get over the engine run ups on the flight line at wee hours of the morning

11:39 Blue Angel pilots don't wear G suits because of the high precision flying they do, having a G suit in/deflate would cause them to unintentionally move the flight controls.

I believe rolls Royce is making a new generation engine for the Buff. It will increase power and range. I saw somewhere that the Buff has a water injection system that is used at take off and that is what causes the black smoke

@robertheinkel6225

8 ай бұрын

The original J-57 engines used water injection. Later models went to a turbo fan engine, and now modern engines are being installed. Basically the same power, but more efficient and reliable.

@jiggsborah7041

8 ай бұрын

@@robertheinkel6225 ...thanks

@akulahawk

8 ай бұрын

The new RR motors will be much more efficient even though there'll be yet 8 of them.

@akulahawk

8 ай бұрын

There has long been a discussion about replacing the 8 engines with 4, but there are 2 provided with that. One is the engine pylons will need to be completely redesigned. The bigger problem is that if one engine fails, there'll be a big asymmetric thrust problem that the tail won't be easily able to correct. With 8 engines, if 1 fails that's not as big of a problem and the crew would be able to trim that out with both yaw trim and reducing thrust on that opposite side.

I watched the first takeoff on KING or KOMO. I'm 77 and the H models are still flying and getting another upgrade.

I never knew exhaust smoke was scary….. my old diesel truck must be a monster

Back in '78 I worked on OEM TF-30 engine parts. Damn they're still running?

Yeah, real scary.

Scary smoke !!! 😂

One of my brother’s friends was a B-52 jockey. He served 30 years and left as a major for a job in Silicon Valley that paid 10 times more than he made flying nukes around the country. Go figure. He still cannot talk about what he did pilot wise, it’s classified.

"Scary Smoke"? Really? … What was a little disconcerting was when the ground shook like an earthquake when a Buff took off about 50 yards from you! Yes, I've been there.

@jesseamaya4413

8 ай бұрын

Key kids! What does BUFF stand for?

Scary? I guess you would have dropped dead seeing a Buff take off with J57s 😅

I lived on and around SAC bases back in the day, and every time we saw that close interval takeoff we all knew that if it wasn't a random drill there was a nuke coming to glass the town.

@michaelhawk8230

8 ай бұрын

Me too Beale AFB in the 60s when it was a SAC B-52 Base,and then Habu arrived SR71

I watched Buffs take off and land for 6 years in the 80's massive bird .

In 1968-1969 I marveled at a flight of black B-52's taking off from March AFB as I drove on old US Highway 395. I wondered if this was the start of WWIII. Thankfully, just another deterrence flight.

@robertcounts5300

8 ай бұрын

I had an uncle who was a crew chief on a B52 retired out of March AFB in 1968, wish i could have seen one fly.

@donalddodson7365

8 ай бұрын

@@robertcounts5300 I think there are KZread videos showing the take-off end of various runways. At March AFB, there are mountains at the north end of the runway, across the state highway. So they would bank northwest to get through the gap over the City of Riverside. The thunderous noise was intense, too. In 1969-1970 we could watch the contrails over the Vietnam-Cambodian border, and then see the smoke and dust flying up miles away and feel the rumble.

When its that big, smoking engines are the least of its problems 😂

Tree huggers love them

It wii scare de bigjesus of everyone wanting to mess with it snd friends will be comforted to see them fjying protecting friends all sround🎉🎉🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Just think of all those C60 Bucky balls raining down when water-quenching the reaction very quickly. Carbon nanotubes, pico-diamonds?

never seen a milk jug like that lol

one reason for the over fuelling the engines was it cooled the engines turbine blades

LOL .... While referencing the Super Bowl, the image clearly shows an Auburn logo at @9:57. Not Auburn. Hold my lunch! LOL

SAC AF Base housing always had carports because the BUF's jet fuel would dissolve your car's paint. That housing also pioneered clothes dryers because you couldn't hang your clothes out to dry.

Just what is so "scary" about the exhaust trails?

What do you find scary about black smoke coming out of a Jump Started Jet Engine at Maximum Thrust? What is scary about it? What Exactly?

ack! having a bomber fly over a stadium seems like a setup for a supervillain's evil plan....

KC-135 stratotanker also used water injection.

As much as we love jets, the propeller is still the greatest prime mover in the air at this time!

@GodfreyTempleton

8 ай бұрын

Contemporary gas turbine engines are basically a propellor in a tube.

@Brookieeeisurbestie

8 ай бұрын

​n@@GodfreyTempleton5k😢

Several engines like the J79 power the F4 Phantom have smoky exhaust. The Phantom is therefore easily picked out with naked eyes.

I for one was certainly scared by that smoke.

The Blue Angels maneuver at 11:32 was at Grand Junction in 2019 I was there for that one And I have this exact photograph

"The mysteries of these smoky trails"🙄😂

The B 52 is a very capable aircraft. 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

They've had smokeless gunpowder since forever shouldn't smokeless aircraft be possible by now 😮

They'll get a ticket for this.

Report should have included information on the new engines Rolls Royce is designing for the B-52.

SIX plumes of smoke?? Actually four, even though it has eight engines.

Change those old engines out to the new Rolls Royce Trent turbines! They have them burning pretty efficiently clean now!

What is scary about exhaust coming out of the exhaust end of the engines... the only thing that anyone really needs to be scared of are the eggs it lays at 40,000 feet, if you are on the list you and your town don't stand a chance...

They used to burn a lot of smoke, these videos are old. They now habe turbofan engines and smoke much less at low altitude

If they are using the CRT displays they aren't obsolete. Archaic perhaps, but if it's in use and providing valuable service it's certainly not obsolete, no more than the B-52 itself. Now an analog cell phone, that's obsolete.

It’s beautiful

11:35 Blue Angeles pilots didn't use to wear a G suit. I'm not sure if that is still true.

Newer Rolls-Royce F130 turbofans are on track to replace the old Pratt and Whitney TF33 smokey engines and the carts starts most likely be replaced with an APU for starting.

Gerrywalsh only person got it correct good for you

5:45 water injected into engine causing incomplete combustion results in black smoke trail

I'm not a vet, but my father was in the Air Force until after I became a man. After all these decades, I miss the jets. Ever have B-52s fly over your house? Massive. How about F-15s. F-4s were cool, too. Now, it'd be F-22s I reckon/hope. F-4s? Man, I'm getting old.

They are getting new engines, but it will take around 10 years to reengine. The smoky engines will be gone for good.

So if the smoke trails were caused by water injection, why did they still blow smoke after they abandoned water injection and installed newer engines? Doesn't really make sense.

They use old turbojet motors on them using JP8 for fuel so yeah, it's going to smoke. When they complete the upgrades to the all new turbofan motors, that smoke will disappear.

In feite de grootste luchtvervuiler aller tijden met zwaar verouderde motoren: Thermische Rendement is nog steeds te laag en verbrandings - proces onvolledig ........

Probably the same reason we call CH-53 s "shitters" They leave a black trail. Can't see the oil, hyd fluid and grease slinging off.

The reason behind the smoke is given at 06:01. You're welcome.

Just a crazy idea a long power cord to start them

Grandpa BUFF 🥰

Ill bet they add sulphur to newer low sulphur jet a as these engines were designed in high sulphur era.

Legacy jets first gen made smoke lots of smoke at full throttle.