At a whitewater slalom race years ago on the Ocoee River in TN. There was a couple F4 Phantoms, (probably from the TN air guard) did a pretty low pass. A few minutes later we heard them coming again, this time very, very low. At the race course they went vertical and kicked in the afterburners. Absolutely incredible. Guessing that one (or both) of the pilots was a paddler.
It was originally slated to do the deep penetration interdiction role of the F-111 but with a Mach 2 computer for the TFR. For some reason that I've never been able to find out, this didn't happen.
The B-1A was designed as a Mach 2 high altitude penetrator with nuclear/cruise missile delivery the main objective. Then when Gary Powers was shot down and missiles started getting close to the SR-71s it was decided that low level interdiction was the best bet at avoiding enemy SAM sites (With the US leaning towards "Stealth". So the B-1A was cancelled in favour of looking at other things (Namely the B-2). Then a bit further along down the line the States realised that they had a bit of a gap in their Capability because the B-2 was taking so long, and the B-52s weren't good enough because they were far too vulnerable to everything that could be put against them. So a new proposal was drawn up for a long ranger interdiction bomber (As something to stand in until the B2 arrived), and the B-1A was a candidate because it had good runway stats (being able to take off from shorter runways) and it was already tested and capable of carrying enough ordinance. But it still needed to be modified. It was reduced in size IIRC and it had its intake ramps remove and the intakes tuned for low level supersonic flight, meaning it was no longer capable of mach 2 at high altitudes. Then because there was turbulence down low that messed with the flight characteristics the 2 little stabilising fins were added under the nose. And that is why the B-1B is the B-1B and not the B-1A
@@_Anato_ The B-1A was well after the Gary Powers incident. Actually, that would have been the relevant issue of the B-58 Hustler. The B-1A was cancelled over budget cuts in the 1970s due to the Nixon administration initiatives; it had the terrain following ability but after the missile gap was falsified the main method for nuclear attack by bombers from that point was a supersonic dash at low altitude. Hence the B-58 at reduced ability with the newer B-1 and F-111 were employed for that purpose. The B-1B was a result of Ronald Reagan rebuilding the nation’s military might and bringing the B-1A with technology improvements and cuts out of the grave.
I was first on scene, when a B1B's terrain guidance failed. It was in West Texas, I'll not give the exact location. I, also, watched them for years, use our bleed water tanks, on the hill above Duval's Sulphur mine, as targets. Their visits were, at 500 kts., brief, but beautiful. RIP to the crew and engineers aboard that bomber.
@@MattH-wg7ou Aircraft below 10,000ft are supposed to remain at or below 250 knots, however you can be granted clearance to exceed that speed by ATC, or for military aircraft operating in TZ's.
There are lots of exceptions to that. VR routes can be flown faster, and it also does not apply for military aircraft within active MOA's and Restricted areas. Also if the aircraft's minimum safe speed is faster than 250 knots than they can fly that instead, which has been the case for some military planes over the years (one extreme example would be the F-104 which depending on loadout could have a stall speed of around 200 knots).
Yep, but if your jet can go 500kts at 500ft then the speed limit doesn't apply to you, I guess was my poorly articulated point. I am aware of the standard rules, although my first comment would indicate otherwise. But 540-600kts ground speed at 100-500agl on VR routes, in MOAs, Warning areas, etc is an everyday thing. Also, as you mention, there are standard waivers that are on the books for fighters and others that need it, where flying below 250kts is either dangerous or terribly inefficient. Standard en route speed for an F-15 for example is 350C.
20 years ago...somewhere in there...I was standing in someone's front yard out in the woods/mountains of southeast Oklahoma. There's an airport, biggest one in this part of the state, FSS on the field, a VORTAC just south of the airport, about 10 miles north of this house. It was cloudy that day. Base was maybe two thousand feet. I hear what, obviously, were jet engines at a low level. I look up just in time to see a B-1 skimming along right at the bottom of the clouds. It appeared for just a few seconds and then disappeared back into the clouds.
In the early 1980's my family and I were on our way from San Jose, CA to Las Vegas, NV. We were passing Edwards Air force Base, we heard this low rumbling sound getting closer and closer. All of a sudden a B-1B bomber past over head followed by two small jets, (not sure what kind of jets) but they were booking! They were flying very low to the ground and the bomber's wings were in the delta wing position. A beautiful site..
You should hear them take off. Was at Nellis in early 05. One took off, set off car alarms. As soon as those alarms were cleared, his wingman launched. You can guess what happened next.
