USAF B1-B Lancer EARTH SHATTERING Full Afterburner takeoff!

The legendary B1-B Lancer performing its insane FULL AFTERBURNER takeoff, that is without a shadow of a doubt the most earth shattering takeoff i have ever experienced! Be sure to turn the speakers up on FULL.
The B1-B arrived into the Avalon Airport to be on static display during the 2017 Avalon Airshow. It was however touch and go on weather it was to depart, as it was suffering an engine issue during the morning and risked missing its refuelling tanker on the way to Guam. Thankfully they got her working and she most certainly put on an epic show for departure!
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  • @rollydoucet8909
    @rollydoucet89094 жыл бұрын

    I was at an air show watching a B1 take off. Once the plane was in the air, all we could hear were car alarms from the parking lots. Very impressive to see these planes up close. Hats off to the people who fly them, and thank you for your service.

  • @StryderK

    @StryderK

    4 жыл бұрын

    When I was young, I was living near Dayton Ohio, very near Wright-Patterson AFB. One year, we went to the Air Show with several of my uncles and aunts and this big bad bird showed up, the take-off was noisy enough, but everytime this thing passed by at 500ft and lit up its four burners was just another thing entirely....It rattled your ribcage down to your knees and feels almost as if your heart is about come up through your throat. And yeah, every time it went by, every car in the parking lot and I swear some beyond goes nutting crazy! It's almost they are complaining at the ear shattering noise as being too loud!

  • @rollydoucet8909

    @rollydoucet8909

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@StryderK Yes, the fly-bys with full afterburners are louder than the take-offs, from the spectators' vantage point. The show I was at, they did several fly-pasts, a a couple with the bomb bay doors open, and on one pass, they did a complete roll. So very impressive to see the power and technology at work.

  • @johnkelly4840

    @johnkelly4840

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rollydoucet8909 l loo

  • @sebastianreyes8025

    @sebastianreyes8025

    2 жыл бұрын

    and to the people who engineered the thing

  • @mrbtapir

    @mrbtapir

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's videos of an EE Lightning and a Vulcan doing the same. Brutal

  • @Hin11
    @Hin112 жыл бұрын

    For those of you that noticed that you can't hear a Bone coming, I can verify that having flown it for over 1,600 hours. In the B-52G, flying low level in the early '80s, you would see a herd of cattle or wild horses running from us as we approached. They could hear the Buff coming, and maybe see it too, and they started running. Approaching those herds in the Bone, when I was in training in '86, they just kept grazing. They didn't hear us or see us coming.

  • @randysluder4064

    @randysluder4064

    Жыл бұрын

    What , u were training on the Bones in 86 ? I was at Minot in the mid 80s and they would do touch and go's there 🙂

  • @nodical802

    @nodical802

    Жыл бұрын

    I call bullshit on your whole story

  • @AudieHolland

    @AudieHolland

    Жыл бұрын

    When I was in Dutch highschool, one day we say an F-104 approaching. One of my classmates pointed out, we can see it but not hear it because it's flying at the speed of sound. So it's not just the B1.

  • @ravenleader5618

    @ravenleader5618

    Жыл бұрын

    My Pops was on the original design team of the B-1A's, in the late 60's. He always referred to the BONE as his pride and joy.!

  • @heavysnow8616

    @heavysnow8616

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks like #4 engine AB blow out.

  • @markaustin643
    @markaustin6432 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at Dyess AFB from 1988-1994 and my favorite duty (if I wasn't flying the B-1B) was to pull a 12-hour shift as the Supervisor of Flying. After performing the "last chance" inspection before takeoff, I would park the truck at the hold line so I could feel the afterburners shake the ground. It was magnificent!

  • @sanddabz5635

    @sanddabz5635

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mark Austin.....way cool! and thank you for your service!🇺🇸

  • @codyking4848

    @codyking4848

    Жыл бұрын

    What a cool experience that must have been. I bet you miss it.

  • @topout26

    @topout26

    6 ай бұрын

    I was stationed at Dyess those same years, Loved watching them take off at night.

  • @eatonbeaver6083
    @eatonbeaver60832 жыл бұрын

    Living near Nellis AFB and frequently hearing the Bone take off during red flag I can honestly say that this video, actually no video, can capture just how loud the takeoff really is! It rattles the insides! It's a wonderful feeling ☺

  • @willbradley3201

    @willbradley3201

    Жыл бұрын

    Four gigantic afterburners running at once, I can’t even imagine what that must sound like lol.

  • @ECPLO

    @ECPLO

    Жыл бұрын

    Red flag was so much fun man!

  • @ninetysnano6071

    @ninetysnano6071

    7 ай бұрын

    Is that okay for your healf?

  • @ConalOBroin
    @ConalOBroin5 жыл бұрын

    It's certainly one of the most aesthetically beautiful aircraft ever. Up there with the 'Connie' for me.

  • @trevoror8668

    @trevoror8668

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep Vulcan was close

  • @Jarek_73

    @Jarek_73

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don´t Google SR-71 ! You will stop admiring all other planes aesthetics for good.

  • @stevenross-watt8640

    @stevenross-watt8640

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Concorde similar. SR71 front shot isn't necessarily beauty but its something to behold.

  • @bobgibb2781

    @bobgibb2781

    4 жыл бұрын

    Constellation or Concorde ?

  • @shaundavidssd

    @shaundavidssd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too sexy to be a bomber ,someone put a wart or two on it lol

  • @LiPo5000
    @LiPo50004 жыл бұрын

    I watched one take off several years ago. Very loud, and vibrated the bones in your body! It passed me with full afterburners about 300 yards away! Will never forget it.

