B-2s Taxi & Take Off From RAF Fairford - 15th June 2014
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- Something a little different, went out with dad to RAF Fairford to capture two Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirits taking off, back to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. With radio commentary.
As you may know, my aircraft knowledge is fairly limited, so any extra information is appreciated.
Timestamps:
00:00 Taxiing
04:22 First Takeoff
05:46 Second Takeoff
Filmed on a Panasonic HS900 with a Pro Sound L92AA microphone.
Enjoy.
#B2Bomber #RAFFairford 
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04:22
There's your timestamp for the take offs, you can stop moaning about the taxiing now!
No moaning here, I love just looking at them sitting there waiting. Thanks for this reminder of what America used to be. May she RIP. 😢
by 04:22 you actually mean 5:15
You literally put notations in the timeline so that people can skip it if they want and people are still bitching???
idiots.
MoAn, BoO, HISS!
It's looked awesome and they say stealth unbeatable..but got shot down by ancient anti air craft s125 lol..
Even today, it looks like something straight from the future
or from the past if you ever watched War of the Worlds when you were a kid...
I was getting 90's nostalgia!
Wait till we get to see the B21!
@@94XJ It won't be much different to the B-2, visually.
This is the future Jet and this B-2 can cast about 200 million
Always impressed by how difficult it is to spot a B-2. Even when they’re parked on the ground!
That silhouette. Wow. And then the plane becomes a thin little wing you can hardly see a few seconds later. Really striking.
Really hard to see even on the ground. And I didn't see the afterburners! If there were any.
Aka XX I airbornemE ICAiR s
@@marshamoore8385 B-2’s don’t have afterburners
@@Kevhoe We used to have them at Fairchild AFB. But never noticed if they did or not!
@@marshamoore8385 It wouldn’t have afterburners. Burns too much fuel. The B-2s thing is to go high, go far, and do so without being detected. It’s already capable of high subsonic speeds. Afterburners aren’t really necessary unless it wants to go supersonic, which is pointless for its mission.
The 100th time you see this beaut is no less breathtaking than the 1st.
God Bless America! The rest of the free world wouldn't be so free without you.
You think America is bombing the shit out of sovereign nations on behalf of the American people and in the name of freedom? Libya and Syria exposed the true colours of this international order, siding with and assisting the absolute worst of extremists, in the pursuit of regime change. Be proud of your nation and your people and your forces personel, but the 'US' military machine agenda is nothing ot be proud of.
I live in Kansas City and I love seeing these things fly over. Always amazed every time at them.
UofMichFan Wings Over Whiteman is a great show....mid June I believe
I live close to a B2 base and see them fly over quite often. Beautiful aircraft.
lucky you , I love watching fantastic air planes ✈️ take off and landing.
Still one of the most beautiful pieces of engineering...30 years later.
WHAT? HAHAHAHAHA YOU OUTDATED RUSSIAS HYPERSONIC CAN OUTRUN THAT PIECE OF SHEET METAL
I didn't say anything about speed...The B-2 is not about speed. It's about the engineering and technology. You'd never know that outdated piece of sheet metal was coming or directly overhead until it was too late.
I wish that my father was still alive to watch this video. He was on the engineering team involved in design and eventually did some post incident investigations at Edwards AFB during the test phases. He was quite proud of his part in creating this airplane.... Almost as much as the pride he felt working on the control systems of the A10.
RIP to pops 🙏🏽 did he get a royalty check from being part of creating this machine?
Brought to you by the alien technology at Area 51
The B2 is over 30 years old .
Exactly
B2 Is Made By NASA And Usa
Area 51 is not scary, whats scares me is what lays behind those giant hangar doors in the Lockheed Martin skunk works building
Radar cross section less than that of a bluejay
To think this design was proposed in the 1940's, and even flown in that time period shows how ahead of their time Northrop was.
What a thing of beauty those B2 bombers are!
Easy for you to say. You never had one bearing down your home to kill your innocent kids. But hey, go USA? Idiot.
