American Giant Bombers, The Evolution. From The XB-15 To The B-52, B-36, And More | Rare Footage

American bombers, such as Boeing XBLR-1 or XB-15, the XB-17 or B-17 Flying Fortress, the Douglas XB-19 or XBLR-2 or B-19, the Northrop XB-35, the Convair or Consolidated XB-36 or B-36 peacemaker, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet, the Convair B-60 or YB-60 and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
We will take a look at some of the most iconic and powerful aircraft that helped shape the history of aerial warfare.
First up, we have the Boeing XBLR-1 and the XB-15. These were two experimental heavy bombers that were developed in the 1930s, prior to the outbreak of World War II. The XBLR-1 was built to test the concept of a long-range bomber, while the XB-15 was designed to be the largest and most powerful bomber of its time. Although neither of these bombers were put into production, they laid the groundwork for the development of the B-17 Flying Fortress, which would become one of the most famous bombers of World War II.
Speaking of the B-17, it was a four-engine heavy bomber that was primarily used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The B-17 was developed in the 1930s and became known for its toughness and ability to withstand enemy fire. Its high-altitude performance made it ideal for bombing missions over Germany, and it was responsible for dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft during the war.
Moving on to the Douglas XB-19, XBLR-2, and B-19, these were three experimental heavy bombers that were developed in the 1940s. The XB-19 was designed to be the largest bomber in the world at the time, while the XBLR-2 was built to test long-range capabilities. The B-19 was a refined version of the XB-19 and was intended to serve as a long-range bomber. However, it was never put into full production due to the end of World War II.
Next up is the Northrop XB-35, which was an experimental heavy bomber developed in the 1940s. The XB-35 was unique in that it was a flying wing aircraft, meaning that it had no traditional tail section. It was designed to have long range and high altitude capabilities, but unfortunately, it was not put into full production due to its high cost and technical difficulties.
Moving on to the Convair or Consolidated XB-36, which was also known as the B-36 Peacemaker. It was a strategic bomber that was developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The B-36 was the largest bomber ever to enter production and was capable of carrying nuclear weapons. It was designed to be a deterrent against the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War and played a significant role in the development of the United States' strategic bombing capabilities.
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was a strategic bomber that was developed in the 1950s. It was designed to be a high-speed, high-altitude bomber that could deliver nuclear weapons to targets deep inside the Soviet Union. The B-47 was the first mass-produced jet-powered bomber and played a significant role in the United States' Cold War strategy.
The Convair B-60 or YB-60 was an experimental jet-powered bomber that was developed in the 1950s. It was designed to be a successor to the B-52 Stratofortress and was intended to be faster and more capable than its predecessor. However, the project was cancelled due to cost overruns and technical difficulties, and the B-52 remained in service for many years.
Finally, we have the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, which is perhaps the most iconic American bomber of all time.
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959.
General characteristics
Crew: 13
Length: 162 ft 1 in (49.40 m)
Wingspan: 230 ft 0 in (70.10 m)
Height: 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Wing area: 4,772 sq ft (443.3 m2) [78]
Airfoil: root: NACA 63(420)-422; tip: NACA 63(420)-517[79]
Empty weight: 166,165 lb (75,371 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 410,000 lb (185,973 kg)
Powerplant: 6 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-53 Wasp Major 28-cylinder 4-row air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,800 hp (2,800 kW) each for take-off
Powerplant: 4 × General Electric J47 turbojet engines, 5,200 lbf (23 kN) thrust each in pylon mounted pods outboard of piston engines
Propellers: 3-bladed Curtiss Electric constant-speed fully-feathering pusher propellers
Performance
Maximum speed: 435 mph (700 km/h, 378 kn)
Cruise speed: 230 mph (370 km/h, 200 kn)
Combat range: 3,985 mi (6,413 km, 3,463 nmi)
Ferry range: 10,000 mi (16,000 km, 8,700 nmi) [78]
Service ceiling: 43,600 ft (13,300 m)
Rate of climb: 1,995 ft/min (10.13 m/s)
Armament
Guns: 1 remotely operated tail turret with 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) M24A1 autocannon[78]
Bombs: 86,000 lb (39,000 kg) with weight restrictions, 72,000 lb (33,000 kg) normal[78]
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[@forthleft]

Great work, I'm glad you put the whole story together like this. A lot of effort.