That is awesome. From what I've read about the terrain following radar on the B-1 is the pilot can step the plane down to 200ft. and even lower during combat operations in any weather including night missions. Apparently this type of flying causes extreme stress to the airframe and I think it is severely restricted to extend the life of the aircraft. B-1 is my favorite aircraft yet I have never seen one in person. Maybe someday...
Just a tad windy up on yonder peak-- very impressive aircraft, one of my favourites, I have seen heard them a few times in US, but only once in the UK where I`m from. Still reminds me a little of Concorde.
One of the coolest experiences of my life was when a B1 used my white Chevy Service Astrovan, as target practice on the 14 up past Edwards (probably 2003-2005-ish). I was probably not quite at California City area. I didn't hear the initial incoming pass but sure as hell heard and saw him pass by me. With the windows down cruising at 70+ and radio blasting my whole van shook and rattled! My dad was US Air Force and was SAC, so growing up around military jet, I immediate knew it was a B1-Lancer. I watched him climb hard out of this bowl area we were in then saw his banking silhouette, wings open, slowly fade to my left; first in front of hills/mountains then behind mountains, then gone. Not 3 mins later I caught the glint of his windshield barreling straight towards me, literally on the deck coming over a small hilltop. I'm sure the laser designator camera could totally see me cheering with a huge smile on my face! Immediately banked straight up so I could get the full sound of the exhaust. Something tells me they didnt miss ;)
I used to work at the Boeing Apache helicopter plant. Those aircraft also did terrain following if it was needed, albeit a much lower altitude. They called it NOE, for nap of the earth.
I was out in the desert a few years ago, not far from EAFB and had a B1 do exactly this to me! Much to my surprise, my friend got her camera up just in time to catch it,
I was told by a former FB-111 pilot that they had three settings for flying "nap of the earth" or terrain following radar. Most pilots flew the soft setting demonstrated by the B-1B here, some flew the more violent middle setting and nobody flew the hardest setting because everyone blew chow on that setting.
driving cross country from Winnamucca to Gerlach a few years ago, came up over a small rise to look down on a B-52 flying @ about 75 ft' off he deck going like hell.
Looks like out by California city I was working there one day when I saw a jet making passes back and forth, so I drove down there to see it As I got closer I could see it was a f111 making low passes so I drove closer and I couldn't see it anymore I got out of my truck looking for it and the next thing I knew he flew directly over me at not more than a couple of hundred feet. There was no sound until he was over me, then a wall of sound came.i was jumping up and down yelling ,it was better than the thunderbirds at the air show when they do their sneaker pass It was fun living in the antelope valley there was always something flying around . I've seen the B2,the Blackbird, f117, the 747 carrying the space shuttle and more
We had one pass over us while elk hunting in NM....he was doing the exact same thing, following terrain. Everyone knows how loud they are.....they are 10X that loud when they pass over at that height! You could hear it coming, oh, about 15 seconds before it passed over us. I had time to stop what I was doing, open my pack, take out my camera, remove the lens, turn it on and wait a few seconds to catch two shots coming over the mountain. It passed directly over us....impressive sight. It blew an elk herd clean out of the county that we were watching. It was much louder than the B2 Stealth Bomber that passed over us at the Rose Bowl in 2017 and he hit the throttle when over the stadium. That Lancer is L-O-U-D.
I had 2 come over me like that near the Savannah River when I was deer hunting once. Thick forest and you could not see them coming. I honestly thought I was done for. No noise and all of a sudden all hell broke loose. Now I am not going to say I shat myself, but I came very very close to it. It was an awesome but humbling experience.
Yep, this kind of thing goes on out here all the time, I love watching the V-22 ospreys doing special ops training runs on the north west side of the base.. it's awesome.
I was camping in the desert west of Fish Springs NWR at the southern edge of the Dugway Proving Grounds in mid October 2015 when a B1B screamed past at about 250-500AGL and doing about 550Kn. Sadly I didn't have my camera in my hands as I did not know it was coming until it screamed past. 30 seconds later another one screamed by at about the same height and speed.
Bone flying at a pretty high altitude above ground level (AGL). Looks like 3-500 feet AGL. During Red Flags back in the 70s, I saw B-52s so low their shadow was as large as the airframe and they had to climb to turn. Estimated altitude was 25-50 feet AGL. We were flying F-4s at 100 ft, 5-g turn tactical (4-g was pretty standard turn). WSOs had to tell pilots what the turns were since nose gunners were padlocked on the dirt in front of us.
Talking of Red Flag, just one word... Buccaneer. But got to say, seen pictures of B-52 doing a fly by of air craft carrier, which made you think he was going to need floats.
