FLIGHT - THE DERELICT - B-47 4018 82710

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Flight was a television show from 1958, and this episode is entitled THE DERELICT. It was directed by Jean Yarbrough, written by Arthur Brown, Jr. and features a cast that includes Robert Christopher, Patrick Waltz, Christopher Dark, Ray Montgomery, Ed Perry, William Cassidy, Steve Ihnat. Flight ran from 1958-59 and was hosted by George C. Kenney. In this particular episode a B-47 bomber catches fire in mid-air, and its crew must make a desperate decision about whether to bail out of the stricken aircraft.
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[@dongmo1]

I grew up in a Boeing family. Dad was head of the Boeing photo and motion picture unit, 1940 to 1978. His crew may have shot some of this B-47 in flight footage. B-47 and Dash 80 (707 prototype) very iconic and handsome aircraft. Cool video! Thanks for posting!

[@WizardOfChicamunga]

I'm probably older than most here, I grew up in a small town (Winton) about 2 and a half miles west of Castle AFB California. Let me tell you! You haven't lived 'til you've had a B-36 at about 2000 feet on a full power take off with 6 turnin' 'n 4 burnin' fly directly over your house! This was something I experienced many times. WOW!

[@bertcanepa5651]

Did Navy Boot Camp in San Diego; B-36's used to take off I believe it was North Island....they had a significantly different sound than any other aircraft....awesome. Would travel up to SF later passed Castle and two things: the Geese armadas that migrated and the other awesome aircraft the B-47!

[@bertcanepa5651]

Forgot to add the years: 1950......

[@soundnicetome]

I am very envious...the B36 was a monster and a head-turner...great memories for you though...greetings from across the pond sir!

[@robertkerr3059]

well sledge, if you are flying the mick jagger colors it is a good bet I can give you a run for your money, I am definetley tracking with the "power and majesty" of such fine craft and I am truly not prejudice in any way but I also everytime think about the machinist and sheetmetal workers, the tug driver in the rain if necc. the flight ops. cadre all ! when that plane flew, it can certainly be argued that everyone of those heartfelt workers went flying with them. I it is a contagious feeling for me and one that sustains me and others

[@Bill23799]

Wow, that must have been an awesome experience. I was a boy living in new Rochelle in the 60's and I do remember we did have a practice blackout one time when they had one of the practice bombings of NYC. It may have been something schools organized.

[@clutchcrgo]

This motion picture is a magnificent historical artifact. Thank you for uploading it.

[@fetengineer9151]

My now 82 y.o father was Russian Voice Intercept/enlisted flyer in the USAFSS from 1953 to 1983. At one point after 100+ hours flying on the RB-36 his unit was reassigned to RB-47H. Believe it or not he was 1 of 3 additional crew members tucked away in the belly of that bird as Electronic Warfare Raven... he said after the RB-47 time came his less glamorous EC-121 assignment.... Wow! I love my Daddy!!!

[@nan16cd]

Your dad was was a very brave man especially flying in those heavily loaded EC-121s over water.

[@josepholson114]

My Father was a B-47 Bomb-Nav. He flew them from 1958 thru 1965. His last aircraft was the EB-47L in the 4362 Post Attack Command and Control Squadron at Lincoln, AFB, Nebraska. I think there were 5 squadrons of L models. They formed a 24/7 worldwide radio relay system for the SAC flying Command Post in the 18 month "gap" before the SSB radios were in full use. Probably the last active service crewed aircraft. I may have the only unworn 4462 PACCS patch in existence today.

[@Flightstar]

What a great era to be a pilot.

[@OdeeOz]

Man, I remember wanting to grow up and be pilot because of this series! Thanks for bringing back my childhood dreams!

[@briangidlow1187]

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[@donalddodson7365]

@Brett Bass Hey, carrying our mail, milk and medical supplies is honorable work too! Thanks for flying! (US ARMY, Vietnam 1969-1970)

[@northcacalacka545]

I like how the guy flying as the flight leader of the fighter had enough sense not to be in huge hurry. He confirmed things, which in my opinion, makes a good pilot even today.