  • @LiPo5000

    @LiPo5000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Frank Sobotka NO

  • @cannekill2158

    @cannekill2158

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LiPo5000 Funny way of saying "yes" lmao

  • @LiPo5000

    @LiPo5000

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cannekill2158 LOL

  • @kevinmckinney3785
    @kevinmckinney37853 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB for 2 years in the late 1980's. It was the night shift and at least 5 of these took off one after another with their four engine blue afterburner. It was one of the best "air shows" that I ever saw in my AF career.

  • @tonyfrazier292

    @tonyfrazier292

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed there about the same time. I was headed to the remote radio site on the far side of the runway and timed my pass at the end of the runway at the same time as one of these. 50 to 100 feet over your head in full afterburner will rattle your bones! I thought the windows were going to shatter.

  • @FS2K4Pilot
    @FS2K4Pilot4 жыл бұрын

    One of the most shapely aircraft on Earth.

  • @SlapthePissouttayew

    @SlapthePissouttayew

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shapliest bird since the B17, in my opinion!

  • @frankmueller6522

    @frankmueller6522

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

  • @RL112871

    @RL112871

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SlapthePissouttayew Please see the B-58 Hustler. :)

  • @THaulk

    @THaulk

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah, she's sexy. I was in the Navy, VA-35 Black Panthers, an A-6 Intruder squadron.

  • @michaelmeyer6306
    @michaelmeyer63065 жыл бұрын

    One of my most awe inspiring memories of this plane while in the Air Force at Ellsworth AFB, SD, was seeing, hearing, and feeling 22 B-1Bs doing a MITO (minimum interval take off)! About every 12 seconds! I set up such a vibration that it was heard/felt 30 miles away!

  • @NoGlockTrucker

    @NoGlockTrucker

    5 жыл бұрын

    When I was at Grand Forks AFB we MITO launched every bird on the base, all the B-1B’s and KC-135’s. After the rumble died the silence was erie .

  • @jimstinson565
    @jimstinson5653 жыл бұрын

    My wife and son got to play pilot/copilot in a B1 at Hickam in Honolulu. 40 years ago or so. They STILL remember that as one of the highlights of their lives. I gave the B1 crew a walkthrough of the submarine I was on and they repaid me with a great surprise for my family.

  • @chrismoody1342
    @chrismoody13423 жыл бұрын

    There used to be squadron of B1 at my local USAF base. On cold winter nights half the city of 500k could hear the planes taking off. The afterburner’s flames at nighttime were spectacular to see. This plane has got to be one of the loudest planes ever.

  • @OculusVector
    @OculusVector3 жыл бұрын

    Watching it in a video gives little perspective on how massive these aircraft really are. Definitely one of the coolest jet bombers to see up close.

  • @mayhemlok
    @mayhemlok4 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at Ft Campbell in the early 90s, army aviation. I remember the week after an air show, we're in the hangar, and hear this god-awful roar. We're all like "What the hell is that?!" Run outside to see this baby taking off! That was awesome!

  • @fredricke.curlyfink5232
    @fredricke.curlyfink52324 жыл бұрын

    Boy howdy...If Orville and Wilbur could only see this...

  • @DontStopBrent

    @DontStopBrent

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smart comment 👍🏻

  • @stinkyfungus

    @stinkyfungus

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ecoro_ Oh, they would recognize "what it is"... they were after all aviators. Wings, check. Obviously self propelled, check. Well, Wilbur - I dare say that's some sort of aeroplane. I concur, Oroville, it's not a glider. But where the devil is the propller?! It's the "what it can do" that would bake their noodle. Hey there soldier, tell me about this curious machine you have here. what the blue hell are those nozzles? A turbine engine you say? What's it run on? Refined paraffin? really? As fast as a 30.30 rifle bullet? Are you daft man? Surely you are telling a tall tale, that's not possible. It certainly looks fast though... very sleek. A ride? The both of us? It seats how many? And can cary WHAT? What's in God's name is an "atomic bomb" Oh, yes... the ride. which testicle do you want, the right or left one?

  • @Papote44

    @Papote44

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stinkyfungus Excellent 👏👏👏👏

  • @refluxcatalyst7190

    @refluxcatalyst7190

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's the popcorn man have to do with this?

  • @atigerclaw

    @atigerclaw

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stinkyfungus "Rocket-planes!" "Like fireworks?" "But better."

  • @robertrussell5948
    @robertrussell59483 жыл бұрын

    I was in the Navy and this is my favorite of all time this thing is menacing from the front view. It's badass.

  • @c.v.9974
    @c.v.99743 жыл бұрын

    I was a KC-135 navigator stationed at Dyess. I vividly remember being #2 behind the B-1s in a gassed up plane (total gross weight about 300K lbs). The B-1 takeoffs would make our plane shudder like it was made of balsa wood and tissue paper. I had the feeling I was witnessing pure, brute power in its grandest form. And I was. Dusk/night takeoffs were even more spectacular; the four blue afterburners looked like something out of Star Wars. Great memories...

  • @iknono1978

    @iknono1978

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awww man I wish I could see one take off at night time I did get to see on fly over the top of us, as we were in Spanish Fork Utah and he was headed west to the "tooele army depot" "Dugway proving grounds" The other area 51 Thing about it, it was dam near silent he was just gliding in from where I seen him Bad Ass Military we have🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @arpenboyer3937
    @arpenboyer39374 жыл бұрын

    My compliments to the person who recorded this video! You really managed to capture the fury of those engines. Nice work!

  • @jeffreylindsey1757
    @jeffreylindsey17575 жыл бұрын

    The B1-B is already an old gal in the USAF inventory but nevertheless still a lethal threat to our enemies. Great video! Thanks

  • @ltrumpy
    @ltrumpy4 жыл бұрын

    Did a model of one of these as a kid..fast forward 20 years...heard a very loud plane flying over in Freeport IL..ran outside and guess what it was...the pilot had a friend in town and apparently altered his course a bit to do a flyover..was quite a thrill to see one of these awe inspiring aircraft.