Bones set off car alarms on takeoff. I was on the K-D Rhine cruise north of Lorelei Rock in late 2011 when a Tornado buzzed us. Loud, but not B-1 loud.
Nope, just get a VFR sectional (can buy them online or at most small airport FBOs). Look for lines on the chart marked "VR" with a four digit number following, like "VR1059" for example (3 digit VR's have one or more segments above 1500ft). Those represent a low altitude visual route used for military training. Find you a good place along one of those that is relatively near a base that uses tactical jets (B-1s for instance are Ellsworth AFB in SD and Dyess AFB in TX), and you too can potentially see jets flying over at high speed and low altitude!
These fly through the barstow area from time to time, folks always assume they're heading to nellis from edwards and barstow is pretty much in the middle. Seems random though, sometimes you see a couple in one day for a few days running then nothing for months. Alot of random badassery thundering through the desert
There is lots of training and testing that goes on out there. That is one of the largest military airspace complexes over land in the United States. You have the Navy doing testing up at China Lake, USAF testing at Edwards, Army exercises at the NTC at Ft Irwin, and then Nellis and its exercises to the East. If you are seeing stuff around Barstow though it is probably in support of the Green Flag exercise which runs in conjunction with the NTC at Ft Irwin.
I remember reading a newspaper article back in the late 80s of a B1 pilot recounting his experience after striking a pelican during low level supersonic flight testing in California. The 300 million dollar plane went down in 63 seconds, three crew members lost their lives. The Air Force said they would discontinue low level flight testing until the planes can be redesigned to thwart bird strikes in the future. Seeing this video reminded me of that article and as cool as it is, it's as dangerous as it gets. =O
It wasn't in CA, it was in CO. It wasn't a pelican, it was a Sand Hill Crane. It wasn't a flight test, it was a regular training mission for the schoolhouse. Other than that, you got most of it correct.
Was stationed at NWC China Lake back in the '80s. It's just what 75mis north of Edwards. Used to see some of the coolest stuff there and just driving down, was it hwy 287. Seen B-1B on more than one occasion doing this. Good times there, good times...saw a lot
There was 3 of them parked up at the bottom of raf fairford runway 3 yrs ago and they all needed maintenance, I havnt seen a display from a b1b since 2007 raf Fairford airshow as gone down hill over the years , Still anice plane I must say .👍🇬🇧
Years ago I was driving west through north eastern Colorado when I saw a B-1 flu across my path at about 500 feet. A couple years later a B-1 on one of these low level flights went through a flock of geese and the crew were killed.
The only B-1 loss due to a bird strike that I am aware of was due to one hitting a pelican, but yes it killed 3 out of 6 crew members that were on board (there were 2 instructors on board in addition to the usual crew of 4, and since they didn't have ejection seats, they were unable to bail out in time). This accident happened down near Pueblo, CO in 1987.
I live close to West Point, NY, & years ago, Air Force was playing Army in football, & I hear something very unusual, it was the B2 Bomber flying very low & slow, all I thought was, I’d hate to have that thing pissed at me, what a sight,
@@Twobarpsi Yes it is. That valley where the B1-B is heading is full of wind turbines. It's like a funnel. I've gone wave gliding just south of there, where you use the waves from heavy winds to get some serious uplift.
@@Twobarpsi Oh yes, I've been watching his videos at least a year now. Gliders are a fantastic way to learn to fly. Come to think of it, my first glider flight was in those hills in the video to the east (Tehachapi). My bucket list is to go gliding in the alps.
Did I really see a government meeting where this was described as having done several close air support missions? Surely that’s not this aircrafts primary role? Seemed really strange to suggest downgrading the a10 for this, amazing aircraft though it is....the two just aren’t the same
During the war, B-1 flights would loiter over the Baghdad area at high altitude for long durations waiting for calls to drop precision guided bombs on locations where Saddam and company were suspected of hiding. This was after air defenses had been suppressed. The F-117 was used in that role before the air defenses were suppressed. Maybe these missions were what they were referring to. I'm not sure I'd call those close air support. They could have used A-10 or AC-130, but either one of those opening up with the canon in a densely populated area could cause a lot more collateral damage than a 500# PG bomb, not to mention the depleted uranium being scattered around. Hellfire missiles would be too small to bring down buildings.