[@rascal0175]

I was at an air show in Detroit when the wings came off an F-89. I’m 74 now, was maybe 5 then. Still remember it.

[@nelsonwalker7105]

I love B-47s thank you for posting this video. My favorite old USAF bomber was the Convair B-58. Grew up on USAF bases in the 60s.

[@701CPD]

Pretty cool! I remember watching the "Steve Canyon" and "The Man and the Challenge" TV shows in the late 1950's, but I don't remember "Flight." I would've loved to have watched this show, but it must have been on past my bedtime.

[@pdef1949]

Same here. I watched anything and everything about flying but I don't remember this show at all

[@skyguy9153]

@@pdef1949 If I remember correctly it came on late Sunday afternoon or early evening. One episode of Steve Canyon was loosely based on this incident. I flew the '47 from '58-'63 and we always had to carry one extra chute- I guess because of this incident.

[@kenclark9888]

Gotta love that switching from the outside of an F-89 and those closeups of the intercept pilots behind an F-102 or 106 canopy

[@NavyCWO]

One of the Air Forces best looking aircraft, ever!

[@phmwu7368]

True for the swept wing B-47 but not for the Northrop F-89 Scorpion jet fighters

[@siltrpr]

However, nothing could beat the B-58 Hustler...except maybe the B-1B

[@steve1978ger]

... some of the worst acting, too

[@donalddodson7365]

Anyone else thing the B-47 was bigger than that? Almost the size of Vietnam era Phantoms??

[@charlestaylor253]

@@siltrpr The Rockwell B-1B was considerably redesigned in the early 1980's from the original Mach 2.2 capable B-1A, which first flew in December 1974. The mid-80's B model was optimized for higher speeds and decreased radar observability, (stealth), and increased range for very low altitude penetration missions at the cost of the earlier A model's high-speed/high altitude "dash" capability, which no longer was deemed necessary. The mid-'50's designed Convair B-58A was optimized to carry out almost it's entire mission at Mach 2+, (1300+mph), at high altitudes. The B1-B's maximum speed of around Mach 1.2, (roughly 936mph), at altitude couldn't even come close...🤓

[@Ronclown]

Smart of Lt. Simmons to rock the wings. That caught the attention of the fighters. Glad he was okay as well. Good show.

[@82Echo411]

Lovely F-89 footage.

[@orlandovaldez9966]

One afternoon in the mid-50's, a flight of three B-47's flew over our house at about 2 or 3 thousand feet AGL on their way to the former Lowry AFB in Denver. They were in a wedge formation and looked pretty cool. They weren't that close to being in the pattern yet. We also had a transient B-36 show up once or twice that I can recall. I'll never forget seeing that in the Lowry pattern.

[@pneulancer]

+Orlando Valdez Great story. I would loved to have seen a B-36 at low altitude. That plane was so impressive in its lines and performance. Truly apropos for the time!

[@orlandovaldez9966]

They turned as a formation to head toward Lowry. Looked just like a flight of fighters would look.

[@pneulancer]

+Orlando Valdez I was in the AF but long after the "Peacemaker" was operational. I first saw it while watching "Strategic Air Command" starring Jimmy Stewart, as a kid; it made quite an impression on me! I build model aircraft as a hobby and am still waiting for them to come out with a decent 1/72 scale version. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@mikeh7708]

Orlando Valdez I was stationed on Lowry in the 70s, was sad to see it's closed.

[@SLUFloader]

From Orlando Valdez, RE: B-47's described above: The B-47's first appeared flying south, and they made a formation turn to the east to line them up with Lowry. It was kind of a mini air show with bombers instead of fighters. They were bookin' it.

[@MrSCModels]

That was a lot of fun! Thanks for posting that.

[@charlesmiddleton9952]

Great vintage footage.