  • @BLACKBIRDHEATER1
    @BLACKBIRDHEATER14 жыл бұрын

    I was a crew chief on B1-B 86-0134 at McConnell AFB Wichita Ks. Loved the big Jet... had a great time !!!

  • @LA-ep2nr
    @LA-ep2nr7 жыл бұрын

    The "Bone" shattering rumble of four GE F-101 engines at full Military thrust. Yes sir.

  • @deusimperator

    @deusimperator

    5 жыл бұрын

    No he was running it wet

  • @davidhoffman1278

    @davidhoffman1278

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@deusimperator , Wet? We no longer use the alcohol-water injection mixture with jet engines.

  • @TheAstarie

    @TheAstarie

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have controlled a few...Retired Air Traffic Control Chief...SWING WING BOMBER...Slow speeds wings open...MACH SPEED WINGS FOLD CLOSED...

  • @deusimperator

    @deusimperator

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@davidhoffman1278 ??? huh ??? Water or methanol injection has been used in both piston and radials in WW2 to prevent knocking which also has the effect of producing higher HP. In old turbojets water was used to produce greater ejecta and therefore higher thrust and was used mostly at take off. All that aside, maximum dry thrust means full military power. Wet means that the afterburner is receiving fuel.

  • @davidhoffman1278

    @davidhoffman1278

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@deusimperator , "Wet" meaning afterburner is in use is a new usage for me. I am used to reheat or afterburner.

  • @patrickjamessimpson7268
    @patrickjamessimpson72684 жыл бұрын

    i remember one of these passing overhead and it felt like someone was pulling the heart out of my chest. such an impressive aircraft

  • @jettechdonatkins
    @jettechdonatkins4 жыл бұрын

    We had them in Wichita Kansas when they first came out,and got to see these flying a lot.One Tuesday night a month after dark,people could go to the Wichita Aviation Museum and go up in the old control tower and watch these take-off.They were so awesome sounding and the flames from the afterburners were so cool.I worked as an a&p mechanic at the city airport and these would come and shoot approaches and do touch and goes directly in front of our hanger.Seeing and hearing one of these up close is a treat.The best airshow demo I've seen is one of these.The B-1 lightly loaded with just fuel can perform like a fighter and the climb performance is awesome!

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins33223 жыл бұрын

    I used to fly patients to a nearby hospital in Abilene a couple times a week in mid 2000's, and was always impressed by these beautiful jets 👍

  • @loneranger6168
    @loneranger61685 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't do it justice, ever get a chance to go to an military air show, stand near the runway and experience your insides shaking when they open up for takeoff. Miss those days even though I'm nearly deaf now. That roar can still make the old patriotic flag pole stand up.

  • @spencergallucci5309

    @spencergallucci5309

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was in the E3 hangar today on base and B1's were doing exercises and that shit was LOUD and fuckin awesome I watched two take off and they are impressive

  • @danielmorse4213

    @danielmorse4213

    2 жыл бұрын

    I used to live by a base. Love those guys flying around.

  • @jimcollins2466
    @jimcollins24662 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding! God Bless the USAF!

  • @395PRS
    @395PRS3 жыл бұрын

    A B1, B2 and B52 in formation just flew over Tampa stadium right before start of the Superbowl. I am in Palm harbor. He sent me a video. I couldnt believe it!!! I told him i would have probably lost it if I saw in person! My goosebumps would be permanent!

  • @screp36
    @screp364 жыл бұрын

    As a Canadian, i had the chance to spotted a B1 once in my life! awsome bird!

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos995 жыл бұрын

    This was awesome!! Glad I had the volume up. I used to watch jets take off from Pease AFB in Portsmouth, NH. I loved at dusk, when you could see the blue flame coming out. As for the B1, my dad worked on the project with Boeing (he was a spec writer). Every morning and every afternoon, he'd have to have his briefcase searched. He finally stopped carrying one, and just brought what he could tote in his pockets to work.

  • @chrislikness8713
    @chrislikness87134 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid a my dads in Box Elder ,S. D. They would take off right over the top of the trailer house. Those blue flames were amazing to see.

  • @CUZ_2
    @CUZ_23 жыл бұрын

    I was working right next to an airstrip, with my head down in a cement mixer drum, washing it out and heard a thunderous noise that rattled me pretty good. It was a kc-130 refueler. When I lifted my head it was balls-out and really close to me. Awesome sound and what a rush. Made my day.

  • @carmanfinley58
    @carmanfinley583 жыл бұрын

    I live in Vegas, and a couple times have been able to stand on the flight line at Nellis AFB during Green Flags when they take off. The last time there were eight of them in succession literally taking off one at a time right over my head. The sound and concussion they make is impossible to explain. Was by far one of the best experiences of my life! Most done realize how much fuel they carry and how long they stay in full burner after they take off.

  • @agnostic47
    @agnostic475 жыл бұрын

    I stood at the take-off end of the runway at Farnborough for a B-1 takeoff some years ago. The earth was shaking. Grown men were covering their ears. Like being at a Deep Purple concert.

  • @dancooper1040

    @dancooper1040

    5 жыл бұрын

    Makes me proud beyond words!!!!!

  • @jsanchezelonce3414

    @jsanchezelonce3414

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like when my moms b buggin

  • @williampercival7662

    @williampercival7662

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's to heavey and to slow.

  • @williampercival7662

    @williampercival7662

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too noisy.

  • @oskardirlewanger6126

    @oskardirlewanger6126

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@williampercival7662 false.