[@lancelot1953]

Born in 1950, I lived that era - growing up in a traditional "America the Beautiful", we (kids) had these model airplanes, pictures, games all over the place - our country was, in our eyes, invincible - God was on our side after all. It was an exciting time to grow up, regardless of how naive and "innocent" we were... before Vietnam. Thank you DroneScapes for bringing us back the memories, Ciao, L (Veteran)

[@jerryrichards8172]

Grew up in the 60 but feel the same still got was the last decades of what America was ment to be . Back when the sayng..proud to be American still ment somthing. Now the the young Americans that have the best of everything they want say.....not proud to be American. Some Public schools in California and Oregon fly the national Mexican flag.

[@lancelot1953]

@@jerryrichards8172 Hi Jerry, I hear (read) you! As a Veteran having lived/survived with some of America's best, it breaks my heart to see spoiled individuals desecrate our flag and the institutions that made this country what it is (or was). May God help us all, Ciao, L

[@chrisperosa]

Great video. I didn't know the B-36 carried 16 20mm cannons. They transported unfinished B-58 Hustlers in the airplane. I have been an aviation enthusiast for most of my life. I am 60. I learned something.

[@robertheinkel6225]

The turrets could be retracted when not needed, and one person could control multiple turrets.

[@saltycreole2673]

I met a retired Colonel at Chanute AFB while training as a Firefighter, who flew the B-58 Hustler. He and his wife were walking their dog and saw me admiring the plane on display, one of many planes displayed on base. Besides the A-10 Warthog, (Of which I saw the first iteration in 1976 at Malmstrom AFB, so new the maintainence crew covered the cockpit to keep the Soviets from seeing it from space) the B-58 is my favorite aircraft. It's as mean looking on the ground as it is in the air!

[@nonsibi1087]

As a kid growing up in the 1950s, I was (and still am!) an aircraft geek. And I vividly recall the excitement I felt when, looking up, I veiwed the first B-36 that I ever saw.

[@benstaubyn]

AF Museum in Dayton Ohio is on this Aussies bucket list

[@JohnRoberts-wk6rf]

I grew up in the 1960s and became a private pilot at age 17. I fully understand and share your excitement. There is "something" about airplanes.

[@nonsibi1087]

@@JohnRoberts-wk6rf Yes! You can understand, then, how trilling it was for me to fly off a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier in and F4 Phantom. Now, retired, I was yet thrilled to get up close and listen to, feel, and smell an original Nieport 28 fighter at my local airport, spewing castor oil & smoke as it rushes away from me down the runway.

[@50buttfish]

Moved to Travis AFB mid 50s; the first thing you felt & heard was the B-36, whether is was taxi'ing (BRAKES); powering up for take-off, and the ground shaking when it started to roll. Then the B-52 came in, low fly-overs of our houses during Cuba. The airshows every years were great. I loved the F-104 (Starfighter), they actually covered the wings so people would not get CUT, just a seat with a rocket on the back.

[@NFlight]

Air Force Brat here too. I remember the sound as well as when Old Shakey would take off from Norton.

[@krautyvonlederhosen]

In San Antonio, Kelly AFB was the overhaul facility for the B36. They completely rebuilt the P&W4360s and I remember in the early morning, as they warmed these monsters up, the noise created a sound wave which could be felt 10 miles away. It was a peculiar sound produced by no other craft. Underneath one of these giants as they lifted off was an experience. San Antonio produced air shows like no other place with Kelly, Lackland, Brooks, and Randolph AFB. Magical time to be a kid.