[@frederickkruse4815]

General Kenney was in charge of the US Army Air Force in the southwest Pacific during World War II. They developed innovative tactics such skipping bombs across the water against Japanese shipping. Also learned to attach small parachutes to bombs. This allowed more accurate bombing from very low altitude without the bomb damaging the bomber.

[@RandallFlaggNY]

Kenney's kids.

[@Skymaster.47]

General Kenney is the man who wrecked the Japanese transport vessels and destroyers carrying reinforcement from Rabaul to Lae at the Battle of Bismarck Sea (1943).

[@lancelot1953]

I remember that show, understand that this was very "high tech" info that was presented on TV at a time where some areas of the US had never seen a "live" aircraft (I remember, I am that old!). It was a great show, very impressive for us "Baby Boomers". Thank you for bringing back all these memories... Ciao, L

[@stevemccroskey1211]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue...

[@homefront3162]

Steve McCroskey Roger Roger

[@coiledsteel8344]

Looks like you liked the movie - "Airplane."

[@MrSlitskirts]

Most definitely, not to mention the wrong week for burning your hands...

[@lakeratatouille]

STRIKER, STRIKER !

[@mk1cortinatony395]

@Ch'iidii stop calling me shirley! :)

[@lindajalexander]

Well-known character & guest-star actor, Steve Ihnat, is seen in this in just about his first-ever on-screen appearance at about 21:33 - 21:35 & 22:17 - 22:19, shy of 5 seconds of air time. He went on to make famous Garth of Izar in Star Trek's "Whom Gods Destroy," the maniacal Barney Benesch in "Madigan," & my all-time favorite, Lt. Mims in "The Ineritors" from The Outer Limits, among so many other memorable roles. His bio will be out next yr, "Anatomy of a Rising Star Steve Ihnat ~ Gone Too Soon."

[@nan16cd]

This film was very good. They should make an entire new movie from it.

[@rickautry2759]

I love the way the electrical fire NEXT TO THE O2 Lines (That was so bad they had to abandon ship) became a non entity especially for the hero to bring the plane in!

[@arodrigues2843]

Rick Autry This IS based in a true story. The hero, was Capt. James Obernauf, USAF.!!!

[@sbreheny]

@@arodrigues2843 The plot is only very loosely based on the real story (it was in Texas, the fire was in an engine, nobody was trying to shoot them down, there were 2 men left on board, one unconscious, and the conscious one landed the aircraft) b-47.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Obenauf.pdf

[@charlestaylor253]

The fire likely extinguished itself due to oxygen deprivation. The AC was a bit premature in ordering to abandon the aircraft when he did, IMHO. Especially since it was likely to have been carrying at least one live nuclear bomb in it's bay. Then again, he was being pressured by the boneheaded GC's as depicted in the film, so...

[@williammawk1720]

The Bomber that was the Bad Ass Dude was the B-58 Hustler. It was also a Cold War Era aircraft that held the around the world speed record at that time. I got to go in one one time, boy they were something.

[@siltrpr]

Probably the most beautiful of all the USAF bombers. although the B-1B runs a close second.

[@jimfling2128]

I'm amazed by all the interest in this old airplane. I never even heard of the B-36 until I was in the AF and stationed at Fairchild AFB in Spokane in 1955. I arrived on Halloween night late. It was snowing hard. The BOQ where I was billeted was near the flight line. All night I heard and felt these rumbling of engines as they worked on the planes. In the morning I awoke to see the gigantic tails rising almost as high as the control tower. There were about 45 aircraft on stubs getting ready for a mission. At breakfast the whole place rattled and shook with the sound of many engines taxiing to the runway. The next few days I was introduced to this monster that I would spend the next 3 years with.

[@greenhornet299]

Greatest site on the web for fantastic aircraft footage!!!

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

A very rare view of the inside of a B47.