  • @jeaninemonroe6160
    @jeaninemonroe61604 жыл бұрын

    Had the opportunity to tour the interior and then stand on the airfield to watch one take off...nothing compares!

  • @gabrieleduardogomezlarrond8787

    @gabrieleduardogomezlarrond8787

    4 жыл бұрын

    H pttt a

  • @3204clivesinclair

    @3204clivesinclair

    4 жыл бұрын

    Except the Vulcan howl.

  • @shanemichaels124
    @shanemichaels1243 жыл бұрын

    With it's (roughly) 205 mph take off speed, from this perspective (and it's size) it just doesn't look like it's going that fast. An amazing upload, thanks for sharing!

  • @chrisalbertson5838
    @chrisalbertson58383 жыл бұрын

    I got to work in this aircraft as a summer student intern at the Rockwell plant at LAX. It was when the 4th B1A was being built and the ejection system was redesigned. A great job to have even if it was minimum wage. The plant is now an air freight terminal at LAX.

  • @herridge819
    @herridge8194 жыл бұрын

    The first time I saw one of these take of was at R.I.A.T., I really thought the ground was going to open up, the noise and vibration was absolutely awesome!

  • @martinfoster3995

    @martinfoster3995

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, same here. I can still see that almost vertical climb.....and the noise, just beautiful. The Americans surely do know how to build them. There was a static display A10 Thunderbolt there as well. The pilot was explaining how ground support is so much more "fun" than big bombers. Crazy!

  • @BakkuIa
    @BakkuIa3 жыл бұрын

    When you're stationed at a base with these puppies it's cool for a week. Then you realize you can't have a conversation on the flightline because it's so loud, and someone's car alarm is going off.

  • @calvinking8586

    @calvinking8586

    3 жыл бұрын

    When I was on Guam they’d fly over my my job site at Alupang and it was like 8.0 earthquake, not to mention not being able to hear a guy standing 2ft. Away from you.

  • @LottiDotti76

    @LottiDotti76

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same with F-16s. I was stationed at Kunsan and my dorm was 2 blocks from the end of the runway. They always fucking took off in groups of 4. I would be on my phone with my wife and could hear them starting their run. Would have to wait until they all took off. The B1 is flat out loud considering it has 4 of the same engines the F-16 has. LoL, stupid loud.

  • @jaex9617

    @jaex9617

    2 жыл бұрын

    imo, this thing is like sex. Too much talking just ruins the experience. 😉

  • @Moose6340
    @Moose63404 жыл бұрын

    "Earth-shattering" is the right word for it. I saw these at the Dayton Airshow a couple of times back in the '90s. The sound is beyond unreal. Second-loudest airplane I ever heard (Concorde was #1).

  • @sandyrodwick617
    @sandyrodwick6173 жыл бұрын

    Years ago driving down a highway in Arizona (don't remember which one) and a B1 flies low and fast over the highway and banks up and away. Wings swept - full glory! Simply awesome!

  • @valenski
    @valenski5 жыл бұрын

    My dad was a B-1 pilot such amazing planes!!! I remember growing up in Grand Forks ND and watching the B-1's take off at night with full afterburner!

  • @edwinjones1000

    @edwinjones1000

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was working at a warehouse near an airport when an F-15 flew RIGHT OVER MY HEAD. I could see the pilot in the cockpit just before he went vertical in full after burner mode. They were twin GE's or Pratt & Whitneys. Don't know which ones. My heart actually ABSORBED the rumble ! I almost went deaf. Closest I EVER came to soiling my pants front and back. It was my first air show & the other employees didn't tell me what to expect. They laughed at me for years. That was 14 years ago. It still ain't funny to me.

  • @heatmoon

    @heatmoon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I grew up near Grand Forks, so you were one of those "basers" with your nice import cars? Ha. Must have been like traveling back in time going to Grand Forks.

  • @Vettefan83

    @Vettefan83

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @leeneale8776
    @leeneale87765 жыл бұрын

    So frikkin beautiful!!! Lee,UK👍😁

  • @oskardirlewanger6126

    @oskardirlewanger6126

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Free Man Thats not what my cousin told me,he is a B-1 pilot.

  • @md11x6
    @md11x63 жыл бұрын

    Listening to this on my phone, but can still sense the "Earth shattering" power of those engines. I have seen the B-1B close up at Avalon, but never saw it fly. It is one sleek and powerful aircraft.

  • @emansnas
    @emansnas2 жыл бұрын

    Once in the '80s armed with inside info I took my crew down to Boeing field and we stood along the north fence directly in line with the runway. Sure enough right on schedule a B1-B made its full afterburner take off right over our heads. Reminded me of being in a tunnel with a hundred car freight train coming through at full speed. Couldn't hear yourself think let alone the person beside you screaming. Gotta love it (well, you know, if you're a man with balls and an appreciation for the finer and more awesome things in life like raw unfettered man made power).

  • @harveywallbanger3123
    @harveywallbanger31233 жыл бұрын

    The Bone is easily the sleekest bomber ever built. It looks like it's getting ready to break the sound barrier at ground level.

  • @horus666tube

    @horus666tube

    2 жыл бұрын

    it looks damn nice yeah :D i dont want to get bombed from it though :D

  • @kinkane5566

    @kinkane5566

    2 жыл бұрын

    I did always think the B1-B and the Tu-160 were some of the best looking planes ever.

  • @glennredwine289

    @glennredwine289

    2 жыл бұрын

    But 800 mph is a JOKE, we should be trying to get the speed of the B-1 higher, 1200 mph if possible.

  • @photopicker

    @photopicker

    2 жыл бұрын

    It uses dated propulsion systems.

  • @kinkane5566

    @kinkane5566

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@glennredwine289 The B1A was rated for Mach 2.2, but the program was halted for some years and when it was revived requirements had changed and they were ok with the slower speed I guess.