@@MrKentaroMotoPI i see what you mean, it’s the definition being “close” but I didint know about the loitering tactic. Didn’t know the AC130used depleted uranium either I thought it was just standard minigun ammo and the shells from the main cannon
@@aliray1165 The AC has had such an assortment of guns... I just assume that any anti-armor gun can use DU rounds - it's just another shell. The AC's mission intent is to loiter. It does that really well, but I don't think the AC versions flying during that war had bomb hard points. I recall footage of an A-10 exchanging fire with batteries located in a tall Baghdad building. The A-10 was dropping flares and firing the canon. It made swiss cheese out of the building very quickly. An effective weapon, but difficult to be precise with. Of course, the A-10 can carry precision guided bombs but - then again - I don't think it had that capability at the time either. So, we're back to the B-1!
@@MrKentaroMotoPI I remember that footage well if I remember correctly, the A10 in question was doing some of the most extreme maneuvers I’ve ever seen one pull, it was banking Left, right, turning on a dime and firing flares in all directions, that pilot was just owning that particular engagement, it was incredible to watch. Yeah the building didn’t take long!
One of the best wind in the microphone videos on youtube.
Okay...THATS a funny comment!!! 🤣
You have to give the cameraman some credit for taping this during an earthquake while riding a pogo stick.
@@Nangleator22 also for filming his finger...
What wind
The transition made me motion sick
"See him?" "No." - Famous last words of enemies around the world.
They drop out of the sky, with an almost silent approach. Amazing how quiet they are until right on top of you.
Allah Akbar- more flameouts last words
Now that was funny
My brother was a JTAC in the USAF and he use to say you were dead by the time you heard the aircraft.
Doppler effect. High pitch, low noise.
Plus the speed of sound isn't too much faster.
And an incredibly loud plane. About shook the skin off my bones at an airshow.
Loved every second of it
Enter the RAF Vulcan.
Indeed. One took off next to me at an airshow and my organs were vibrating! Epic!
@@tooyoungtobeold8756 I'd love to hear one of those go by!
@@NFawc the one I saw was a low pass with afterburner on!
Almost as loud as the wind in his mic....
Had one of these fly over my house towards the mountain and then hit full afterburners and go up and over. Coolest noise I've ever heard!
At a whitewater slalom race years ago on the Ocoee River in TN. There was a couple F4 Phantoms, (probably from the TN air guard) did a pretty low pass. A few minutes later we heard them coming again, this time very, very low. At the race course they went vertical and kicked in the afterburners. Absolutely incredible. Guessing that one (or both) of the pilots was a paddler.
The B1 reminds be of an F-111's bigger brother.
Love the Ardvark!
It was originally slated to do the deep penetration interdiction role of the F-111 but with a Mach 2 computer for the TFR. For some reason that I've never been able to find out, this didn't happen.
The B-1A was designed as a Mach 2 high altitude penetrator with nuclear/cruise missile delivery the main objective. Then when Gary Powers was shot down and missiles started getting close to the SR-71s it was decided that low level interdiction was the best bet at avoiding enemy SAM sites (With the US leaning towards "Stealth".
So the B-1A was cancelled in favour of looking at other things (Namely the B-2). Then a bit further along down the line the States realised that they had a bit of a gap in their Capability because the B-2 was taking so long, and the B-52s weren't good enough because they were far too vulnerable to everything that could be put against them.
So a new proposal was drawn up for a long ranger interdiction bomber (As something to stand in until the B2 arrived), and the B-1A was a candidate because it had good runway stats (being able to take off from shorter runways) and it was already tested and capable of carrying enough ordinance. But it still needed to be modified. It was reduced in size IIRC and it had its intake ramps remove and the intakes tuned for low level supersonic flight, meaning it was no longer capable of mach 2 at high altitudes.
Then because there was turbulence down low that messed with the flight characteristics the 2 little stabilising fins were added under the nose.
And that is why the B-1B is the B-1B and not the B-1A
All Rockwell/General Dynamics/Convair have design similarities in all of their aircraft. look at the B58 fuselage.
@@_Anato_
The B-1A was well after the Gary Powers incident. Actually, that would have been the relevant issue of the B-58 Hustler. The B-1A was cancelled over budget cuts in the 1970s due to the Nixon administration initiatives; it had the terrain following ability but after the missile gap was falsified the main method for nuclear attack by bombers from that point was a supersonic dash at low altitude. Hence the B-58 at reduced ability with the newer B-1 and F-111 were employed for that purpose.
The B-1B was a result of Ronald Reagan rebuilding the nation’s military might and bringing the B-1A with technology improvements and cuts out of the grave.
I was first on scene, when a B1B's terrain guidance failed. It was in West Texas, I'll not give the exact location.
I, also, watched them for years, use our bleed water tanks, on the hill above Duval's Sulphur mine, as targets. Their visits were, at 500 kts., brief, but beautiful.
RIP to the crew and engineers aboard that bomber.
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Amazing how close it is before becoming visible.
