This selection "Aircraft #31," highlights delivery of the first tactical B-58 bomber, and is taken from the rocket.aero DVD "Hustler: The B-58 Bomber." For more information, visit: www.rocket.aero
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@delhenry98372 жыл бұрын
1966-67 Nuclear Weapons 46250 Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB) great memories of loading this great aircraft.
@gkprivate4333 жыл бұрын
always one of my favorite planes. I did a report on the B-58 while at US Air Force Squadron Officer School
@josenighthawk4 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine this beautiful bomber re-designed with today's technology and micro-chips?
@christiane.g.41424 жыл бұрын
And redesigning those J-79 engines to be more blended into the wings
@foxtrot312 Жыл бұрын
Still a gas hog
@888ssss Жыл бұрын
no. i mean yes. i dont know.
@omahaL985 жыл бұрын
Another great video of the B-58 Hustler
@sski4 жыл бұрын
Makes me remember the one on static display on the grounds of Chanute AFB in Rantoul, IL. I used to play around as a kid. My dad was stationed there as an electronics tech. The base also had a B-36 on display there among other SAC/TAC/MAC machines. It was a great place to be a kid. That B-58 was a spaceship to me. The only cooler plane was the F-4.
@kdcobra644 жыл бұрын
i saw that B58 so Sweet
@sski4 жыл бұрын
@@kdcobra64 I see it's in the museum hanger now. I gotta go down there at some point this summer to visit the place.
@Sparkchaser12004 жыл бұрын
sski The museum at Rantoul is closed.
@sski4 жыл бұрын
@@Sparkchaser1200 What?! Why?
@Sparkchaser12004 жыл бұрын
sski Closed in 2015. Lack of money. The aircraft the air force owned were removed. The rest were scrapped on site. The B-58 and the B-36 shipped out to Castle Air Museum. The B-58 landing gear was damaged by museum staff while trying to move it. Not sure if it is being displayed.
@gkprivate4333 жыл бұрын
used as a backdrop in parts of the classic movie "Fail safe" even though in that movie they had the pilot and co pilot sitting side by side versus how they really sit
@karlheinzkoter65962 жыл бұрын
Hallochen Die B-58 Hustler war zur Zeit des letzten kalten Krieges " Mit Abstand der beste Mittelstrecken Bomber der Welt. Ende der 5o er bis Ende der 60 er Jahre. Gruß Kalli.
@francisebbecke27274 жыл бұрын
Still think of the movie, "Fail Safe."
@martinbahena36484 жыл бұрын
It was a little ahead of it's time..... I love this aircraft and the x-15 ....
@bosnmatecaddie4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful machine!
@josephhein29392 жыл бұрын
Saw the static display @ ChanuteAFB. One beautiful aircraft. I was on the F-111 program.
@gkprivate4333 жыл бұрын
you don't get to hear that many big turbojets anymore since so many are higher bypass designs like turbofans
@georgeszaslavsky4 жыл бұрын
great video thanks for sharing
@ThePaulv125 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed that.
@allgood67602 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👍
@joehead129419 күн бұрын
John Denver's dad was a B-58 pilot.
@karlheinzkoter65962 жыл бұрын
Hallochen Habe noch was vergessen. Sie war schwer zu fliegen und zu beherrschen. Genau wie F-104 Starfighter. Beide waren ihrer Zeit vor raus. Aber wirksam.!! I
@henrysanchez48104 жыл бұрын
B-58 was an amazing plane...
@generalkruger70715 жыл бұрын
Beautiful airplane
@Ardie19626 жыл бұрын
Duly note, the original flight of Plane 31 never had the Star and Bar on the fuselage.
@thetreblerebel4 жыл бұрын
The SAM systems the Soviets had pretty much ruined any chances this aircraft had of doing its mission.
@krethmckee67264 жыл бұрын
No, you don’t know what you are talking about.
@gkprivate4333 жыл бұрын
the Sams took away the speed advantage the 58 had over many pursuit fighters, but the electronic counter measures were getting pretty good by then.
@thetreblerebel4 жыл бұрын
I wonder how well the low level performance was because the F111 pretty much replaced it. A low level dedicated platform
@TakeDeadAim4 жыл бұрын
The aircraft itself was very stable. My grandfather was a test pilot on both the B58 and F111(Convair then GD but basically the same company) and retired in 1971 during the early design stages of the F-16. He always said the B58 was very fast low level but had no real weapon system which could be used "downstairs". When he went to the F111 he said THAT was undoubtedly the fastest low level aircraft in the world for many years but because the technology was transitioning from tube to transistor to digital so quickly back then...it got a bad rap because it didn't integrate easily. Had it been designed even 5 years later he said it would have had most of those bugs worked out as it would have been an entire generation(in weapons/TFR) newer. Oh...and they would have "fixed" the wing box as well.
@bobclifton80214 жыл бұрын
Tactical?? It was a strategic bomber!
@smark11802 ай бұрын
The word tactical has its roots in tactics related to combat operations. This B-58 was the first in operational service, hence it was the _first tactical B-58 bomber._
@tinahaynes6964 жыл бұрын
Huge flair on landing
@georgetaylor47193 жыл бұрын
Of necessity. Because of the delta wing design's inherently high landing speeds, the pilot pitches up on final approach and uses the entire wing to reduce the approach speed, in much the same way wing flaps are used in a straight or swept-wing configuration. You've seen the Concorde land much the same way with it's cranked delta wing.
@ryankm482 жыл бұрын
I cant find any information on what kind of conventional weapons and how.
@smark11802 ай бұрын
There weren't any.
@josephhein29392 жыл бұрын
I read that the Hustler was too fast for It,s own good. Would burn up with little or no warning,
@smark11808 ай бұрын
No, you did not.
@gkprivate4333 жыл бұрын
They used liquid oxygen to pull of Oxygen for breathing. Saved on space
@bobclifton80212 ай бұрын
all Air Force planes have a LOX system and have had for decades.
@jdl24444 жыл бұрын
It's clear everyone died landing.
@billpugh584 жыл бұрын
Great looking, poor range, difficult to maintain and very very expensive. Nice looking though.
@blakegwinn19025 жыл бұрын
life was better when instant death was a possibility
@bosnmatecaddie4 жыл бұрын
Blake, life is grand, Man! I believe M. A. D. is still in effect, hope that makes U feel better!
@1Klooch4 жыл бұрын
Fear not, secret military technology and weapons are always decades ahead of what the public is allowed to know about. I'm sure they have something tucked away which will not disappoint.
@bobclifton80214 жыл бұрын
This life is all you have on this earth. Try making better use of it.