@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 I don't think the b2 was used for that. Too expensive and they don't need stealth for such a use
@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 cry more dude
@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 communist shitstain
When they first had it at an airshow in Fort Lauderdale,they parked it at Ft.Lauderdale International and allowed the public close access to it.
The size alone was intimidating,you could stand under this craft and still not be able to reach the bottom of it.
It's a huge black bat of badness I'll never forget being that close to it,and when it flew by us at the show,everybody on the beach got silent watching it come.
It's hard to Guage it's size until it's on you and then it's just indescribable seeing it right there going by.
The crowd went just crazy when it passed by,it just looks like it isn't possible that what we were seeing was real kind of feeling,and true WTF,THAT'S AWESOME!
Awesome hearing the engines throttle up and down as they prepped for taxi, etc.
Awesome video thank you. I've lived next to Kirkland AFB in ABQ,NM across the pond and have seen and heard some interesting things my favorite was watching the base ground all air traffic due to a very large storm and watching an f/a 18 struggle to land due to turbulence. Our boys sure can fly
This plane is a marvel.. This tech is actually old now. Can’t wait to see the future of this.
B-21 Raider
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What's so bad about railway vids if there steam engines i am all for it
@@danialhamilton7666 Sounds good to me Jenny. 😘
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@@jennyperrio4887 ?
That's one bad ass piece of equipment.
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Just don’t let Biden get his hands on it It will end up with the Taliban
Wow! 3 take offs here.
2 of the old B2`s and one of the new generation.
Fantastic :-)
... the B-2 doesn't so much take off... as float away!... a beautiful bird
An amazing aircraft, it looks out-of-this-world!
~In fact,....it is!
Owen Evans beautiful it is but it's got nothing on the B1-B or the F117
The F117 is a piece of junk and the B1-B fits a completely different role, not even comparable
actually it contains alien technology from reverse engineered parts. our daily fiber optics are coming from the same source, just to name one.
It is Hitler's flying wing copycat from WW2! But today it's spraying democracy all around the world...
*_Sou apaixonado pela força aérea e acho o bombardeiro B2 Spirit, simplesmente FANTÁSTICO!!!. 👏👏👏_*
Absolutely magnificent!
Nice video STTW! What a progression by the pilot: DA-20 at PQ, the T-6A Texan II at Undergraduate Pilot Training, and then the T-38 at advanced (jet pipeline), and now the B-2- good work, sir! God Bless America! (and England for being our ally)
Beautiful, thank you!
No wonder people throught they saw UFOs in the 70ies and 80ies O.o
+Tiafain If it was an aircraft they'd definitely hear it too :p
+Tiafain today Ufo claims are everywhere.
+Tiafain For Real
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Northrop stole a Horton........................lol
What a beautiful aircraft to watch taking off..! ✈✈💯👍
I still can't believe I was blessed to work on these birds, from November 8 8to November 99.
Incredible aircraft!! Thanks for this video :)
About six years ago I was sky watching one night and I saw an aircraft approaching from a distance. It had 3 lights position in the shape of a triangle as it passed over head it didn't make a sound. This aircraft has some abilities that are advanced. Shalom
That plane has a ridiculously slim profile! So glad that is on our side!
OMG I love that plane, thanks guys!!!!
Great video, we were watching that day.
If a b-2 pilot/co pilot ever reads this,i just want you to know,you are f**king badass for being able to flying this beast
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It’s me. Thanks.
Computer does most of the work
Epic. Had the pleasure of seeing the f22 live in fl/ga. Could not imagine this.....🤩🤩🤩
Really enjoyed all of the taxiing. Really smooth.
Even though it's 2019, it's still unusual to see plane shape like that.
After reading the news of the USA's role in the Falklands War, it's an outrage that American military is allowed on any British soil.
That's because they're nearly impossible for a human to fly and are basically computer controlled.
@@TonyEnglandUK Why not? You let everybody else in.
