They may have lost a few lights - But that crosswind crab taxi is one of the most skillfull things I've ever seen performed at an airshow - and I have seen many many dozen incredible crosswind landings!
From what ive read about the B-52, before it was updated with the best aircraft flight computers,it was designed to land in every condition thrown at it.. after F117 NightHawk was designed & equipped with newest PC assisted flight controls the first 117 help engineers realize with PC assisted controls, a brick could fly & land. Fly by wire on AC now has turned into an emergency option. Pilots are loosing their skills as unmanned AC is taking over. It saddens my heart. The days of the Red Baron skills have died. 😢
@@kornami8678 But what's the point of that? SO it can take of more easaly when the wind is coming sideways? And it also looks so wobbly or unstable when flying.
I used to fly in the G models. It is a very odd sensation to turn around from your station and look out the front window and see the landscape moving sideways. When you carry that much weight, it is vital to keep the wings pointed into the wind as much as possible.
WTF? Are you trolling, or are you retarded? Maybe I'm retarded, but FOD is not a desired element on any airfield, and I don't believe that any airfield lighting is designed to break off - unless, of course, it's during daylight hours. During daylight hours, all manner of light fixtures that are blown across the airfield, by any aircraft, can be easily reconfigured and reassembled, due to the daylight. Airport lighting simply isn't as important during the daytime, making repairs much more cost effective.
Am pretty sure lights are held on by a couple set screws, not even drilled into the post... so once tipped and jammed on the aircraft it should just rip that apart, then rip the wiring apart, then hopefully fall on the ground...
Thanks a lot. It was great to see the B-52 this year at RIAT. I actually didn't notice it wrecking the runway lights until I was looking at my footage later 😂
the runway lights were behind the guide car, not likely seen by them either I can see how that crab control on the wheel assemblies can assist with both a high crosswind landing as well as taxiing through spots that ordinarily couldn't handle the wingspan
Fun fact: the B52 doesn't generate extra lift to induce a roll the same way most other aircraft do; instead, it stalls a wing resulting a situation where you can roll too far and not be able to recover it.
It doesn't stall the whole wing. The B-52 along with a number of military and civil aircraft use spoilers for roll control instead of the more typical ailerons. Lots of aircraft have both ailerons & roll spoilers. Some long gone earlier models of the B-52s had both spoilers and ailerons but the H-model we have now is spoilers only. They can be easily seen in action with the trailing edges have "fingers" on them. The Fairchild accident was not because of the spoilers stalling the wing. That was a high-speed stall where the weight of the G-loading exceeded the stall limit. The pilot was hot rodding the jet and flying it well outside of its limitations including bank angle. The wing to the inside of the turn is traveling in a smaller radius and slower airspeed and it stalled first. As planes do, they roll into the stalled wing. The inside spoiler would have been down and the outside spoiler up trying to counter the roll. Too big, too slow, too low, too far out of operational limits and that counter roll input had no chance of bringing it back.
@@joshuacheung6518 The pilot was Bud Holland and the guy had a well known history of insubordination and nonchalant attitude towards flight and regulations. Look where that got him. Unfortunately taking the lives of others with him. Sounds a lot alike a certain person from OceanGate come to think about it. The type of person to avoid right there.
360 rotation capability, probably was some light damage but nothing too bad i bet. They sometimes land hard enough to send the wingtip gears through the top of the wing
Being a crew chief on the B-52H 1017 I always loved to watch her taxi out and swing left then right testing the crab. When we had elephant walks and see a dozen swinging back and forth was awesome.