Glad they’re on our side. Wish I was there in person for this one. Awesome.
They used to fly the Ozarks. Witnessed like this. Ridge to ridge we timed it, he was doing 500 mph at 500 agl. 200 above the speed limit.
Speed limit, you say?
@@MattH-wg7ou Aircraft below 10,000ft are supposed to remain at or below 250 knots, however you can be granted clearance to exceed that speed by ATC, or for military aircraft operating in TZ's.
There are lots of exceptions to that. VR routes can be flown faster, and it also does not apply for military aircraft within active MOA's and Restricted areas. Also if the aircraft's minimum safe speed is faster than 250 knots than they can fly that instead, which has been the case for some military planes over the years (one extreme example would be the F-104 which depending on loadout could have a stall speed of around 200 knots).
Yep, but if your jet can go 500kts at 500ft then the speed limit doesn't apply to you, I guess was my poorly articulated point. I am aware of the standard rules, although my first comment would indicate otherwise. But 540-600kts ground speed at 100-500agl on VR routes, in MOAs, Warning areas, etc is an everyday thing. Also, as you mention, there are standard waivers that are on the books for fighters and others that need it, where flying below 250kts is either dangerous or terribly inefficient. Standard en route speed for an F-15 for example is 350C.
20 years ago...somewhere in there...I was standing in someone's front yard out in the woods/mountains of southeast Oklahoma. There's an airport, biggest one in this part of the state, FSS on the field, a VORTAC just south of the airport, about 10 miles north of this house. It was cloudy that day. Base was maybe two thousand feet. I hear what, obviously, were jet engines at a low level. I look up just in time to see a B-1 skimming along right at the bottom of the clouds. It appeared for just a few seconds and then disappeared back into the clouds.
Had a pair fly over a camp in the white mountains years ago. They were less then 100 feet off the tree tops. Cool stuff.
Not gonna lie, this gave me a B-1R
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I seen this about that time period. It was awesome seeing the B-one that close to the ground on my commute to and from work
Excellent! Good to see the BONE still rocking the desert!
In the early 1980's my family and I were on our way from San Jose, CA to Las Vegas, NV. We were passing Edwards Air force Base, we heard this low rumbling sound getting closer and closer. All of a sudden a B-1B bomber past over head followed by two small jets, (not sure what kind of jets) but they were booking! They were flying very low to the ground and the bomber's wings were in the delta wing position. A beautiful site..
Probably see where I used to live in Lake Los Angeles from there. We really enjoyed living near Edwards and Air Force Plant 42.
I lived in Lancaster and they used to fly SR71s almost over my house all the time
I liked how you couldn’t hear it, until it was right on you.
You should hear them take off. Was at Nellis in early 05. One took off, set off car alarms. As soon as those alarms were cleared, his wingman launched. You can guess what happened next.
That is awesome. From what I've read about the terrain following radar on the B-1 is the pilot can step the plane down to 200ft. and even lower during combat operations in any weather including night missions. Apparently this type of flying causes extreme stress to the airframe and I think it is severely restricted to extend the life of the aircraft. B-1 is my favorite aircraft yet I have never seen one in person. Maybe someday...
too bad the unshielded mike got wind buffet louder than the aircraft
I told him to bring the lav mic. He said the airplane would pull the plug out. He had a point. 🤷🏻♀️
That is one beautiful freedom dispenser.
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Just a tad windy up on yonder peak-- very impressive aircraft, one of my favourites, I have seen heard them a few times in US, but only once in the UK where I`m from.
Still reminds me a little of Concorde.
One of the coolest experiences of my life was when a B1 used my white Chevy Service Astrovan, as target practice on the 14 up past Edwards (probably 2003-2005-ish). I was probably not quite at California City area. I didn't hear the initial incoming pass but sure as hell heard and saw him pass by me. With the windows down cruising at 70+ and radio blasting my whole van shook and rattled! My dad was US Air Force and was SAC, so growing up around military jet, I immediate knew it was a B1-Lancer.
I watched him climb hard out of this bowl area we were in then saw his banking silhouette, wings open, slowly fade to my left; first in front of hills/mountains then behind mountains, then gone. Not 3 mins later I caught the glint of his windshield barreling straight towards me, literally on the deck coming over a small hilltop. I'm sure the laser designator camera could totally see me cheering with a huge smile on my face! Immediately banked straight up so I could get the full sound of the exhaust.
Something tells me they didnt miss ;)
I used to work at the Boeing Apache helicopter plant. Those aircraft also did terrain following if it was needed, albeit a much lower altitude. They called it NOE, for nap of the earth.