@@joeyjamison5772 Alexander Haig and Ronald Reagan discussed _"passing on to Argentina British military details of the invasion of South Georgia"._ Your own Washington Post and Wall Street Journal will show you proof if you doubt it _"How the United States Almost Betrayed Britain in the Falklands War"._ And you Americans complain about Muslims betraying Britain?
@@TonyEnglandUK Another conspiracy theory. That never happened. We gave satellite intelligence to Britain during the whole thing.
Awesome performance,the beauty of technology.
Stunning .... I love it .... thanks for posting
Alien and beautiful. And there's no spookier icon in the air than that silhouette.
Amazing video ,the lovely b2 is my favorite usaf airforce aircraft off all time 😊
Excellent video, wow what an aircraft, thanks for sharing, it's a like, cheers...Bill
Saw one of these fly over the Indy 500 starting ceremonies about 10 years ago. It was the craziest thing ever. Just a silent line in the sky, then she quietly slipped over us and banked high to the side at full throttle rocking the grand stands and the 250,000 people in them. 2nd best fly over I've ever seen. #USA
The first being which?
@@marekgregory4512 Indy 2019, Casual fly over with f-16 and A10, looked low, slow and boring. After they passed over the stands and exited the area, the f-16 comes ripping back into the infield at a 90 degree to the front stretch at what had to be 500 agl, banked it hard and pulled enough g forces to pull condensation across the wings, before he got to the end of the front stretch he pointed it at the sky and burned the afterburner until at least 10k feet. If I were a General Dynamics investor, I'd have been sold.
When I was in grade school, back in the 50s, in Austin, I saw a “flying wing” while I was in recess. I believe the designation was B-49.
I was stationed at Fairford air force base in England for a few years... the coltswolds are beautiful, plus also close to Stonehenge..1994 to 1998
Thank you for your service.
How poetic, thanks for the insiders view. You are never more than 70 miles from the sea, in Britain, when stood in the middle. But there's a hell of a lot of things to see.
This technology marvel is made in my hometown of Palmdale/Lancaster, California, USA....VERY PROUD!
NikkkitoNippongo If the Boeing and Lockheed get there way, which they probably will, then the LRS-B will be being made there to.
NikkkitoNippongo Employing local residence and local students on apprentice programmes, ensuring the next generation not only benefit but provide future resources and tax dollars? Or just luring other people from around the US to move there and overpower your economy? Just a thought.
NikkkitoNippongo
This technology marvel is made in my hometown of Palmdale/Lancaster, California, USA....VERY PROUD!
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B-2 was flying over the rose parade in pasadena before
@@ednuttah could they not of come up with a better way to spend our money.
UFO! a thing of pure beauty nice post sir, appreciated the tower comms' I'm a Royal Navy vet and I can appreciate this bloody lovely! Nov 22
31K Thumbs Up + Mine! You're welcome! Thanks! 😊
Notes: This century and this millennium have only existed since 2001. So I'm more impressed that the technology predates those two time periods! 😎
(Year 2000 is the last year of Century 20 and Millennium 2! It gives each their names!)
With all of that grass and the nearby woods, no wonder the birds feel free to live there despite the fumes and noise!
Who does the mowing, if any? Do they check for wildlife homes first? They would want to be careful that the blades don't sling or fling anything at the expensive airplanes!
Congratulations on having such an experience! 🎉🎊 I miss going to airshows, but I don't miss the heat.
Love that quote "Only stealthy when its dropping something on you"
With your camerawork and my Bose noise cancelling headphones, I might as well have been there.
Honestly Mate your Camerawork is exceptional!!
Yes
Been watching rc plane vids before this one and now i just cant believe these here are real!
Knew something universally familiar and outstanding was transpiring there. 💯
The really interesting thing is that these planes are probably equivalent to what the Wright Brothers flew compared to what they have now. It sure would be fun to see what they have hidden in some hanger somewhere.
Good point. Through backward engineering and direct E. T. contact we already have craft that can take us to the stars. Problem is the E. T.s have us under quarantine because of humans' violent nature. Nuclear detonations can cause inter dimensional damage in time/space Dr. Steven Greer has pointed this out for decades.