Okay, just have to say that i have a small issue with your description. While we use a bunch of navy terms on that bird (fleet, bulkhead, deck, hatch), while i was last there, the left was just left. Not port. (Don't take it too seriously, if you see this)
Interesting. Is this common practice in military aviation? I was always under the impression that port and starboard is used? Time to change my terminology by the looks! 👍
@UKAviationMovies i was speaking specifically of the B052H when i said "that bird", i can not say it's the same for all military aviation (especially the navy and marine birds, those may well use port/starboard) We used aircraft right/left (sometimes omitting "aircraft" if we were facing the same directions or writing in forms) for most things, if it wasn't just numbered from left to right when facing aircraft forward. Some circuit breakers are even labeled with right and left, when there's only two systems and one on each side. ie, r2 right flap position transmitter iaw xxx, socg iaw xxx Or the associated circuit breaker, RH FLAP From my understanding, the carryover of nautical terms is because they were the closest thing we had when planes came about, but port/starboard is only useful on large craft where you have people in all directions doing different things that need to coordinate. Pilot and copilot are always facing forward (to my knowledge) and most if not all things that would need input from rear facing seats would be based on bearing. Note that i am NOT an expert, and i speak ONLY from the position of someone who performed maintenance on B052H, so there is a non zero chance of errors appearing in what i state. The original comment was entirely intended to poke some light fun at weird terminology we use, hence the note in () at the end.
@@joshuacheung6518 Cool. Really appreciated Joshua. The description is really useful and makes total sense to me. To be honest I can never remember which way around port and starboard are anyway! Regardless of the intention I'm going back to using right and left from now on. It's much easier to remember for a start 😂
Thanks man! It was pure luck that I kept it zoomed out a bit to try and catch the full spectacle. I didn't realise I was catching the destruction taking place 😂
@@UKAviationMovies That was very lucky while i was filming it i had no idea i even caught it until i watched it back! It certainly was something to behold!
@mytmousemalibu @UKAviationMovies I was a USAF Weather Observer, stationed at Utapao RTNAFB from 1970Dec to Mar1971. I don't know if the TF33s were used in the BUFFs back then, but I know one thing for sure, it was one hell of an experience, to be sitting on the beach, during time off, and hear them taking off at, I presume, full military power, as they flew by overhead.
@@vinyltapelover Most of them back then were Pratt J57 powered and had water injection to increase takeoff thrust, lots of black smoke! The H model, the last model of Buff made and the only model left today was the only Buff with the Pratt TF33's. The newest/last B-52 was built in 1962, so they were around during that conflict. The most prevalent model used over there was probably the old B-52D "big belly". I have no idea what models did or didn't serve over there but no doubt a bunch were still back home and abroad serving SAC's alert & nuclear deterrent mission at any given time.
@@billferrell5337 the wingtip wheels look pretty loose, as designed. their only purpose is to keep the wing from touching the ground. The lights are designed to break away easily, not requiring much force to do so. likely didn't transmit the hits hard enough through the frame to even notice over the engines and main wheels
Many years ago, after airshow and open house at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, I had a chance to go up into the B-52 briefly right before gates closed and they shooed us out. Yes, it was VERY cramped, especially for me being 6’-9” tall!
@@JohnHallgren Woah! My ex father inlaw was station in Germany back in the 50's, and had a pic of his buddy there that was 6' 10". One day his friend stepped back into a prop. I guess back then the rules allowed tall people in.
I assume then the show was halted whilst they did a FOD cleanup of all the broken lights - the debris would be quite hazardous for subsequent displays.
Fortunately this was the very last movement of the day. The B-52 landed and taxied back into park to close the show, while I assume the ground team spent the night sweeping up 😳
What an amazing sight and sound! It’s impressive to see this Usaf bomber walking sideways backtracking! The light poles can be easylly replaced, that was just an anecdote🤪! Thanks for sharing, enjoyed watching this a lot!
We had an airshow at Misawa AB back in 2016 where a B-52 was part of the show. We had to remove all 10000' of runway edge lights in the rain, and reinstalled them in an even worse rain. It was not fun at all🤦♂
I thought that too. RIAT seems like an obvious target but perhaps not high profile enough for them? Either way they'd have some difficulty convincing the crowds at Fairford that oil is bad. Aviation fuel runs in most peoples veins there 🤣
Many of us in the crowd are veterans along with the serving personnel there, military and civi police they would have been crazy to attempt a sit in lol 😂
Okay as a person that lives next to one of the only two actual B-52 bases..... what the hell is the BD on the tail? Is this Barksdale swapping out their LA to a BD?