  • @gregmiller7123
    @gregmiller71235 жыл бұрын

    Back in the mid 2000's I used to supply custom stands and lifts to Tinker AFB so I was used to hearing the B1-B's take off (or so I thought). I had been to Dyess AFB on a project and as I left I was filling up my truck when all hell went off! As I put my heart back in my chest and saw two B1-B's flying off in tandem and realized this gas station was directly below the end of the Dyess runway! They really should have had warning signs posted at that station as I'm sure their bathrooms got a lot of us to clean out pants!

  • @wingsuiter2392
    @wingsuiter23923 жыл бұрын

    When I was 18, I was at the Louisville Airshow where I witnessed three B-1B lighting their afterburners as they turned away from the crowd. Even though they were about a mile away, the force and the sound was so awesome that I remember it until the day that I die.

  • @djfritz2001
    @djfritz20012 жыл бұрын

    I had the pleasure of going to an airshow at Westover AFB in Mass once a long while back. Almost every US military plane was present, even the newly unveiled F-117 stealth 'fighter' (under guard behind a rope). The one aircraft that stood out among all others, like the work of a master among the chaff of lesser skilled hands, was the B-1B. There wasn't a single person who didn't comment on how beautiful (and deadly) it looked.

  • @randallfrank5682
    @randallfrank56823 жыл бұрын

    Last week I was driving by a U. S. Air Force base at 70 mph and saw a B1-B warming up on the runway. I passed it and was about 1/4 mile ahead of it when it started the run to take off. It very soon passed me and was in the air in very little time. It was very loud and very impressive. I love the look and the sound of freedom!

  • @okday72
    @okday724 жыл бұрын

    When I worked on the line in the 90s on C130s at Dyess the B1s would do high speed flybys in afterburner with wings swept. I nearly jumped out of my pants a couple of times because you couldn't hear them coming, the sound would hit full force as they were already passing.

  • @nishikun89
    @nishikun892 жыл бұрын

    I remember when the mighty Lancer paid us Chileans a visit in one of the FIDAE events (Can't remember exactly which year was it, I think it was 2006) but FFS the sound of that bird roaring in the sky was from other world. Never heard something as spectacular as that... The runways at Cerrillos couldn't hold it, so it had to takeoff/land from SCL. Truly an awe-inspiring machine.

  • @DeckerBens
    @DeckerBens3 жыл бұрын

    What a majestic plane! Beautiful design, gorgeous shapes, the whole thing is just a piece of art. I also love this strict color which is standard for USAF, fits perfectly. Best regards from Russia!

  • @kim79710

    @kim79710

    2 жыл бұрын

    Beat wishes to you my friend from rural West Texas

  • @pnwlove6159
    @pnwlove61595 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Oklahoma City for 20 years. We got to see this multiple times a week.

  • @williamwalters9403

    @williamwalters9403

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lived close to dyess afb,seen them fly a lot!

  • @justinfloan4277

    @justinfloan4277

    4 жыл бұрын

    I work on them at Tinker. I'm surprised when 1 of them gets off of the ground per week now.

  • @gmmakesmehurl

    @gmmakesmehurl

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@justinfloan4277 You may know a fella named Jay then. Crew chief. At least I think he's still in B1s.

  • @20PINKluvr

    @20PINKluvr

    4 жыл бұрын

    What about the SR 71? Did that fly into tinker?

  • @jessiemcfarland3666

    @jessiemcfarland3666

    4 жыл бұрын

    I live close to Tinker and they just rattle the ground especially if they takeoff to the north. Awesome to watch.

  • @CharmsDad
    @CharmsDad5 жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen these fly at air shows. The takeoff is impressive but the high speed, low level pass is absolutely amazing. It seems to come out of nowhere moving at an incredible speed (high subsonic was the approved speed when I saw it). The massive sound doesn’t hit until the huge aircraft is almost on top of you. Truly an impressive and magnificent aircraft.

  • @heatmoon

    @heatmoon

    4 жыл бұрын

    I noticed the takeoff speed seemed really high given the run this one made, must be over 150mph near 200? Why?

  • @rmorris5472
    @rmorris54723 жыл бұрын

    Went to a NASCAR race at Dover Speedway (late 90’s early 2000’s) and they had one of these do the pre race flyover. It came overhead from directly behind our seats and once over the racetrack it hit all four afterburners. It was really awesome seeing the fire shoot out from the engines as it flew off and the thunderous rumble was indeed truly amazing !!

  • @karakoima
    @karakoima3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video. Love the actual takeoff, with the aeroplane hazy against the blue sky.

  • @karbonfiba2044
    @karbonfiba20445 жыл бұрын

    This falls right behind the B-58 Hustler as one of the most beautiful planes ever....

  • @angeloc1340

    @angeloc1340

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah

  • @bartbroesamle6218

    @bartbroesamle6218

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree!!!!

  • @carlharris3952

    @carlharris3952

    4 жыл бұрын

    B58 was the first heavy jet I fell in love with when I was at Chanute

  • @chopper23269
    @chopper232695 жыл бұрын

    I live just west of Dyess AFB in texas and absolutely LOVE these birds flying around here

  • @OtherSarah2

    @OtherSarah2

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a couple hours west of you. I love 'em too. Try to always make it to Big Country Air Show -- they will part your hair before they turn around over the Flying J in Tye

  • @petiertje
    @petiertje3 жыл бұрын

    *reads description and proceeds to turn up said speakers* *after the first 2 seconds* "nope, nope! my speakers and eardrums won't be able to handle that once it gets recorded from the loud side" *proceeds to turn down said speakers* *starts video again and now turns up speakers and puts fingers in ears for the 'feels'* :D that's one impressive plane, thanks for sharing :)

  • @ussvoyager8650
    @ussvoyager86503 жыл бұрын

    The B1-B Lancer is really beautiful looking aircraft & sounds totally amazing aswell

  • @machia0705
    @machia07055 жыл бұрын

    General Electric builds things even louder than their air conditioners. GE F-101’s baby !