[@SaxtondonaldBuddha]

I still have pictures of the inside of the B-47 that is now at the Pacific Northwest Air Museum in Seattle.This show is very accurate in the interior shots.

[@larrysulky7614]

Just visited the museum a few weeks ago (for the first time!) and looked inside that B-47 too.

[@tytewire]

0:34- is a delta dart f-102 (convair I believe). Was designed to go supersonic but disappointed when failed to do so.Was re-configured with area rule- narrowing the fuselage around the wings, reducing drag, allowing it to pass through the "barrier."

[@gwynn.crumpsr9553]

You are almost right. Those deltas were without the pinched fuselage of their later sisters; they were F92 until they became or grew up to be the Delta Dart F102 supersonic fighters. The pinched or coke bottle shape slipped them into supersonic which the F92 could not do. It did make a good enemy target for us in mock attacks on us.

[@timnell207]

@@gwynn.crumpsr9553 F102 delta dagger with straight fuselage, F106 delta dart with coke bottle fuselage

[@donc9751]

Excellent video! Man talk about having just about everything go wrong that could! I was suprised by 1 thing though, when his parachute accidently deployed inside the plane, I'm suprised it didnt drag him right out thru the side of the plane. Esp at those speeds. Thats one thing my old jump master warned us about was keeping a hand over the D ring on our reserves at all times inside the plane because he said it would take you out and the side of the plane with it. Obviously there are exceptions to everything and thank God for this man he managed to have at least a couple things go his way. The fire is all but forgotten about after the 2 pilots bailed, the observation pilot was able to lane the plane which had been flying on for quite some time after ejection point. Did the fire just die out or extinguish some how? Thanks for posting a great video! I live these old shows and my uncle worked on some of these older jets when he was in the USAF in the 50s.

[@mbergquist6855]

I was thinking that at 17K ft maybe the fire was O2 deprived and went out on its own.

[@bazza945]

Surprisingly good.

[@glytchd]

Thank you. Thank you So much.. both the B-47 AND the Delta Dagger :D Gosh it's too bad kidz aint taught the historical value of shtuff liek this.. let alone how to apply physics & trig, in even the most basic sense.

[@briancooper2112]

I was born at k.i.sawyer, I never heard a B-47 but to this day I can still hear B-52 engine noise. I love the B.U.F.F.!

[@likepatsandGTOs]

Love that awesome timer box

[@arodrigues2843]

Very good film!!! Kudos to you, and tanks!!!! The only fault I noticed, was the close-up cockpit canopy of a Convair F-102A "Delta Dagger", trying to pass as a Nothrop F-89D "Scorpion".!!!! A mistake NOT needed in a good film!!! Ah!! An oxigen mask undone, in a depresurized plane at 15000 feet!!! He will never regain conscience without Ox.!!! And the FIRST thing he will do, reaching the copilot seat, was to strap on the seat belts.!!!

[@davidthelander1299]

Not at 15000. That’s NOT in the death zone

[@davenone7312]

@@davidthelander1299 True, Pikes Peak in Colorado is at 14,110 and people work there all day long.

[@Ronin4614]

Nice little film. I was at PAFB, NY (SAC) during the early FB-111 days. Parked in static display was a B-47 near the hospital and the Main gate to the new base side. During the Christmas time a huge Santa was plopped on the bird.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to the USA!

[@Bbendfender]

I grew up about 100 miles NE of Carswell AFB and 40 miles SE of Perrin AFB in Texas. We used to see B-36 and B-47 aircraft from Carswell and F-102 and T-33 jets from Perrin all the time. Those were the good old days.

[@bwhudgens]

F-102's and 106's flew over Honey Grove a lot when I was a kid!

[@karltownsend4105]

As of 2009 there was still one at the late Plattsburgh AFB in Plattsburgh, NY. Around Christmas they would have a giant Santa riding on top, when my father was stationed there in the 60's. I remember climbing on top of it. I believe she is called the Pride of the Adirondacs.