@@UKAviationMovies I always loved the LA on the tail not to mention the little Louisiana logo up by the cockpit since it always made a whole lot of sense versus our birds flying around with a big MT on it like they're coming out of fucking Montana instead of North Dakota! LOL That said watching those Smokey bastards on a full scrambled drill takeoff from 30 miles away is fairly impressive!
@@deannelson9565 😂😂 I see your point. I just looked into this further. Apparently BD coded jets are AFRES, LA are the Combat Command jets 👍I've learned something new myself 👌
@@UKAviationMovies if you ever want to have a spooky ass moment sit there laying in the field durning the 80's next to an ICBM silo and suddenly seeing 30 B-52 scrambling all at once just desperately hoping this is just a practice run! Lol
I’m pretty sure it’s related to engine efficiency. Someone else on here can answer properly I’m sure, but I on a recent trip to Andravida Air Base in Greece, the jet engine tech was telling us about a recent development for the Phantom J79 engines. These developments made them burn more efficiently and meant they did not produce anywhere near as much smoke. More efficient fuel burn means less sooty deposits in the exhaust. I assume the same with the TF33. Did you ever see the old TF33s with water injection? You think these are bad check out some vids of the old B-52Gs 😮😮😂
They're old and every time someone trys to re-engine the bird with better ones someone gets in the way. That's pretty much it. They're old as shit. The base design is from, uhm. the 50s? Had some upgrades and varients through the years but the base design is Old.
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Next time, I wanna see this B52 with 21 lightbulbs, painted as kills, on its side.
😂😂😂
That would be Epic 🤣
🤣🤣
Lol yes!!
Why didn't I think of this. 🤔
I love how the crew are waving out the window while running over the lights
😂
Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave...
That part was hilarious 😂
The B-52 may have gone from heavy bomber to light bomber 😂
Great vid!!
Great video thanks!
😂😂 thanks bud 👍
😂 that was awesome!
That deserves a thumbs up
Punny!
Apparently not unheard of to take out lights like that with the outriggers but this crew holds the record by far. They are triple aces!
😂😂
"Mobius 1 just took out a runway light!"
Splash one runway light…
Pilot: “That was the shortest runway ever!”
Co-pilot (looking out the side window): “And the widest!”
😂😂😂
omg, I almost died laughing at that. 🤣
They may have lost a few lights - But that crosswind crab taxi is one of the most skillfull things I've ever seen performed at an airshow - and I have seen many many dozen incredible crosswind landings!
Me too man. We weren't expecting it to be honest and for me the best part of the show! 😎
I had no idea it could do that.... was it designed for crowwind landings ?
From what ive read about the B-52, before it was updated with the best aircraft flight computers,it was designed to land in every condition thrown at it.. after F117 NightHawk was designed & equipped with newest PC assisted flight controls the first 117 help engineers realize with PC assisted controls, a brick could fly & land. Fly by wire on AC now has turned into an emergency option. Pilots are loosing their skills as unmanned AC is taking over.
It saddens my heart. The days of the Red Baron skills have died. 😢
@@davidobyrne9549 Both the B-52 and the C-5 have the Crosswind Crab System!
Amazing what that beast can do.
Or how pilots can maneuver her so smooth
Hundreds maybe thousands of hours watching B52 vids and never seen crabbing like that well done catching it and thanks.
You're welcome Jo. It was a surprise to me too, this was just a back taxi back down the runway, a lot of people had put away their cameras! 😂
Bro that crab walk is the coolest thing I've seen from a bomber.
Thanks man. It was for me too, absolutely incredible 😎
It's very cool indeed, I had no idea it could even do that
@@kornami8678 But what's the point of that? SO it can take of more easaly when the wind is coming sideways? And it also looks so wobbly or unstable when flying.
I used to fly in the G models. It is a very odd sensation to turn around from your station and look out the front window and see the landscape moving sideways. When you carry that much weight, it is vital to keep the wings pointed into the wind as much as possible.