  • @oxcarthabu

    @oxcarthabu

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've had a few--very loud!

  • @CrashForce

    @CrashForce

    5 жыл бұрын

    And bigger than their fridges - GE90

  • @machia0705

    @machia0705

    5 жыл бұрын

    Blind Spott Yes it’s crap now. Too bad. Filthy Maoist country.

  • @1glopz

    @1glopz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also Gau 8 Avenger 30mm cannon GE brings good things to life (and ends the life of bad things/guys )

  • @williamsecor7745

    @williamsecor7745

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@machia0705 Thank Jack Welch - he loves Jina

  • @barrymorrow3319
    @barrymorrow33193 жыл бұрын

    Saw one at Charlotte airport,they had named it"Apocolypse Now".How true

  • @DavidBeaver2112
    @DavidBeaver21123 жыл бұрын

    Love this sound. I work less than 1 mile from Tinker AFB in OKC..... I get to hear/see these things at least once a week. :-)

  • @krisfox3537
    @krisfox35373 жыл бұрын

    American ingenuity. Thank you Wright brothers!

  • @JK-zq9vw
    @JK-zq9vw4 жыл бұрын

    It’s a love hate relationship for the maintainers. I loved seeing them take off as the Sun set. The look and all the color spitting out the back contrasting with the dark taking over with hints of the red sky. Add a crispness in the air and the sound is just amazing. Watching a fully loaded aircraft as it hit about the half way mark on its takeoff, the wing tips start to dip and then swoop upwards as the aircraft begins to lift. I never did get to see awnings swept, high speed, low level flyby at sunset like the takeoffs. I did love seeing the high speed flybys with the wings swept. I both miss it and don’t. I miss my military family more.

  • @swampy6194

    @swampy6194

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering if they were tilt wing, cause then that power would make sense.

  • @JK-zq9vw

    @JK-zq9vw

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@swampy6194 they sweep back but have flaps and slats when needed. That power is used for payload. The amount of bombs and fuel load maxed is huge. It was designed for a very fast trip to a Cold War enemy with enough nuclear weapons for the fleet to be considered a small country. Watching the wingtips droop to the ground just before they lift and carry the bomber upwards. The flight surfaces both wings swept and forward are worth looking into.

  • @swampy6194

    @swampy6194

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JK-zq9vw Thanks, I assumed the power was for supersonic. Till I think of the Blackbird. It had little payload other than fuel.

  • @williambraden3912
    @williambraden39124 жыл бұрын

    Had a white die cast metal B1 when I was younger and I saw 2 of these beautiful planes fly over me back in 2000 😎

  • @lewiskemp5893
    @lewiskemp58933 жыл бұрын

    Every time I see a B1 video I have to watch. Especially takeoffs

  • @bwanadave76
    @bwanadave763 жыл бұрын

    I love that plane! It's just one of the coolest designs. I used to see one take off from the Boeing plant in Palmdale years ago.

  • @mellymom1121
    @mellymom11214 жыл бұрын

    I live across from Dyess AFB in Abilene Tx. These guys are awesome.

  • @thelightofthebodyispineal7137

    @thelightofthebodyispineal7137

    4 жыл бұрын

    I remember being stationed there back in the day! 96th Bomb Wing😎 My then Commander looked and acted like Tom Landry Dallas Cowboys.

  • @Jpgundarun
    @Jpgundarun4 жыл бұрын

    We were in the field at the end of the runway one year when this flew over or heads. Absolutely awesome.

  • @dionehackworth1767
    @dionehackworth17673 жыл бұрын

    Saw one yrs ago at air show with my son. When it took off the ground shook and my whole body.shook from the inside out! I never forgot it.

  • @bdr32965
    @bdr329653 жыл бұрын

    I cranked up the volume and could almost feel the vibration in my chest as that beauty took off

  • @ttcherrick
    @ttcherrick5 жыл бұрын

    I attend the Miramar MCAS air show every year and if we're lucky we get to see a "Bone". Unfortunately it is just a static display and you have to just get lucky to see it coming in or going out. Never seen it in flight. I will say that the crew who are there to show off the airplane are among the proudest and most motivated airmen in the Air Force.

  • @stacase
    @stacase5 жыл бұрын

    Was at Oshkosh a few years ago. Loudest noise I ever heard, and I was a blue shirt on a carrier in 1966.

  • @RICHIE_RICH89

    @RICHIE_RICH89

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup i live in oshkosh it was loud as hell they had some really loud jets this yr nothing tops the first yr the f22was here and it broke the sound barrier i was in midas and the window exploded we thought a car blew up it sounded like a bomb we ran outside to look and it was the f22 going over ever since them they seem to not go as crazy here that and the concord in 1989 was extremely loud

  • @gregbuck701

    @gregbuck701

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RICHIE_RICH89 well yeah.....breaking the sound barrier over the U.S. is illegal, unless in a MOA, or it's mission required. Awesome though!

  • @gregbuck701

    @gregbuck701

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah Steve I worked the deck in the late 70s and early 80s, brown and green shirt. Awesome excitment...........non stop 12 hrs plus a day. Had a Vietnam vet who saw combat tell me, "no damn way!" he'd do that, way to dangerous, to small of an area. Lol. Just another day for an 18 to 21 yr old. Thank you for your service.

  • @garygrasma559

    @garygrasma559

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pushed a few A/C around that flight deck, eh...