[@imtoooldforthisstuff]

I got to help with the display of the RB-36 at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California. It was an amazing aircraft, as a kid I got to go inside the XC-99 cargo/passenger version at Kelly AFB, Texas, I just wish I have been older and was able to appreciate what it ,meant to aviation history.

[@higgydufrane]

The B-36 had such a unique sound. When I went to college for my A&P, one of my instructors was an electrical troubleshooting and maintenance guy for the B-36. I wish I had asked him more Questions, this was back in the 80s.

[@madmax2069]

Seen the Peacemaker at the Dayton air museum, first time seeing one, and it's so much bigger in person than what you think it is when seeing it in video.

[@madmax2069]

@@williamfeilhauer2667 indeed, when on the second floor at the cafeteria you get a good view of it

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

This was great fun seeing all the often astonishing prototypes. There's some excellent historical footage. The sight of the XB-19 bouncing along the runway was dizzying to watch- I can only imagine what it must've been like from the inside of that immense bird. The early prototypes of the XB-36 without the bubble canopy, kind of like a stretched B-29, are gorgeous. It's truly amazing how rapidly aeronautical design advanced in just a few decades.

[@Dronescapes]

👍🙏

[@johnbockelie3899]

The X B - 19 would have made an excellent target for fighter planes.

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@johnbockelie3899 but it would be awesome once it starts fighting back.

[@austinguest5054]

Great video ! Love the details and how simplified you make it ! Keep up the good work ! Ps I’m honoured to call Casey Bukowski from the 381 st BG a personal friend who is a 16 mission veteran and still flying even today on the 4th July !!

[@casparcoaster1936]

La may was just a rare example of a man draped with massive power and responsiblities who maintained w/common sense

[@ronjon7942]

He’s a hero. In every sense.

[@JMurph2015]

​@@ronjon7942 I mean, the fire bombing of Tokyo was an, interesting choice. I would say LeMay is more like Batman than Superman. He wasn't a hero on a white horse, he was a pragmatist willing to do whatever was necessary to ensure the US won the war in the Pacific and later was prepared to fulfill the doomsday mission when called for.

[@jerichom11x]

He tried to start ww3 over Cuba

[@SandfordSmythe]

He was notorious for smoking his cigars in the base theater.

[@cricket700612]

Very accurate. Very informative.

[@leezinke4351]

B-36 and XB-35 looks very awesome!

[@41divad]

My father newly married worked on two rennovations at San Diego starting in 1950. Sealing the rivets in the leaky gas tanks, and installing the jet engines. The program ended about May 1952, just before I was born

[@johnharris6655]

The B-35 and B-36 are an example of how politics was more important than defense in the early days of the Air Force.

[@Jath2112]

I feel ashamed that I have made it through nearly half a century of life without knowing much of anything ... and specifically without knowing anything about this entire topic... I've been seriously interested in WWII for maybe 30 years...I still barely know about....literally billions of details. And to think that the knowledge it takes to develop and build any single piece of any vehicle, weapon...whatever... has to be taught and learned and grown in the minds of countless brand new humans....over and over.... I can't even successfully articulate this simple comment about this incredible little summary of this one interesting thing.... It is extremely humbling to consider all that our little species has managed to do. It gets more and more sobering and impressive the more I learn.... ... So...yeah this is a neat video, thanks for posting... I need some Excedrin Migraine and a nap.

[@Dronescapes]

Thank you!