@@patricknintemann924 That is exactly what it is for. In fact, in the early days, its ability to do that was classified.
Nothing beats seeing this beast up close. What a machine.
100% Truly an awesome machine 😎
'So You've Chosen..Death'
Tokyo drifting B-52, love it!
Airport lighting is designed to break off. There are intentional weak points in the light post design so it doesn't damage the aircraft.
WTF? Are you trolling, or are you retarded? Maybe I'm retarded, but FOD is not a desired element on any airfield, and I don't believe that any airfield lighting is designed to break off - unless, of course, it's during daylight hours. During daylight hours, all manner of light fixtures that are blown across the airfield, by any aircraft, can be easily reconfigured and reassembled, due to the daylight. Airport lighting simply isn't as important during the daytime, making repairs much more cost effective.
Am pretty sure lights are held on by a couple set screws, not even drilled into the post... so once tipped and jammed on the aircraft it should just rip that apart, then rip the wiring apart, then hopefully fall on the ground...
Just smile and wave... 5:02 lol
“These aren’t the runway lights you’re looking for” 👋👋
His take off weight was very light with the wing tanks just about empty. And he has to crab down the runway and still took out lights. Beautiful.
While the co-pilot is waving hands for people, the pilot has lined up with lights 😂
Also I loved B-52 shadow on trees @2:27 . so glorious
I'm glad you noticed that. I left that in the edit because I thought it was so cool too! 😎
I wonder if you would enjoy that "glorious" shadow if it was dropping cluster bombs on you?
The Shadow was Cool
@@mikeoglen6848 Would that be a 'Not?'
@@mikeoglen6848 and what do you think about 'The destructive power of cluster bombs'
watch?v=s_HNP3qO03c
It's always handy to have a spotter in a car to warn you for whatever troubles ....
Yeah, but they follow me car didn't really seem to be helping them out at all 😳
The spotter was doing a great job “You missed a few lights. Bring just a little more left. Nailed it!”
oh well shit happens and the USAF paid handsomly to replace those lights. life goes on
Sun: I'm gunna go drift D1 cars!
Dad: You're gunna join the Air Force like me and your grandfather!
Son: I'll show you!
(10 years later)...
😂😂😂
Haha 😂
Can we not appreciate the importance of these men drifting a freakin B-52 bomber?!
Stunning catch, amazing airplane!
Thanks a lot. It was great to see the B-52 this year at RIAT. I actually didn't notice it wrecking the runway lights until I was looking at my footage later 😂
@@UKAviationMovies Also happens to me many times, just see the things while editing haha
I love it when that happens :) loving your channel bud! 😎
@@UKAviationMovies Thanks!
"Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave"
A marvel of engineering. Those wings look like they're ready to snap off under their own weight
I find it comical how they are calmly waving while the aircraft is on killing spree of runway lights.
Ha ha
Haha 😂
Now you would think the one in the chase car would be trying to reach the pilots saying "Dude, you're killing the runway lights!"
I thought that too. You’d think someone on the ground would be watching out 👀
the runway lights were behind the guide car, not likely seen by them either
I can see how that crab control on the wheel assemblies can assist with both a high crosswind landing as well as taxiing through spots that ordinarily couldn't handle the wingspan
Fun fact: the B52 doesn't generate extra lift to induce a roll the same way most other aircraft do; instead, it stalls a wing resulting a situation where you can roll too far and not be able to recover it.
Yeah, like the Fairchild AFB crash, right?
It doesn't stall the whole wing. The B-52 along with a number of military and civil aircraft use spoilers for roll control instead of the more typical ailerons. Lots of aircraft have both ailerons & roll spoilers. Some long gone earlier models of the B-52s had both spoilers and ailerons but the H-model we have now is spoilers only. They can be easily seen in action with the trailing edges have "fingers" on them. The Fairchild accident was not because of the spoilers stalling the wing. That was a high-speed stall where the weight of the G-loading exceeded the stall limit. The pilot was hot rodding the jet and flying it well outside of its limitations including bank angle. The wing to the inside of the turn is traveling in a smaller radius and slower airspeed and it stalled first. As planes do, they roll into the stalled wing. The inside spoiler would have been down and the outside spoiler up trying to counter the roll. Too big, too slow, too low, too far out of operational limits and that counter roll input had no chance of bringing it back.