[@allenmitchell8846]

There is one at exit 102 on I-95 in Georgia, in Pooler, Georgia.

[@pjotrtje0NL]

It’s still there, at the crossing of U.S. Avenue and New York Road, together with an FB-111A

[@bernardw4842]

Lots of great vintage aviation footage of those early jets. 60 years later almost all TV today is worse than this. This show had interesting footage for those interested in the topic and a reasonable plot, not full of sap and no gratuitous corny "sub-plots" as a vehicle for irrelevant actors/actresses. WIsh it was like this now.

[@buzzzlightyearable]

Pretty cool video overall and nice footage of F-102s etc. in addition to the B-47. This is a TV show, however, so there are some pretty glaring/funny errors. For instance, at 3:13 the pilot's in the cockpit wearing the dull olive green cotton "jumpsuit" flight suit, helmet on, but by 3:25 they've spliced in the footage (seems to be real footage of a pilot, not an actor) wearing the shiny sage green B-15D nylon flight jacket with the blue, red and yellow "winged star" USAF "meatball" decal on the left shoulder that SAC flight crew would've worn at this time. Then they're using some tan or light brown gloves (with which I am not familiar and I think is inconsistent with the 1958 time frame), but finally at 4:47 they are finally using the appropriate dark brown (almost black) leather gloves which SAC would've been using at that time.

[@4325air]

+buzzzlightyearable I had not picked up on the continuity breaks you have noticed. Now you have ME looking closer! At 4:43 you'll notice that there is no microphone cable from the front of the mask to the helmet; at 5:41, there IS a mike cable. On the plus side, they did a good job, certainly good enough for the uninitiated viewer. They could have had the observer just hop out of his seat and crawl back to check the electronics, but instead they properly showed him get out of his harness, unplugging 02 and intercom, then plugging into a walk-around 02 bottle and then plugging into the intercom. Without gloves, his hands must have been frozen solid in an open cockpit at that altitude and latitude, and landing from the back seat without a canopy would have been interesting and memorable. Now that I've nit-picked, it is still a really neat program that I recall watching when I was in 6th grade near Vance AFB, Enid, OK. Couple years later, we were living on MacDill and saw the -47s daily---and nightly. Loved those days. Gorgeous airplane. Even now, I enjoy these clips on KZbin. Thanks for your post.

[@yuglesstube]

This video is superb!

[@jimwatson842]

I understand. Forgive me and thank you for the explanation.

[@robertmarks2218]

My father was an AC of a B-47 flying out of Pease AFB from 60-61.

[@18661873]

"Spark Plug". That's as bad as an acrobat being named "Butter Fingers".

[@amramjose]

I think Jimmy Stewart did a film involving a B47? This is very interesting, I had never seen it. Thanks for posting.

[@MrSlitskirts]

Hi yes, it's called "Strategic Air Command" (1955) and it involved both the Convair B36 Peacemaker and the B47 Stratojet (and it's implied, in WWII the B29 Superfortress as part of the plot): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_(film) , kind regards.

[@MrRover2007]

I believe that Jimmy Stewart really was a pilot in the Air Force

[@AR-jx6wr]

MrRover2007 yes he was a bomber pilot in WWII and retired as a Brigadier General in the Air Force Reserve.

[@donalddodson7365]

Back when movie starts were also Patriots.

[@GermanShepherd1983]

@@donalddodson7365 Back then politicians were patriots too. Not like that idiot trump and is "bone spurs" excuse to get out of fighting in Vietnam. What a coward.

[@craigw1379]

It's like the Thunderbirds crossed with the Kennedy's. The sound effects sounds like someone crashing around in the garden shed!

[@thetreblerebel]

This is an awesome video!

[@tonydouque3240]

that was amazing

[@yakacm]

Love this show, it's like an interesting version of the turgid army show The Big Picture.

[@billdowning1047]

Every time you see a jet airliner, remember that the B-47 is the Grandfather of every modern large jet aircraft, and they only built a paltry 1500 of them between Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed. GOOGLE up B-47 toss bombing to see what the old girl was capable of doing~then get back with us!