[@jayfalvs]

Consolidated.....what an awesome consolidated video......consolidated

[@Dan.d649]

Very nice video presentation about some iconic airplanes. The XB-36 "Peacemaker" was a beast. It was an amazingly powered airplane. (six pusher prop engines, and four jet engines near the end of the wings) It had a total of 10 engines. The marvelous technology of this airplane came to be, and it was mass-produced because the Air Force, under then Brigadier General Curtis LeMay, it proved to be the ultimate long-range bomber. Convair has planned out another design much later dubbed the XB-60, that was an all-jet powered concept. It basically was a "Peacemaker" built to become a "swept-wing" large bomber, and transport airplane. This airplane, the XB-60 however, though rather impressive, didn't sit well with General LeMay and the Air Force for the military long-range bombing offensive. The Boeing company had developed the smaller B-52 "Stratofortress", and it was chosen by the Air Force, and was brought into in large numbers. It was in reality, that little did anyone know at the time, that the B-52 was to become a technological marvel after so many years. To this day, the B-52 has become the oldest "still-flying" airplane ever produced. They will have newer engines fitted onto them soon.

[@Knight6831]

Realistically the Convair B-36 Peacemaker was obsolete before it even entered service and the British were well aware that piston engine heavy bombers were obsolete, the British only kept the Avro Lincoln for as long as they had to until they got the jet bombers to replace them

[@WizzRacing]

They had one of these at an old Airport in Arlington, Texas.. We would play on it like a Jungle Jim.. Then one day they they up and moved it...That thing was huge...

[@bcs1982]

There is a B36 at a museum near where I live. It is astonishing how big it is up close. Amazing such a thing could fly

[@andriy1000]

What a lovely documentary. Thank you

[@Dronescapes]

Thank you too!

[@SuperchargedSupercharged]

Thank you for sharing the story of this wonderful time in our history.

[@Dronescapes]

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[@newdefsys]

18:43 Consolidated: How many tanks do you want to use for the landing gear ? Government: All of them

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

Last time I was at the Air and Space Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, they had a B-36 parked next to the XB-70. Very beautiful and massive aircraft.

[@DonMayfield]

I remember the XC99 being available in san antonio for tours.

[@mushroomman1856]

This documentary is absolutely brilliant. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned earlier about the flying wings bennificial smaller radar signal. Awesome job. But some of the video looks a little hokey look at the faces. Look at the writing on the instruments panels.

[@dronepilot260rc]

Amazingly designed 🎉

[@proteusnz99]

Re Broken Arrow segment. The Mk 4 was a plutonium implosion weapon (same as Nagasaki). This generation needed to be armed in flight, i.e. the weapon core needed to be inserted into the bomb casing, without this it was just a large conventional bomb.

[@user-zx7dp3qp6u]

I knew a gentleman years ago that was a crewman on the B-36 that dropped the hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll he had some of the greatest photos of that event and of the aircraft .

[@novarat4089]

this reminds me of the kind of stuff that used to be on history channel before it turned to absolute drek. a really good watch

[@user-wy5ud8fy9b]

God Bless America and the USAF ⚔️

[@mr88cet]

I hadn’t seen the B-60. Interesting!

[@Dronescapes]

👍🙏

[@tommyboy5455]

Great compilation

[@Dronescapes]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rayceeya8659]

To spend months building a plane to only have it fly once, makes my heart hurt.

[@javinshoupvaughn6947]

Same

[@gort8203]

They wouldn't learn more by continuing to fly it, so not flying it saved dollars that could be better spent on the next project.

[@Dronescapes]

Good observation

[@rayceeya8659]

@@gort8203 I don't care about the money, I feel for the engineers and technicians who poured their heart and soul into that machine.

[@gearheadgregwi]

Makes my head hurt how lucky were Britain didn't fall

[@flatcapcaferacer]

There were 13 Commanders of SAC from 1948 to 1991 and General LeMay probably had the most influence on SACs high standards.

[@edsonjosecorrea4481]

Belo programa sobre esse avião B36 que avião mais lindo.

[@Dronescapes]

👍👍🙏

[@edkrach8891]

The Aluminum Overcast, that was one of the nicknames for the B 36.

[@captainsledge7554]

Jack northrup did get to see his flying wing come to production before his death. He really was a smart man for his time. The world just wasnt ready for a flying wing. I build RC. The flying wing configuration is very efficient

[@DavidRLentz]

Oh. My. Gawd! Times two!