If i recall correctly the commander replaced some of the crew on that flight that refused to fly with that guy and died because of it.
@@joshuacheung6518 The pilot was Bud Holland and the guy had a well known history of insubordination and nonchalant attitude towards flight and regulations. Look where that got him. Unfortunately taking the lives of others with him. Sounds a lot alike a certain person from OceanGate come to think about it. The type of person to avoid right there.
Theres something really funny to me about how theyre just casually rolling down the runway while taking out half the lights and not even noticing
And casually waving out the window haha 😂
BD Tail Flash means I was posted on the same base as that aircraft for over five years.
Been 18 years now since I last saw her in person.
I often think about how hard it must be to leave the military after serving for so long. Thanks for your service 🫡
The B52 requires a runway width of at least 200ft to prevent this from happening.
Landing lights are located on the aircraft, taxiway and runway lights are on the ground
Good point! 👍
Changed the title Ian. Thanks for noticing my muppetyness 👍
I counted somewhere around 12-13 lights knocked over. Possibly a couple more while the wing was out of view for a few seconds.
Yeah some dude walked in front of me! 🤦♂️ I have read elsewhere there were 21 lights 😳
The chief engineer at the airfield - 😮🙁😠
I grew up in the AF, served a full career myself in the AF, GUARDED A B52...and never knew they could crab walk! THAT'S COOL AF!
Thanks for watching and for your service! It was a great demo of the crab 😎
Homer Simpson moment, too busy waving to the crowd, as the crowd watches the plane chew up lights 😂
Great video thanks!
Thanks for the comment 👍
Too bad it did not do a full water take off. How can you tell if it is? The exhaust is dark black.
This model (B-52H) with TF33 engines does not have/need water injection.
All these and I’ve never seen the x wind gear demo’d that dramatically…..(Amazing and definitely worth a few lightbulbs)!
😂 I agree! I've never seen them cranked over so far either!
At least the pilot was consistent
I wonder if the incident triggered a full inspection of that wingtip taxi gear for damage before its next flight.
I should imaging it did. Although they flew home as planned a few days later so no damage by the looks of it 👍
Doubt it. Probably got a quick visual checkout and maybe a quick retraction test. Pretty sturdy compared to lights on a stick
see these buffs everyday fly right over my work really low too!
Wow you’re lucky bud! Awesome jet 😎
why is it going sideways tlike that
The B-52 can turn its main gear up to 20 degrees so it can land in cross-winds. This was a demo of that ability 👍
Thanks for showing that close up, ive watched other videos but couldn't tell what was going on😮
You're welcome bud. Thanks for the appreciation 🤙
Wow ! I didn't know she could do that !! Was gutted we didn't get to see her fly on the Saturday. Cool to see her static tho.
Yes it was a real shame about Saturday. At least they got up on Sunday though, the wait was worth it!
When you're this iconic, you do what you want! LoL
100%! 🤣
That crab taxi.., WOW.....the equivalent to Michael Jackson introducing the world to the Moon Walk!
So cool👌
People did it before Michael Jackson. Google it.
Absolutely awesome video! Love the BUFF!
Thanks for the comment BD. Much appreciated. The BUFF was the highlight of the show for me 😎
Was the port outrigger damaged? It looks to be wobbling around after the collision with the lights...
360 rotation capability, probably was some light damage but nothing too bad i bet. They sometimes land hard enough to send the wingtip gears through the top of the wing
😬😬😬😬
Not to my knowledge Chris. They flew out as planned only a few days later 👍
Another great video of my favorite aircraft!! I had no idea it could taxi like that. THANK YOU, UKAM!!!
Thanks a lot man! Glad you enjoyed it 👌
Being a crew chief on the B-52H 1017 I always loved to watch her taxi out and swing left then right testing the crab. When we had elephant walks and see a dozen swinging back and forth was awesome.