  • @gregbuck701

    @gregbuck701

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@garygrasma559 just a couple...lol.

  • @REDmike25
    @REDmike253 жыл бұрын

    I grew up 20 miles from Dyess AFB and when those things hit full throttle and afterburner you could hear it for damned near 6 miles. It made for really fun nighttime shows when they flew past my home town.

  • @TheFlightLevel
    @TheFlightLevel4 жыл бұрын

    I heard the Lancer at Oshkosh! Just ridiculously loud! That’s a long run before liftoff! Excellent video mate!

  • @tonydavis6525
    @tonydavis65255 жыл бұрын

    Watching one takeoff from Bangor was crazy....I've seen almost every aircraft in the military fly in and out of here, but the B1 was by far the most impressive

  • @markbarto6351
    @markbarto63514 жыл бұрын

    Had the privilege of watching the SR71 fly at a airshow what a awesome day

  • @morteparla6926

    @morteparla6926

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mark Ward Even now, the SR-71 at Max speed is near impossible to hit. It flies high enough and fast enough that ground radar can't track it well, and even if they did manage to track it, the missiles used to fire at it would be out of fuel and energy, far before they got close to it.

  • @donf3877

    @donf3877

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at Kadena AB Okinawa, Japan in Air Traffic Control Radar Maintenance. We had a Ground Control Radar (GCA) unit (the pilots nicknamed Gonna Crash Anyway) situated right next to the runway. The SR-71 was on take-off roll with the burners lit. When it past the radar unit (it was only about 8x25 feet). I thought for sure it would blow the damn thing over. Even with my hands over my ears the sound level was incredible... inside with the door closed.

  • @donf3877

    @donf3877

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mark Ward The other not so minor issue was... there wasn't anything back then (or probably even now) that could be fired from the SR-71 or Y12 that wouldn't go right up it's own tubes. After a missile was released, by the time it actually fired, it would be behind it. If a gun was fired from it, it would overtake the round. Plus, there's the whole closing speed issue. The big question is.......... what was the SR-71 replaced by??? Nothing???!!! Don't bet on it. The stealth fighter was stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base right outside Albuquerque New Mexico, and it was flown right over the city for years before it was known to the public. All the flights took off and landed during the night and they were kept in hangers during the day. The stealth bomber was also in inventory and flying before anyone even knew it existed. The SR-71 flew for over a decade before anyone that wasn't swore to secrecy found out about it. They sortied it at night mixed into the middle of a squadron of other aircraft. The other aircraft (usually F-4's) would depart two wide on two parallel runways at the same time (four in total, eight jet engines in total and all with afterburners lit) in order to mask the sound level of the SR-71 all by itself. Yeah... it's THAT loud. The only reason it was found out... an aircraft on the runway 'lost' some of its ordinance and the runway was closed until EOD could clean up the mess. There were aircraft behind the SR-71 so it was stuck out there. Come the dawn everybody on base was like, "What the hell is that thing?". And, since it was sitting there on the runway overrun only about 300 feet from the perimeter fence, all the traffic off-base was stopped as people wondered, "What the hell is that thing?". What the Japanese are known for is true. There were hundreds of people with thousands of camera clicking away non-stop. I used to watch the SR-71 blackbird take off from Kadena AB Okinawa Japan where it actually went 'public'. On its take-off roll it went through THREE stages of afterburners. It would lift off only halfway down the runway. It would hang about a hundred feet off the ground and tuck the gear, then point its nose towards the clouds, and climb straight up and out of sight (the afterburners) in less than fifteen seconds. And it disappeared after never actually 'leaving' base property. Something on that order could be flying out of Area 51... and nobody would even know it. The SR-71 burned so much fuel on its climb, it had to be refueled immediately. So... something could be doing the same after leaving Area 51. And without the IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) transponder turned on, the same as used by most aircraft so its call sign and altitude and speed show on the radar screen, it would never be 'seen' by actual live target radar. Makes you wanna go "Hum".

  • @johngoyer

    @johngoyer

    4 жыл бұрын

    I saw it fly at an air show at March AFB in 1987. You could feel the engines pulsing in your chest.

  • @jeffmartin5777

    @jeffmartin5777

    4 жыл бұрын

    When I was a teenager and my Dad was in the Air Force, we lived at Beale AFB. We used to watch the tankers take off in the afternoon and knew the SR's would be leaving in a couple hours. It took that long for the tankers to get ahead of the SR's. U-2's were based there also so we got to watch those also.

  • @mmoser9483
    @mmoser94833 жыл бұрын

    It is amazing they still look as up to date in styling as the planes of today.

  • @ninline2000
    @ninline20003 жыл бұрын

    We had a unit of these things at Robins AFB in Georgia. They used to fly right over my house and rattle everything. One did a flyover of the local stadium at just below Mach. It broke windows all over the Northside of Warner Robins. I was so glad they moved to Texas.

  • @toddwoods8302
    @toddwoods83025 жыл бұрын

    I live about 3 miles from the south end of the runway at Dyess AFB, TX (home of the first B-1b). Many mornings I'm awakened by the sound of the bombers taking off in the early hours. It never gets old.

  • @twstrchasr

    @twstrchasr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Todd Woods I live in Abilene too. So awesome to see those beautiful birds flying around on a near daily basis !!! Mors ab alto !!!

  • @sr7129

    @sr7129

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wacky Wombat Idk man. As much as I love the sound of freedom, I don’t think I could handle it nonstop.

  • @CharlesHuse

    @CharlesHuse

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know the feeling, friend. I grew up in Duncanville, southwest of Dallas. We were under the flight path to NAS Dallas. I watched the fighter group transition from the F-4 to the F-14 then to the F/A-18. I'm too young to remember the F-8. I remember groups of 4 blasting out headed south, or 6 ship flights of C-130s from the ANG squadron. Occasionally we would hear thunder from the house as the mechanics fired up engines in the test stands. Now, they store overstock from car dealerships on the runway and they are slowly tearing down the old LTV plant. Kinda bums me out everytime I have to drive by it.