@@macbeavers6938 Hahahahaha! 🤪
Perfect video!! Thank you very much. That runway is scary short LOL
Its one of the longest runways in the air force, pilots do touch and go training whenever they pass whiteman
Awesome plane... I met a tourist and her dad was involved in the design of this plane.. still classified what goes into it.. Thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿
Oh, I just love this beast! My all-time favorite!
Makes you wonder what secret things we have now. Beautiful engineering
Nothing trumps president 🇷🇺 knows
@M Taylor A harrier? A VTOL is not new the only thing about the f-35 is that its stealth
Thank you and RIP to MR. Jack Northrop for his ageless flying wing concept.
@Joe Kinchicken agree on the Horten part. They where first with this design. Von Braun's alternative was going with the Soviets to the Soviet Union. Can't blame him for choosing the US instead...
The Nazis came up with it first.
@@thebanfflocal2366 Little man, Jack was working on this in 1929.
@@andso7719 in your dreams. The USA is what it’s today thanks to the German scientists.
@@loutonacca5919 I mean... it's quite literally a fact. There are photos of his flying concept long before the Horton Ho.
love this , great caption , nice one
The B-2 is the closest thing I've ever seen that truly looks reminiscent of the old "UFO sightings"
Amazing looking aircraft!
Smart design. Imagine the enemy watching this: Oh wow, what an amazing airplane, never seen something like this before, lets take pictures
Royale with cheese the enemy can't see it.
BOOM!
That view in the first picture looks like a spaceship!
Excellent video! Great B2 images!
Fun fact: one of the chief engineers of this plane is currently imprisoned at ADX Florence for selling classified information to the Chinese.
Good NO one should be selling Military secrets to the Chi
Not surprised one bit
Noshir Gowadia
Bollocks where is the proof
Not so fun fact
2:00 the motorcycle sound made that moment hilarious
Brings a tear to my eye. Such power
Was stationed at Whiteman AFB from 1959 till 1962. We had B-47's then on which I was an Assistant Crew Chief. We pulled "reflex" at RAF Fairford also. The place does not look the same. Thanks
I can remember when the stealth was still in it's test phase and top secret, 60 minutes was the first to be granted a look at it but of course very little could be told to the public about it's functions other than it's speed and ability to evade radar. It wasn't until the gulf war that the world witnessed the destruction it was capable of.
I remember when it was still top secret and people were claiming that UFO's were flying all over the place. 😂
In 1986 I was an engineer with the B2 program. This plane is invisible to radar. It gives off a signal the size of a crow. I cant say anymore
A crow that suddenly poops MOABs
@@fiatmortem5128 ca-CAW! ca-CAW!
I have seen them fly over the high desert of California. They are truly SciFi looking and yet beautiful!
Truly the symbol of aviation technological skills and developments .
Amazing looking & sounding things. Interesting that they deploy the elevons when they turn while taxying, maybe it's like a speed brake.
Ailerons, from aile in French which means wing. Aileron means small wing. Not "elevons".
Don't try to act smart when you have no idea...Delta wings have elevons because the elevators and ailerons are combined. Hence they are called elevons.
My admiration goes to the designer(s) of this aircraft .
Indeed, the engineering itself is quite awesome. Its use is... well you know...
@@p1zd3c Yes, many things originated from Germany. It is a shame this fact is often overlooked.
@@p1zd3c No, it did not. Jack Northrup had our first flying wing, the N-1M flying in 1940. You people need to get over your fake history admiration for German technology and learn actual history.
@@rixille see my post above.
That thing is just spooky-looking. A thing of beauty-but also spooky-looking.
Wow-Majestic and easily identified as a UFO-those engines spooling up and taking all the runway for takeoff-good video-thanks
Superb.
5:35 when your Minecraft sky doesn’t load
Lol very boxy
Супер.самолёт
Es un bello diseño de avión, inspirado en originales de la tecnología alemana, adelantada en tiempo a sus congéneres de años 40's - Que sensación será pilotear esta maravilla!