@@b52-hnukesr69 Man i'd have love to see that elephant walk! 😎
@@b52-hnukesr69 Thank you for your service and Sacrifices! 🇺🇸
Forget crabbing, thats lobstering
😂great comment! 😂
Hulk of the Skies!
Got some great photos of this on Sunday. Then just as I thought I would video it, it straightened up.
Damn it. It was ace to have a B-52 back in the show eh? Do you have a Flickr or a page you share your images? Feel free to share on here if so 👍
What an absolute legend
👌👌👌👌
Amazing piece of video..any damage to the aircraft?
Thanks a lot. No damage at all to the BUFF. Flew out as planned on Wednesday this week 🤣💪
Someone needs to show Greta this video 🤣🤣
that is a very big light dimmer device
🤣 I'm sure there was an easier way of doing it!
Turn off the big light on yer way out haha 😂
We posted wing walkers along the taxiways since our base wasn’t configured for the buff at Altus air show 2014.
Now THAT’S a good idea 👍
What the hell is that chase / spotter vehicle even doing? Were they even on frequency with the aircraft?! 🤦♂️
Yeah, it's a follow me car. They use them all the time during the airshow. Maybe they should have been watching out for them a bit?
Is Major Kong flying that plane ?
🤣🤣🤣
The wheel probably suffered damage too.
They flew out on Wednesday as planned, seemingly no damage to the outrigger 👍
BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT
100% agree. A flying icon 😎
Gotta love seeing an Airplane rolling coal 🤟
Okay, just have to say that i have a small issue with your description.
While we use a bunch of navy terms on that bird (fleet, bulkhead, deck, hatch), while i was last there, the left was just left. Not port.
(Don't take it too seriously, if you see this)
Interesting. Is this common practice in military aviation? I was always under the impression that port and starboard is used? Time to change my terminology by the looks! 👍
@UKAviationMovies i was speaking specifically of the B052H when i said "that bird", i can not say it's the same for all military aviation (especially the navy and marine birds, those may well use port/starboard)
We used aircraft right/left (sometimes omitting "aircraft" if we were facing the same directions or writing in forms) for most things, if it wasn't just numbered from left to right when facing aircraft forward. Some circuit breakers are even labeled with right and left, when there's only two systems and one on each side.
ie,
r2 right flap position transmitter iaw xxx, socg iaw xxx
Or the associated circuit breaker, RH FLAP
From my understanding, the carryover of nautical terms is because they were the closest thing we had when planes came about, but port/starboard is only useful on large craft where you have people in all directions doing different things that need to coordinate. Pilot and copilot are always facing forward (to my knowledge) and most if not all things that would need input from rear facing seats would be based on bearing.
Note that i am NOT an expert, and i speak ONLY from the position of someone who performed maintenance on B052H, so there is a non zero chance of errors appearing in what i state.
The original comment was entirely intended to poke some light fun at weird terminology we use, hence the note in () at the end.
@@joshuacheung6518 Cool. Really appreciated Joshua. The description is really useful and makes total sense to me. To be honest I can never remember which way around port and starboard are anyway! Regardless of the intention I'm going back to using right and left from now on. It's much easier to remember for a start 😂
Awesome footage mate!
Thanks man! It was pure luck that I kept it zoomed out a bit to try and catch the full spectacle. I didn't realise I was catching the destruction taking place 😂
@@UKAviationMovies That was very lucky while i was filming it i had no idea i even caught it until i watched it back! It certainly was something to behold!
Outstanding Catch
Cheers VC!
....and the song playing in the "cockpit stereo system" was "Hit the Lights" by Metallica! :)
brilliant comment 😂😂
@@UKAviationMovies Thank you. :)
Man I love the mighty Buff and those screaming TF33's!
Me too man! It's gonna be a shame when they convert to the new engines on the J model. Like taking the birds song away :(
@mytmousemalibu @UKAviationMovies I was a USAF Weather Observer, stationed at Utapao RTNAFB from 1970Dec to Mar1971. I don't know if the TF33s were used in the BUFFs back then, but I know one thing for sure, it was one hell of an experience, to be sitting on the beach, during time off, and hear them taking off at, I presume, full military power, as they flew by overhead.