  • @morgangaines4338

    @morgangaines4338

    5 жыл бұрын

    We built those here back in the 1980s in my home town of Palmdale CA at the Plant 42 complex.

  • @Melody615199999

    @Melody615199999

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know what you mean. Every Saturday morning around 10:30 there's a Cessna 172 that takes off from Cut and Shoot Airport and comes right over my trailer house and wakes me.

  • @christurner1709
    @christurner17093 жыл бұрын

    I do miss watching these launch at night, even though shook everything in my house.

  • @ButternutDonut
    @ButternutDonut3 жыл бұрын

    These are so unimaginably loud. Used to go to the end of the flight line at al-udeid to watch them takeoff. What a sound.

  • @roggill6599
    @roggill65993 жыл бұрын

    Proud to have been part of production

  • @rosevasey1097
    @rosevasey10974 жыл бұрын

    What a marvelous machine

  • @toomuchstuff8252
    @toomuchstuff82522 жыл бұрын

    Used to go TDY to Dyess AFB years ago and when the B-1 was taking off all the car alarms on base would go off.

  • @garyseverns8677
    @garyseverns86773 жыл бұрын

    The Sr 71 showed up at the Oshkosh show one year that I remember. I think around 94 +/-. Wil not forget the awesome sound. When you see people like Hoover and Yeager + an Sr on the same venue, THATS a pretty good day!!

  • @user-ht6vh1ml8u
    @user-ht6vh1ml8u3 жыл бұрын

    Had the privilege of sitting in the cockpit of a B1 amazing plane

  • @picmman
    @picmman3 жыл бұрын

    We were doing a fod walk when a B1 taxied out to an adjacent runway 200 feet from us and launched. It was incredible.☺

  • @b6schilke996
    @b6schilke9963 жыл бұрын

    Imagine a paint scheme of Fed Ex with a “Same Day Delivery” bomb on side being ridden by Slim Pickens.

  • @wadebjergo7114

    @wadebjergo7114

    3 жыл бұрын

    Funi

  • @RobertWilliams-mk8pl

    @RobertWilliams-mk8pl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @Gunnut3497

    @Gunnut3497

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol🤣🤣🤣

  • @markgeiger7700

    @markgeiger7700

    3 жыл бұрын

    THAT!...would be funny as s%=÷!!!😂😂😂

  • @HebrewYisrael

    @HebrewYisrael

    3 жыл бұрын

    Talk about a "crowd pleaser"

  • @ComputerLearning0
    @ComputerLearning04 жыл бұрын

    Always a treat to see.

  • @Indusalpha
    @Indusalpha4 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Wichita, KS a couple of miles north of McConnell AFB and they staged B1-Bs out of there. Beautiful. When they'd go off on afterburner, they'd set off cheap car alarms in the neighborhood. Amazing plane.

  • @normanfellenz1792
    @normanfellenz17924 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at Edwards AFB at the time of the maiden flight and all of the test flight. Awesome aircraft.

  • @mattiegobrien

    @mattiegobrien

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @alvislancaster5967
    @alvislancaster59673 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at nellis There is nothing like it when a b1 bomber took off.....it really did feel like an earthquake... And then, when a b2 stealth bomber took off or landed it barely made a sound....it was an eerie feeling seeing a plane so big that didn't make noise..

  • @thatguyb-rad8201
    @thatguyb-rad82013 жыл бұрын

    I had the pleasure of seeing one of these doing a Touch and Go out of Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA in the late 90s when I was driving down Sierra Highway. After touching down, the pilot took back off, pivoted vertical to the highway and then kicked in the afterburners! I suspect he got some grief for that maneuver, but I will go to my grave remembering the sheer power and rumble those engines produced. I spent the rest of the day trying unbury my chin from my neck.

  • @tobyw9573
    @tobyw95734 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, B-1 Bob!

  • @AussieAircraft98
    @AussieAircraft987 жыл бұрын

    i will never forget how loud this was during Avalon 2011, i hope it can fly at 2019, i can still feel the ground shaking 6 years later.

  • @AusAviation149

    @AusAviation149

    7 жыл бұрын

    AussieAircraft98 it was epic! Unfortunately I don't think they will be doing any flying displays, as these are designed for long missions of 12hrs, talking to one of the mechanics, they REALLY don't like being stop/started etc etc on short flights, as they are incredibly precise and complex machines

  • @MrBobconner1952

    @MrBobconner1952

    6 жыл бұрын

    Probably the cause of the Mexico earthquake this morning

  • @MrBen527

    @MrBen527

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nice vid! While active duty in the Air Force at Edwards AFB, I used to park almost right behind them on takeoff it was nuts!!!!

  • @coachdriv4

    @coachdriv4

    6 жыл бұрын

    AussieAircraft98 q

  • @trishave5639

    @trishave5639

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AusAviation149 They've done flyovers of Avalon during Airshows but no in a the last few airshows, unfortunately :(

  • @timothyross9237
    @timothyross92375 жыл бұрын

    LOVE IT!

  • @robertbould2638
    @robertbould26384 жыл бұрын

    Very impressive USA bomber design and amazing afterburner sound from the B1 Lancer on takeoff. Im from the UK and i must say i will always be proud of our own Bomber design with the famous 'houl' on takeoff. Shame it went out of service but will always be a British icon, 'Avro Vulcan'.

  • @X-Gen-001
    @X-Gen-0013 жыл бұрын

    Cool. I love to watch the Lancer. It's like a gigantic fighter plane.