[@PeterMayer]

We have one here near Dayton at the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum.

[@neilhaas]

🇺🇲🇺🇲👍🤗😁😀❤️ nice airplanes interesting airplane the design is unique.

[@denniscarroll1431]

When I first worked for Lockheed in the 1970s, I met a co-worker that said during his service in the Air Force he was a B-36 Flight Engineer. On a mission they would takeoff from the US and were at 52,000 feet off the Artic Area of Northern Soviet Union and Return.

[@tkskagen]

Hence gave us the B-52 STRATOFORTRESSS!

[@katsu-graphics5634]

there is a B-36 at Wright-Patterson Museum, When you stand under it, you are astounded how large it is.

[@laserdad]

Great videos. I'm curious where you found the B-36 documentary.

[@Dronescapes]

Thank you. We purchased the footage from a TV producer that is not in business anymore, who happened to have access to many aircraft manufacturers archives.

[@gravelydon7072]

@@Dronescapes Many people would be surprised at what films were made and hidden away. In the 80s I was given a copy of a film on the White House Army Communications Agency on a video tape. And a note to contact the local group of members who retired from it. Next thing I knew, I was the guest speaker at their meeting where for the first time, they actually got to see the film made about themselves. As to how I came about getting it, and who had the original, that I could not talk about. Needless to say, several of the members asked for and got copies, at no cost as they were in the film.

[@barryklinedinst6233]

I never realized how big that monster was. Six turning and 4 burning

[@rogerbeckner6419]

Saker ad could not be skipped and locked -up playback. Only saw one third of your content.

[@gianniminicucci7462]

beleive it or not, these bombers saved our FREEDOM, and always made the ENEMY THINK TWICE, before attacking us,

[@keithdurose7057]

Thank you once again for clarifying subjects that seem to evade the general public and political initiatives. If genda identification was dropped as a priority subject in schools etc. Attention to subjects immersed in facts could be taught. Benefiting everyone.

[@jr2904]

I'm glad I got out of public schools in 2007, things were still sane (mostly, sorta, we had the governator back then as well) here in California back then.

[@jr2904]

I live about half an hour away from March, I wish it was still an active base. Now all of the land around it is being covered by Amazon warehouses and the only military flying there is refueling tankers, a few C-17s, and reaper drones. But, I guess that's better than what happened to the airbase in San Bernardino.

[@bumpedhishead636]

You forgot to talk about the B-36/Mk17 H-bomb incident in May 1957 outside Albuquerque, NM.

[@ronjon7942]

22:55 themz some big o tires

[@Sammydx1]

4:25 Imagine crawling in the wing to fix an engine !!!

[@fredferd965]

That thing had the radar cross section of the Rock of Gibraltar. A Mig-15 would have chopped it to pieces. It was a dead end in aviation technology.

[@xandervk2371]

What kind of radar was MIg-15 equipped with?

[@rambie2131]

​@xandervk2371 reviving an old comment but interestingly enough, the soviets were one of the first nations to have wide spread long range radar, infact the mig 21 did have some level of guidance from the ground radar itself. So it's not crazy to say that it could get picked up and have ground crews guide in mig15/17s to intercept. And to answer your questions regarding radars in migs it did happen in the mig15p although not in any numbers, that was reserved for the mig17s

[@kl0wnkiller912]

The B-36 had another name as well... 'Magnesium Overcast'.... 😄😄. At 47:08... I thought the plane was taking a dump 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VictorianMaid99]

American Fire Power !

[@aubreysteele4466]

I saw the "Aluminum Overcast" when I was seven years old standing in our schoolyard when one overflew us at what surely must have been no more than 300-400 feet. What in the world that enormous plane was doing that close to the ground= I know that's what it was because I have loved airplanes since I was three. We weren't near an AFB or an airport. Ten years later, I walked out of my Grandma's house as an F104 starfighter passed over just above the treetops-you could clearly see the pilot's helmet, sunglasses, and mask. The nearest airport to her house is a small one 17 miles away. Does anyone here know enough about Air Force training procedures to shed some light on these two weird incidents?

