B-52 bomber planes launch from UK blowing smoke on a deployment to Europe

[@turboslag]

I'm still amazed that I watched B52s take off from Fairford during the Gulf war on live bombing missions and 33 years later I see them taking off again, still in service!! Just worrying that this could be the portent of more serious developments in Ukraine.

[@JohnStevens-tq1vx]

I fear with the North Korean leader Wot No Kok sending troops to aid Putin the war has escalated. WW3 may not be far away, if not already started

[@MagaPatriotChuck]

“The Sound of Freedom”

[@garywoodcock4634]

Loved seeing the RIAT B-52 take out the runway edge lights….and Fairford was also an emergency landing runway for the space shuttle….great video aswell 👏🏻👏🏻

[@jon9178]

Those are not 60 year old engines. Also, new engines have just again been developed to upgrade the entire B52 fleet, coming soon to a carpet bomb run somewhere..

[@Tarten21]

The design is but the actual engines in use today will have been overhauled many many times with new parts over the years.

[@1tonyboat]

I believe Rolls Royce are supplying new engins ..

[@alexmytton2714]

Carpet bomb run somewhere???

[@bobanob-q2u]

I have a 60 year old broom that has had 3 new heads and 4 new handles.

[@SchrödingerKousae]

How wide do you want your plane: Yes How much do you want it to be able to carry: Yes How many engines do you think it needs: Yes How many landing gear: Yes How big should the wings be: Yes How big should the flaps be: Yes How long should it be: Yes What kind of service life should it have: Yes

[@majikgaming_yt3885]

@SchrödingerKousae well that's a waste of typing to get 16 likes in 16hrs lol

[@derekshner2504]

@@SchrödingerKousae yes

[@stevemellor655]

The BUFF still an amazing aircraft .

[@hotgarlicbread]

Its actually due to water injected with the fuel for certain conditions. *Borrowed from another site.* Water injection. It’s a cheap and cheerful way to temporarily increase the thrust of a turbojet engine without the use of an afterburner (an afterburner requires additional parts and plumbing and eats fuel at a redonkulous rate.) if you inject water into the combustion chamber of a turbojet engine, you increase the amount of reaction mass being expelled out of the exhaust nozzle - which increases thrust. the thrust from an air breathing jet or closed combustion rocket engine comes from the weight and velocity of the burnt fuel and oxygen being expelled from the exhaust, burning the material (fuel and oxidizer) expands the volume and increases the velocity of the mass being expelled. Injecting water increases the amount of mass that you can expand and squirt out. Newton’s third law and all that. the thing is - the injected water cools the combustion in the combustion chamber - which reduces the efficiency of the fuel burn - so you get incomplete fuel combustion and some unburnt fuel being expelled. This results in a more sooty exhaust since less of the fuel is being burnt completely. it’s usually only used on max power, fully loaded takeoffs. Older KC135 refueling aircraft with the old J57 turbojet engines (the same engine the B52 used in the A through G models ) also used water injection (newer KC135 models use a high bypass turbofan engine, and the B52H model uses the TF33 turbofan engine. Neither of those use water injection.) so the most modern (“modern” being a relative term… since the “newest” B52s - the H models, are older than I am… the last H rolled of the assembly line in 1962!) don’t smoke on takeoff - they don’t use water injection anymore, and only H models remain in USAF service. 5.5K views View 14 upvotes Upvote 14 10 Sponsored by Dream Home Team Inc. Starmer: Money pouring into Brits pockets with benefits windfall. Most Brits are unaware it was opened to the public. Learn More Upvote 82  Stu Anderson · Follow Former B-52F & H gunner (1973-1978) · Updated 1y

[@robertrice5703]

Marvelous explanation. I was a B52/KC135 Environmental systems specialist in SAC before becoming Air Traffic Controller. Was assigned to 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell 1979-1983. D model Buffs and Tanks. BEST ASSIGNMENT EVER. Love SAC!

[@boohaka]

You capture such an incredible variety. Always interesting!

[@gordonktozer]

I lived near the base for many years, and they were a frequent visitor back then. Less so these days.

[@ralphups7782]

When you see, that amount of airpower , it mean's your whole game is over. and there's no going back a step this power is the Amen step

[@chrisleigh-vd8ew]

Locals should wear face mask during flight periods press says.

[@chrishadwyn2840]

Absolute massive planes ✈️ I seen two of them at the Trenton air show a few years ago it was amazing they were huge!!

[@codyhammock3097]

You know the engine puts out so much thrust it does that it's not damaged

[@Thedlg-t7n]

I live in Spokane Washington and remember as a teenager seeing these fly over our city all the time.( Near by base Fairchild AFB.

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

She's a biggun...💪🇺🇸🦅

[@Radio478]

Vulcans still the best in the world

[@HymnfortheDudes]

Should we have kept our Vulcans and Victors?

[@turboslag]

They were designed for a totally different specific purpose and became obsolete. The B52 was designed as a multirole bomber with long service in mind.

[@HymnfortheDudes]

@turboslag Not sure that's right. Both V's were designed to deliver stand off nuclear weapons but as we saw in the Falklands the Vulcan was also used to drop bombs. The Victor could outperform the Vulcan, so I think you're wrong there.

[@turboslag]

@@HymnfortheDudes The Vulcan was the only aircraft the RAF had with the range, just, to reach the Falklands. I think it had to be mid air refueled twice, which in itself was a problem as the air tankers were also right on the limit of range, I'd need to look up the details of that mission again as it was a long time ago that I read about it, so could be wrong.