My son, and my grandson work there, as we speak...
the sound the b1 makes and it arching it takeoff at night will never get old love working on this big ass jet sometimes
I was out in the desert a few years ago, not far from EAFB and had a B1 do exactly this to me! Much to my surprise, my friend got her camera up just in time to catch it,
Bloody hell. I didn’t see or hear that coming until it was overhead. The baddies have no hope.
Guessing it's a 100ft AGL TFR run. Impressive!
My favorite aircraft of all time! Best roller coaster on the planet!
Wow....would not want to be on the receiving
end of that machine! 💥
I saw one of those B1's do a fly by while I was playing golf once. The wings were swept back and he was MOVING!!!!!
The B-1 is such a legend.
I was told by a former FB-111 pilot that they had three settings for flying "nap of the earth" or terrain following radar. Most pilots flew the soft setting demonstrated by the B-1B here, some flew the more violent middle setting and nobody flew the hardest setting because everyone blew chow on that setting.
Low is right, when I first spotted it, it was below the hills on the horizon. Not much time for an enemy to react! I like it.
It utilizes the same terrain following system that the Tomahawk Cruise Misslie uses.
I hope NOT, usually a Cruise Missile doesn’t have to navigate BACK to base 🤔😬🙄
@@kayakfishingforpredators9107 it's terrain following, not directional nav.
driving cross country from Winnamucca to Gerlach a few years ago, came up over a small rise to look down on a B-52 flying @ about 75 ft' off he deck going like hell.
For the enemy this must be the most intimidating horrific sound to hear in the dark of night to wonder if he just dropped something nearby...
Love it !! 👌
Beautiful,sleek.aircraft! Should have kept it in production a while longer.
Would have been a waste. They kept it in production just the right amount of time
Stayin under the radar! 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪
Looks like out by California city I was working there one day when I saw a jet making passes back and forth, so I drove down there to see it
As I got closer I could see it was a f111 making low passes so I drove closer and I couldn't see it anymore I got out of my truck looking for it and the next thing I knew he flew directly over me at not more than a couple of hundred feet. There was no sound until he was over me, then a wall of sound came.i was jumping up and down yelling ,it was better than the thunderbirds at the air show when they do their sneaker pass
It was fun living in the antelope valley there was always something flying around . I've seen the B2,the Blackbird, f117, the 747 carrying the space shuttle and more
stellar camera work
We had one pass over us while elk hunting in NM....he was doing the exact same thing, following terrain. Everyone knows how loud they are.....they are 10X that loud when they pass over at that height! You could hear it coming, oh, about 15 seconds before it passed over us. I had time to stop what I was doing, open my pack, take out my camera, remove the lens, turn it on and wait a few seconds to catch two shots coming over the mountain. It passed directly over us....impressive sight. It blew an elk herd clean out of the county that we were watching. It was much louder than the B2 Stealth Bomber that passed over us at the Rose Bowl in 2017 and he hit the throttle when over the stadium. That Lancer is L-O-U-D.
Have any photos? Or the video?
@@aviationist1018 sure do!
Could possibly, be the best terrain-mapping/low-flying Aircraft, in the World today!
... and just like that, you’re 🔥dust 💨 ‼️ I’ve loved the B since the first time I saw it.
yooooo that's a fart emoji
Beautiful.
I worked final assembly on 97 of these. They are impressive.
I had 2 come over me like that near the Savannah River when I was deer hunting once. Thick forest and you could not see them coming. I honestly thought I was done for. No noise and all of a sudden all hell broke loose. Now I am not going to say I shat myself, but I came very very close to it. It was an awesome but humbling experience.
I had 1 fly over me on hwy 14 north of Edwards afb in the late 90s both sides of the hwy came to stop
Looks like you are on top of one of the twin buttes south of Cal City. I’ve been on top of both but no B1!
Yep, this kind of thing goes on out here all the time, I love watching the V-22 ospreys doing special ops training runs on the north west side of the base.. it's awesome.
Amazing how quickly the plane disappeared against the desert floor after it passed over!
I was camping in the desert west of Fish Springs NWR at the southern edge of the Dugway Proving Grounds in mid October 2015 when a B1B screamed past at about 250-500AGL and doing about 550Kn. Sadly I didn't have my camera in my hands as I did not know it was coming until it screamed past. 30 seconds later another one screamed by at about the same height and speed.
Fantastic! Great video.
What kind of boneheads gives this stuff a thumbs down? CMON!
Tinfoil Hat crowd, or Moonbats
The B1 is one of the airplanes you never want to see if you're a bad guy.
We need more of these babies.