[@tkskagen]

Definately the "precursor" to the B-52...

[@patrickmusson4571]

None of these aircraft would ever do what the amazingly sleek and sexy B-29, accomplished, being the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons against a warring nation. Another first, during the Cold War, was a Soviet TU-95V that carried the largest nuclear weapon ever built and detonated, the Tsar Bomba, in 1961.

[@brugnamename6133]

wow, did you see the pitch wobble before 5:00 at take off? Kinda scary if you're the test piolet ...

[@cannedlaughter2535]

It never occurred to anyone that they should have, from the beginning, distributed the fuselage/payload weight among four (or more) tires rather than just two?

[@janskovjensen]

It is a very interreting video of the devolopment of big bommers, i come to think of the B2 bommer of today, af that time it must have been very difficult to control the flying wing without all that computer capasitiv there is today ?

[@dieselboy610]

"Bomber"

[@JFrazer4303]

All because the Burnelli B-1000 & 2000 were politically unfavorable, because FDR favored graft over function. Boeing had a 1940s proposal called the model 360, and related 361 & 362: a huge, thick wide chord wing with buried engines usually with pusher props. Looking like the '40s Higgins Bellamce 39-60 logistics plane which can be found mentioned online. They concentrated on minimizing the fuselage and maximizing the wing to carry the load instead. See also the USAAF Materiel Command Design MCD-329 (MX-423) of the same sort: normal cruciform shape, with minimized fuselage and huge thick wings to carry almost all fuel & payload. Sort of a little test plane like the huge Higgins Bellanca logistics, which proved the concept of minimizing the fuselage to just what needed to carry a tail, see Northrop 1929 "Avion 1" x-216h.(not the later N-1M all-wing) Commonly called a "flying wing, it was entirely successful as a flying machine, though he ran out of money and dropped it. It was reported by test pilots as among the best of all planes in its weight/power class in all criteria, and a good deal faster (more efficient) than any. He should have kept on with it, instead of chasing off after the purists' all-wing with no tail.

[@simongleaden2864]

Has there ever been another regular production aircraft (as opposed to experimental ones) that had both piston and jet engines? Were the jet engines used only on take-off to provide an extra boost of power?

[@proteusnz99]

Yes, the North American AJ-1 Savage, the U.S.Navy interim nuclear strike aircraft, 2xR-2800 + J-33. Essentially a jet boosted piston aircraft. Took up a great deal of carrier deck space, perhaps a somewhat marginal vehicle (very small prop clearance on trapping), soon replaced by Douglas A3D-1. Other planes such as Lockheed P2V, Fairchild C-119, Fairchild C-123 had booster jets added later in their careers, usually to aid high gross weight takeoffs.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Whoever made this video should make ones B-47 B-47.

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

with this 16 guns in to 8 turrets it destroy all fighes in 800 m it was mathématic

[@stevenwagner7520]

The XB15 and XB19 were both victims of airframes larger than the engines could lift.

[@gregoryfuller1136]

How did they fly then? As well, the engines do not lift the aircraft. The wings do that after sufficient air is drawn over them.

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@gregoryfuller1136 yeah, I don't think the engines even failed on those two bombers.

[@rodgunn2621]

We did some crazy shit in the 50's

[@randywarren7101]

It also had another nickname"The Flying Cigar"!

[@gracestewart370]

I never knew these aircraft existed.

[@Dronescapes]

👍

[@robertdecker283]

War,the dirtiest business, but very economic !

[@kstxevolution9642]

2 turning, 2 smoking, 4 not working and 2 unaccounted for

[@Jim-ic2of]

Sally Forth ? ! 6:05

[@codered5431]

Goblin just seems scary

[@mikedrown2721]

What was the movie where Jimmy Stewart flew the B 36?