@@vinyltapelover Most of them back then were Pratt J57 powered and had water injection to increase takeoff thrust, lots of black smoke! The H model, the last model of Buff made and the only model left today was the only Buff with the Pratt TF33's. The newest/last B-52 was built in 1962, so they were around during that conflict. The most prevalent model used over there was probably the old B-52D "big belly". I have no idea what models did or didn't serve over there but no doubt a bunch were still back home and abroad serving SAC's alert & nuclear deterrent mission at any given time.
The crabbing was nuts
It's mad isn't it! I've never seen them cranked over so far 😳
@@UKAviationMovies yea me too, that was extreme crabbing which sounds really strange to say about an aircraft thats on the ground not in the air lol
Great video of the BUFF🇺🇸
Thanks Stewart 👍
Go sideways and just wave and smile boys, wave and smile. And ignore the lightbulbs…
🤣🤣
you don't see that everyday awesome video 😂😂😂😂
Thanks man 👍
Went to the air show at Tinker AFB earlier this month where the Buffs live, and we didn't even get to see one. 🤨
Man that’s a bit of a disappointment! Not even in the static? I’d love to do a US airshow at some point 👍
Ok, that is embarrassing. The copilot is just happily waving, oblivious to the fact they are taking out a bunch of lights. 😂😂
I know. Embarrassing that some airfield has such a tiny runway.
Seems like someone from the tower or airfield management should have said something to the B-52 crew.
To be honest I don't think anyone noticed until it was way too late. I only noticed when I was editing and couldn't believe what I. was seeing 😂
How did the crew not feel each and every hit?
@@billferrell5337 the wingtip wheels look pretty loose, as designed. their only purpose is to keep the wing from touching the ground. The lights are designed to break away easily, not requiring much force to do so.
likely didn't transmit the hits hard enough through the frame to even notice over the engines and main wheels
If you ever get the chance to tour a B52, do it. It is so incredibly cramped inside. All room for bombs.
Many years ago, after airshow and open house at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, I had a chance to go up into the B-52 briefly right before gates closed and they shooed us out. Yes, it was VERY cramped, especially for me being 6’-9” tall!
@@JohnHallgren Woah! My ex father inlaw was station in Germany back in the 50's, and had a pic of his buddy there that was 6' 10". One day his friend stepped back into a prop. I guess back then the rules allowed tall people in.
I would LOVE to get a change at that. I hope one day to be able to do so 👍
I assume then the show was halted whilst they did a FOD cleanup of all the broken lights - the debris would be quite hazardous for subsequent displays.
Fortunately this was the very last movement of the day. The B-52 landed and taxied back into park to close the show, while I assume the ground team spent the night sweeping up 😳
We were there and it was at the end if the day on the last day. However they would have had to clean up for departures from Fairford the next day!
The way it does the crabbing position, one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Great video, B-52 is one of my favorite airplanes.
Thanks a lot @HerculesRockefeller100. Glad you enjoyed it 😎
Pretty cool, unless you’re the electricians who have to go out and fix those lights!
Yeah, it's all fun and games until someone looses a runway light 😬🤣
That was fun thanks 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
What an amazing sight and sound! It’s impressive to see this Usaf bomber walking sideways backtracking! The light poles can be easylly replaced, that was just an anecdote🤪! Thanks for sharing, enjoyed watching this a lot!
Glad you enjoyed watching. Thanks for the comment 👍
It's hard to see. But damn didn't know it can move at that angle
20 degrees of crab possible on the main gear I’ve learned. Pretty remarkable 😎
@@UKAviationMovies very cool!