The B-1 is the sexiest bomber in existence. With it's wine-bottle shape and payload, it is an existensial horror - but I love it.
Bone flying at a pretty high altitude above ground level (AGL). Looks like 3-500 feet AGL. During Red Flags back in the 70s, I saw B-52s so low their shadow was as large as the airframe and they had to climb to turn. Estimated altitude was 25-50 feet AGL. We were flying F-4s at 100 ft, 5-g turn tactical (4-g was pretty standard turn). WSOs had to tell pilots what the turns were since nose gunners were padlocked on the dirt in front of us.
Talking of Red Flag, just one word... Buccaneer.
But got to say, seen pictures of B-52 doing a fly by of air craft carrier, which made you think he was going to need floats.
Was on a hill in Scotland when this happened (but a Tornado), trust me it would be loud, VERY LOUD.
Bones set off car alarms on takeoff. I was on the K-D Rhine cruise north of Lorelei Rock in late 2011 when a Tornado buzzed us. Loud, but not B-1 loud.
You couldn’t even see it against the terrain until it was on top of you. That’s nutty.
And that's how she'll look speeding over the desert on the way to Tehran. Yeah boy.
Amazing!
What the pilot said to the co-pilot: "Oh, crap! He's got a camera. He might be streaming live to RUclips. We better not bomb him."
He’s like the running back running the football into the endzone while everyone else at Red Flag covers him
I assume you have to be active military with a connection to get a shot like that?
Nope, just get a VFR sectional (can buy them online or at most small airport FBOs). Look for lines on the chart marked "VR" with a four digit number following, like "VR1059" for example (3 digit VR's have one or more segments above 1500ft). Those represent a low altitude visual route used for military training. Find you a good place along one of those that is relatively near a base that uses tactical jets (B-1s for instance are Ellsworth AFB in SD and Dyess AFB in TX), and you too can potentially see jets flying over at high speed and low altitude!
Uhhh... This is the official youtube channel of edwards air force base. Some PAO probably shot this
Awesome! Love it!
That plane sounds cool! I think. It was hard to hear over the raging wind but yeah, it probably sounds cool.
These fly through the barstow area from time to time, folks always assume they're heading to nellis from edwards and barstow is pretty much in the middle. Seems random though, sometimes you see a couple in one day for a few days running then nothing for months. Alot of random badassery thundering through the desert
There is lots of training and testing that goes on out there. That is one of the largest military airspace complexes over land in the United States. You have the Navy doing testing up at China Lake, USAF testing at Edwards, Army exercises at the NTC at Ft Irwin, and then Nellis and its exercises to the East. If you are seeing stuff around Barstow though it is probably in support of the Green Flag exercise which runs in conjunction with the NTC at Ft Irwin.
@@deltaromeo6772 you forgot 29er Stumps. Uncle Sam's Misguided Children are feeling left out. 😁
Always impressed when I see ‘The BONE’.
I remember reading a newspaper article back in the late 80s of a B1 pilot recounting his experience after striking a pelican during low level supersonic flight testing in California. The 300 million dollar plane went down in 63 seconds, three crew members lost their lives. The Air Force said they would discontinue low level flight testing until the planes can be redesigned to thwart bird strikes in the future. Seeing this video reminded me of that article and as cool as it is, it's as dangerous as it gets. =O
toymaker94566 hitting something at super sonic speed it’s like a giant bullet
It wasn't in CA, it was in CO. It wasn't a pelican, it was a Sand Hill Crane. It wasn't a flight test, it was a regular training mission for the schoolhouse. Other than that, you got most of it correct.
Was stationed at NWC China Lake back in the '80s. It's just what 75mis north of Edwards.
Used to see some of the coolest stuff there and just driving down, was it hwy 287. Seen B-1B on more than one occasion doing this.
Good times there, good times...saw a lot
Did you ever go near Area 51 ?
rbeck3200tb40 nope, no closer than Last Vegas. Good times!
No film can capture what a low pass like this sounds or looks like in person ' you don't just see and hear it you FEEL it go buy scary as hell !
I don't care if I'm Russian - this is FUCKING AWESOME!
Well, the Soviets did have a certain "blackjack" affection for the B-1.
There was 3 of them parked up at the bottom of raf fairford runway 3 yrs ago and they all needed maintenance, I havnt seen a display from a b1b since 2007 raf Fairford airshow as gone down hill over the years , Still anice plane I must say .👍🇬🇧
Go Air Force!!! Cheers, CMSgt Bob
Definitely worth the long climb!
Looks like a high altitude bombing run. The TSR-2 was a low level terrain following aircraft.