[@kiwitrainguy]

Strategic Air Command.

[@solanaceae2069]

BLR-Ginormous

[@garybobst9107]

Just imagine having a b-36 as your company's business jet....

[@LucDesaulniers1]

At 34:50: but cap’tain, thats all she got!😊

[@mikemorgan5015]

Anyone know (not speculate or guess, or hypothesize, KNOW) why Consolidated liked the single wheel main landing gear design so much? Seems like such a bad idea for so many reasons.

[@jerryrichards8172]

That would of shocked some Russians as a block of bombers flying in. So they go to intercept and out of nowhere there multiple America jet fights showing out of nowhere.

[@belamihok7519]

😀😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍

[@davidlafranchise4782]

At 18:33. Is that a B 29 parked next to a B 36. ?? Wow, that really puts into perspective how big the 6 turning 4 burning is!!!! (Yes, I know, that one was a early version without the jets, settle down, KZbin warriors)!!!

[@johnbockelie3899]

The very first B 36 had tricycle type landing gear with wheels that made it cartoonish looking.

[@wookiewolf1421]

What a pilot that test pilot needs more representation to land that near aerodynamic catastrophe of a fighter I salute u sir less we forget

[@plantfeeder6677]

Shouldn't the title be from the XB-15 to the XB-60...maybe the XB-70?

[@Empriction]

More like free giant targets 😂

[@txkoutdoorfam6911]

I will never understand why you would put a real nuclear bomb in a plane for a test run when you can just put a fake bomb, the same shape, same weight into the plane and do the same test run!

[@Scott11078]

I know I'm not going to be the only Vet watching this that can't relate to the crewman at 34:07. Not only do you learn to sleep absolutely anywhere at any time but also to eat anywhere and anytime. Notice the fork tucked into a pocket on his flight jacket.

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

Been there, done that.

[@kiwitrainguy]

They probably just faked the "sleeping" so that the camera crew could get a shot of crewmen sleeping.

[@pierrethery7894]

Ils étaient aussi basés au Maroc à Nador pour intervenir plus rapidement contre les soviétiques

[@jerryrichards8172]

Are there any flying B-36 today or did they chop them all up in the desert ?

[@PaYankee99]

No. The closest one came to flying again was a restoration in the mid 70s where they ran each engine 1 at a time. Probably would have flown but the Air Force shut it down.

[@YouTube_user3333]

I think it’s lucky that the 36 never fired a shot in anger, because it would have failed miserably.

[@scottjustscott3730]

34:15 to 34:50 Are all these guys portrayed by the same actor?

[@johnshanton389]

The XB70 is still years ahead of its time!

[@georgebarnes8163]

The B17 barely cut it as a medium bomber, certainly not a heavy bomber

[@brugnamename6133]

@ 7:25 the flying wing was politicly killed, not because of design but because of 'favors' as it was decades ahead of its time.

[@robertheinkel6225]

The biggest reason it was killed, was because it was not a stable platform, needed for accurate bombing at the time.

[@Cheka__]

After a lot of studying of bombers I coined a phrase that sums it up: the bomber will always get through.

[@douglasmiller8607]

Why no turboprops instead of piston engines?

[@jr2904]

Probably didn't exist yet in the late '30s or early '40s

[@kiwitrainguy]

Turboprops came along in the late 40s, just a little too late to be included in the design. There was a turboprop version designed for the civilian passenger version of the XC99 if any airline wanted to take it up.

[@Jackthomas701]

Umm.. did i just watch a dude fall at 4:23?

[@dogawful]

I don't think 50 years constitues "a century later."

[@kevinmahaffey9092]

Giant bombers what bout the xb70?

[@Dronescapes]

XB-70 Valkyrie | The Supersonic Strategic Bomber | Airplanes That Got Cancelled Upscaled Documentary kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIrYZJiQfLGmmrM

[@daanvos194]

its true, in amerika everything is bigger