@@Newlolz989 Cheers Peanut 👍
It’ll look even prettier with Rolls Royce under each wing 😁
We had an airshow at Misawa AB back in 2016 where a B-52 was part of the show. We had to remove all 10000' of runway edge lights in the rain, and reinstalled them in an even worse rain. It was not fun at all🤦♂
OMG. That sounds like a bit of a nightmare! Maybe Fairford should have considered that?! 😂
It's like inviting Wilt Chamberlain for dinner, and having to remove all of the door transoms before he arrives.
Surprised Just Stop Oil weren't laid across the runway...not gonna lie 8 engines is a bit ridiculous though lol
I thought that too. RIAT seems like an obvious target but perhaps not high profile enough for them? Either way they'd have some difficulty convincing the crowds at Fairford that oil is bad. Aviation fuel runs in most peoples veins there 🤣
Many of us in the crowd are veterans along with the serving personnel there, military and civi police they would have been crazy to attempt a sit in lol 😂
@@escapethevillagemarketing Great comment 👍👍👍👍 😂
not a big deal those lights are on frangible mounts
That's good to know 👍
We should’ve never forgot 1776
Independent day? 👌
Holy cow that thing wouldn't stop rolling
yeah they wanted to show off but instead they fked up
They did a bit 😬
I love how its facing the crowd at the end.
It’s incredible isn’t it?!
a little bit of damage
😬😬😬
4:50 why have I never seen a B-52 manoeuvre like this?
It's mad isn't it!
Taxiing sideways was more impressive than knocking over a couple of runway lights....
I agree. The best part of the air show for me! 😎
Well, it's a bomber ... kinda supposed to destroy something? SCNR
😂 it can't help but wreck stuff 😂
Just practicing for Just Stop Oil Loons on the Runway.
😂😂😂 now that I'd like to see!
Okay as a person that lives next to one of the only two actual B-52 bases..... what the hell is the BD on the tail? Is this Barksdale swapping out their LA to a BD?
They use both BD and LA at Barksdale 👍
@@UKAviationMovies I always loved the LA on the tail not to mention the little Louisiana logo up by the cockpit since it always made a whole lot of sense versus our birds flying around with a big MT on it like they're coming out of fucking Montana instead of North Dakota! LOL
That said watching those Smokey bastards on a full scrambled drill takeoff from 30 miles away is fairly impressive!
@@deannelson9565 😂😂 I see your point. I just looked into this further. Apparently BD coded jets are AFRES, LA are the Combat Command jets 👍I've learned something new myself 👌
@@UKAviationMovies if you ever want to have a spooky ass moment sit there laying in the field durning the 80's next to an ICBM silo and suddenly seeing 30 B-52 scrambling all at once just desperately hoping this is just a practice run! Lol
B.U.F.F. don't need no stinkin' taxi lights.
😂😂😂
This is how much of a bozo I am…I’ve been an aviation geek for the last 30 years and had *no idea* that B52s could do this
Don’t worry bud, a lot of people didn’t until they saw this vid 👌👍
I think the EPA needs to have an honest thing about our cat deleted civics after watching this.
This used to happen at raf leuchars every year at the airshow
Ahhh really?! I've never been to Leuchars, I must try and get up there at some point. I guess they don't have an air show up there anymore?
I knew it could do that. It was top secret for a while. But that angle is rediculous
It is isn't it?! So cool to see!
Serious question. Why are these things engines' so "dirty"? Compared to airliners they seem to throw a lot of soot out the back.
I’m pretty sure it’s related to engine efficiency. Someone else on here can answer properly I’m sure, but I on a recent trip to Andravida Air Base in Greece, the jet engine tech was telling us about a recent development for the Phantom J79 engines. These developments made them burn more efficiently and meant they did not produce anywhere near as much smoke. More efficient fuel burn means less sooty deposits in the exhaust. I assume the same with the TF33. Did you ever see the old TF33s with water injection? You think these are bad check out some vids of the old B-52Gs 😮😮😂
They're old and every time someone trys to re-engine the bird with better ones someone gets in the way.
That's pretty much it. They're old as shit. The base design is from, uhm. the 50s? Had some upgrades and varients through the years but the base design is Old.
Guy Martin wheelieing a Vulcan was good but drifting a B52 is ausome
100% 😎