Years ago I was driving west through north eastern Colorado when I saw a B-1 flu across my path at about 500 feet. A couple years later a B-1 on one of these low level flights went through a flock of geese and the crew were killed.
The only B-1 loss due to a bird strike that I am aware of was due to one hitting a pelican, but yes it killed 3 out of 6 crew members that were on board (there were 2 instructors on board in addition to the usual crew of 4, and since they didn't have ejection seats, they were unable to bail out in time). This accident happened down near Pueblo, CO in 1987.
When these light the afterburner, you feel it in your bones
This looks like it was filmed along Cords Rd.?
Awesome!
You lucky Bastids,Cheers
Love it!
I live close to West Point, NY, & years ago, Air Force was playing Army in football, & I hear something very unusual, it was the B2 Bomber flying very low & slow, all I thought was, I’d hate to have that thing pissed at me, what a sight,
Driving I70 east of Limon, CO 1984, calm day then vibrations - roar - steel cloud B 52 on low fast run. Wow...
Location is 35° 5'9.50"N, 117°56'19.86"W, California City.
Windiest place on earth.
@@Twobarpsi Yes it is. That valley where the B1-B is heading is full of wind turbines. It's like a funnel. I've gone wave gliding just south of there, where you use the waves from heavy winds to get some serious uplift.
@@ryanmcgowan3061 I love soaring! Been up in several gliders. Had some stick time too. Have you seen Bruno Vassel's channel? Amazing videos!
@@Twobarpsi Oh yes, I've been watching his videos at least a year now. Gliders are a fantastic way to learn to fly. Come to think of it, my first glider flight was in those hills in the video to the east (Tehachapi). My bucket list is to go gliding in the alps.
so what, you're flying in the desert, nothing of height for 100 miles?
How does something that big and loud just come out of nowhere?!
I hope the USAF never has to retire the Lancer.
Are the two rocks of the mountain edge in the lower part of the video actual snipers in ghillie suits?
There is a device for microphones called a windscreen.
Yep I made the mistake of looking above the horizon for this one.
Low and quiet until approaching, passing overhead. 😄😊❤️
Did I really see a government meeting where this was described as having done several close air support missions? Surely that’s not this aircrafts primary role? Seemed really strange to suggest downgrading the a10 for this, amazing aircraft though it is....the two just aren’t the same
During the war, B-1 flights would loiter over the Baghdad area at high altitude for long durations waiting for calls to drop precision guided bombs on locations where Saddam and company were suspected of hiding. This was after air defenses had been suppressed. The F-117 was used in that role before the air defenses were suppressed.
Maybe these missions were what they were referring to. I'm not sure I'd call those close air support.
They could have used A-10 or AC-130, but either one of those opening up with the canon in a densely populated area could cause a lot more collateral damage than a 500# PG bomb, not to mention the depleted uranium being scattered around. Hellfire missiles would be too small to bring down buildings.
@@MrKentaroMotoPI i see what you mean, it’s the definition being “close” but I didint know about the loitering tactic. Didn’t know the AC130used depleted uranium either I thought it was just standard minigun ammo and the shells from the main cannon
@@aliray1165 The AC has had such an assortment of guns... I just assume that any anti-armor gun can use DU rounds - it's just another shell. The AC's mission intent is to loiter. It does that really well, but I don't think the AC versions flying during that war had bomb hard points. I recall footage of an A-10 exchanging fire with batteries located in a tall Baghdad building. The A-10 was dropping flares and firing the canon. It made swiss cheese out of the building very quickly. An effective weapon, but difficult to be precise with. Of course, the A-10 can carry precision guided bombs but - then again - I don't think it had that capability at the time either. So, we're back to the B-1!
@@MrKentaroMotoPI I remember that footage well if I remember correctly, the A10 in question was doing some of the most extreme maneuvers I’ve ever seen one pull, it was banking Left, right, turning on a dime and firing flares in all directions, that pilot was just owning that particular engagement, it was incredible to watch. Yeah the building didn’t take long!
@@aliray1165 Yes, I think that was it!
That was a nice video, thank's !
Minor speedbump. Carry on.
The Tornado was pretty good at that too by the way.
Maaaaaan that was cool. Do one from the pilots view during a maneuver similar to that?
This was my first duty station!!
Security Forces
3 Papa?
Coming Soon to a North Korean Nuclear Site Near You!
Love it LOL.
lmao the 'Coming Soon' got me
What no bombing run at 30000 ft..damn wanted to see that
Flying that fast, that low to the ground.... would be fun.
Pity aircraft optimised to do such a thing are now obsolete museum pieces.
I worked on her at Rockwell El Segundo nice plain