[@HymnfortheDudes]

@turboslag It was a marvelous achievement and the thing as well was they said Black Buck was a failure in that the it's dumb bombs straddled the runway. There was no laser guidance in those days and from that height and that speed the Argies never knew what hit them and the Vulcan was miles away by that time. RAF ingenuity.

[@ralphups7782]

Rolls royce had a recall problem that affected Ba, concerning the Spectre series of engines. this could affect the contract they have just signed to up-grade the B2 bomber fleet's engines.?

[@ralphups7782]

why is the empennage, on the B-52 not standard like other aircraft 9:48/12:27 .?

[@leonseymore263]

Never knew Power Klaus was a smoker?!

[@robertbate5790]

I wonder if they pay tax on all that smoke. Lol 🤣🤣🤣. Great video 👍👍👍

[@KarenDudley-c8y]

She can carry seventy thousands pounds of bombs! Some B-52 carry more. Depends on the model🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️

[@zakelwe]

What's that in kilogrammes?

[@KarenDudley-c8y]

equal to about 31.8 thousand kilograms. It depends on what type bombs they are using!

[@KarenDudley-c8y]

@@zakelwe see comment below☝️

[@roverchap]

I guess that reverse thrust is not practicable with the close pairing of the engines, and hence the braking parachute.

[@terrystevens5261]

They could land easily at Faiford with no chute.

[@MrAbstraxsax]

Didn't realise they ran on diesel.

[@LoganIngram-wo7vh]

@@MrAbstraxsax they don’t

[@Radio478]

Amazing aircraft

[@mrquire1]

No smoke, no poke.

[@papipetey]

Talk about a smoke show!!

[@gabigougames7908]

Will you be at the G20 summit in Brazil?

[@CobraEmergency]

Not this time, but it was very tempting. South America has been one on our list for a while.

[@gabigougames7908]

@@CobraEmergency Ok thanks, it would be interesting

[@thomasfredrickson8199]

Those are not the new Rolls Royce engines yet.

[@CobraEmergency]

Not yet! Might be a while.

[@chespocket1756]

Green energy 😂😂😂😂😂 no pollution 😂

[@JustAnotherThisDJ]

callsign 000000 flew over mine today listened in on airband

[@Joe_Sheffield]

Call sign I'm a Yankee Doodle and I don't understand the global affairs... Called you in?? Wow.

[@timcasey5835]

It's wild that they produce so much pollution in 2024 - commercial jet engines wouldn't be allowed to do that

[@lulumiller1104]

🇬🇧🦋🇺🇸Amazing seeing these giants of the sky , take care , keep safe , modern day dragons 🐉

[@ThomasSwinn]

Engines arnt our biggest worries at the moment is there going to be a planet left for our children

[@DarrenCarey-y6b]

They did not go on deployment took off went up to Scotland then backlog fairford

[@paulf2529]

More likely steam than smoke.

[@Delete_DeLolz]

@@paulf2529 no jet exhaust fumes. ie smoke

[@gregbiggs5674]

This is engine smoke not steam. Steam requires water and jet engines run on JP4 fuel. No water involved. Older Phantom II fighter engines also produced a lot of smoke.

[@garywoodcock4634]

And also gun cartridges are used on QRA…amazing aircraft to think they are still flying in 2024

[@grumpythumbs8703]

I belive the B52 engines inject water into the engines on full power to make the fuel air mixture denser and so more powerful

[@hotgarlicbread]

Water injection. It’s a cheap and cheerful way to temporarily increase the thrust of a turbojet engine without the use of an afterburner (an afterburner requires additional parts and plumbing and eats fuel at a redonkulous rate.) if you inject water into the combustion chamber of a turbojet engine, you increase the amount of reaction mass being expelled out of the exhaust nozzle - which increases thrust. the thrust from an air breathing jet or closed combustion rocket engine comes from the weight and velocity of the burnt fuel and oxygen being expelled from the exhaust, burning the material (fuel and oxidizer) expands the volume and increases the velocity of the mass being expelled. Injecting water increases the amount of mass that you can expand and squirt out. Newton’s third law and all that. the thing is - the injected water cools the combustion in the combustion chamber - which reduces the efficiency of the fuel burn - so you get incomplete fuel combustion and some unburnt fuel being expelled. This results in a more sooty exhaust since less of the fuel is being burnt completely. it’s usually only used on max power, fully loaded takeoffs. Older KC135 refueling aircraft with the old J57 turbojet engines (the same engine the B52 used in the A through G models ) also used water injection (newer KC135 models use a high bypass turbofan engine, and the B52H model uses the TF33 turbofan engine. Neither of those use water injection.) so the most modern (“modern” being a relative term… since the “newest” B52s - the H models, are older than I am… the last H rolled of the assembly line in 1962!) don’t smoke on takeoff - they don’t use water injection anymore, and only H models remain in USAF service.

[@dazchild]

Are they run on coal?

[@chespocket1756]

Surely they can upgrade those filthy old polluting engines 🤢 and put some decent ones on? They are disgusting.🤢🤮

[@philipmadhatter4006]

@@chespocket1756 bit of smoke never hurt any one

[@terrystevens5261]

They are getting RR engines.

[@andraska976]

environmental catastrophe

[@chipmiller7681]

@@andraska976 the “smoke” you see is from water injected into the combustion chamber.

[@Radio478]

Good old smoky Joe's

[@gemmatomlinson4872]

B

[@pmarmify]

you would have thought the richest country on earth can install more efficient engines

[@terrystevens5261]

They are, they are getting RR upgrade.

[@pmarmify]

@terrystevens5261 can't come soon enough. The smoke trail gives their position away.