I love how it becomes just a thin black line in the sky.
That is some machine
Only very special boys get to fly these
Why is that everything that causes death, destruction and mayhem looks so awesome? It can be giant gunships like the Bismarck, a nuclear submarine, a B-2, a tank etc. These things fascinate me to no end.
Because no matter how intelligent we claim to be, no matter how much we evolve, at the heart of man is the innate desire for conflict and conquest. It is what has driven us to war, and also to the stars. These machines feed our most primal desires.
cause logic Devices are always beautiful ... War Machines are made for - killing. It´s their LOGIC purpose
It causes deterrence my friend …. that is until some dictator gets too big for his britches. Peace through Strength.
Our primal admiration of predators lives on, even as it gives us the willies.
Wow!!!! Really stunning!!!!!!
They are the most beautiful aircraft EVER... Would so love to see one of them.
No, that's the MD Phantom F4 by a country mile.
For me it’s the SR -71 Blackbird.
They have one on display at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Oh
Beautiful!
sanforce
Gislaine Motta
For it's age technically a masterpiece..
Huh? It's actually very young in the world of airframes. You must be a millenial.
@@robbiejk9613 for a newbie like myself, what’s the typical age for one of these things. I love her fighters on particular but I know these things take years to engineer with a catastrophic budget
@@robbiejk9613 Not really. The XB-35 flew in the 40s with very similar dimensions. Technology of avionics had to catch up in order for this aircraft to function.
You mean it's old in design the flying wing has been around for awhile but I think they got it right this time !! U.S.A
I saw one of these fly over my house on 9.12.2001. Amazing
They both used darn near every inch of that runway. Cool video!
I'm impressed that you were allowed to get even that close!
When we saw the B-1s we were completely impressed. When saw the B-2s we questioned which planet we were on.
Junk. Food for C400 Triumph.
No, we didn't. We questioned a government that was willing to spend an absurd amount of money on a useless project.
@@jamesmorgan403 No that's what you did. The rest of us understand that if you wanna get somewhere in life, get off your ass and go do it because buddy, government spending is not why you're stuck(if you are).
Just wait. There's stuff coming that will blow your socks off.
How old are you?---12?
This is so very awesome
Those jets sound intimidating. Thunderous.
I've got a splendid idea...start the video when the plane is about to take off! Genius!! 🙄🙄
Jack would be oh so proud! They do seem to use their fair share of runway though!!
Jack was briefed on it shortly before he passed away. It carries a lot of fuel, especially going across a pond.
That must be one of the awesomest technology related thing you can see (apart of flying one of those :D).
It blows my mind that this thing can go nearly 7000 miles on a tank of fuel.
Basically both entire wings are giant fuel tanks. What's amazing is how the wings can hold all of that fuel and not snap off. Each wing holds roughly 84,000lbs of fuel...yet it doesn't snap while just sitting on the ground. In the air..the lift helps relieve some of the stress..but while turning or gaining altitude..those wings are holding all of that fuel..plus the weight of the center of the plane..plus the multiplier of G forces. Absolutely amazing engineering.
@@nick4819 Oh go fuck yourself, the A380 carries 200 times that fuel in its wings and banks better while carrying 600 passengers. Psss.. it also has a better climb rate... don't believe go check it.
The 380 shows up on radar thus making a great target with all that fuel !
@James Morgan ahhh yes the stealthy a380. That extra 100' wingspan on the a380 helps doesn't it? As well that it was designed for something completely opposite of the B2. I mean the wing of the A380 is thicker than the entire B2....1 wing is almost 3/4's the width of the B2. So please..help me figure out what we are arguing.
@@jamesmorgan403 what a stupid comment, thicko
Awesome aircraft all credit to the designers, the people who built it and the aircrew who fly them.
Witnessed that Aircraft once on a static display at Kirtland AFB years ago alb ,. NM and saw it take off ,. Just a magnificent craft ., 👍
I live near Whiteman and see these from time to time. Loud.