[@harryohrt5255]

Talk about a bad day. First the airman burns his hands, then his ejector seat doesn't work, his chute deploys prematurely and fatally, and, finally, he realizes his own side is going to shoot him down.

[@AR-jx6wr]

Harry Ohrt the copilots ejector seat didn’t work. He bailed out. The observer didn’t have an ejector seat. He burned his hands and then his chute ring got caught on a piece of equipment which triggered the chute and he had to get rid of it and was trapped in the plane.

[@GogebicYooper]

All B-47's were equipped with navigator ejection seats. They ejected downward with a minimum of 500 feet for obvious reasons.

[@timg5060]

Fun video... definitely shows that although we've made enormous strides in aeronautical engineering in 60 years, we've made even more progress in good acting.

[@benhudman7911]

Awesome!

[@pmullins1495]

Pull the circuit breaker on the offending equipment !!! (Kill the fire) Follow established procedures !! Plus, Mix-n-match canopies on the intercepter. Two different aircraft. :(

[@6ratjohn873]

I worked on B-47Es at Lincoln AFB. All are gone including the weather birds

[@gravelydon7072]

6RAT john That would be kind of strange as a B-47 sits right alongside I-95 in GA. Just because they aren't flying doesn't mean they are gone.

[@456swagger]

Looks like a couple of crew members experienced premature ejection.

[@nan16cd]

Very funny👠👠🙂🙂

[@halroy9610]

Maannn, I don't know what it was about this short story but it made me laugh. I think it was the acting. This was hilarious.

[@scottfw7169]

Note to self: no more code names including spark, bad shui.

[@michaelthomas7178]

B47s were a part of my youth. At Kadena ABF and Eglin AFB. My dad work with 3055th drone director group, mainly at feild 3 duke. In 1963 a QB47 crashed on landing at main base. Three people were killed on ground. By 1966 b47s went to bone yard in Arizona.

[@TheStarzzguitar]

This is a very good reenactment

[@jpatt1000]

1:00 How awesome would it be to see that formation today! A B-47, B-52 B-66, VooDoo and I think a B-57 (maybe a B-45) and possibly an F or RF-84F. Picture is a little blurry!

[@johnbesharian9965]

JPATT, what the Hell was a "B-45"? I'm 76 years old and i don't remember one of those. (O.k., got it. It was one of the first United States' operational twin engine jet bombers. Guess this internet thing is mildly useful after all.)

[@charlestaylor253]

@@johnbesharian9965 The North American B/RB-45 Tornado was actually the first operational US turbojet-powered medium bomber and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. The reason it's not so well remembered today is that it was produced in limited numbers and rather quickly rendered obsolete in it's role by more advanced and capable medium bomber/recon types like the B/RB-47, B/RB-57, B/RB-66, etc...🤓

[@johnkornegay4748]

On the Aircraft commander punching before the crew: This was a military flight not a commercial air liner or cruise ship where the captain is expected to go down with ship! He gave the order to abandon the aircraft. The crew were all trained in this proceedure, had parachutes and access to egress. Once the 'ABANDON SHIP'' order is given it is every man for himself and no one expects the captain to hang around to be escorted out by him. Although it would have been courteous. Also, the part where they instruct the 'observer' that his egress was through a hatch in the floor was purely for audience information. Remember the obsever was a pilot being ferried on this flight. He knew how this aircraft was configured.

[@lancomedic]

John Kornegay I remember seeing a movie once where they were testing a down firing ejection seat on a B47. Maybe the pilot was just informing the observer that this particular plane did not have that.

[@jaman878]

Though I have to wonder how long the pilot and co-pilot lasted after landing in the Bering Sea?

[@travelbugse2829]

I was so excited I had to jump through the window afterwards...

[@goognamgoognw6637]

Lol, you made me laugh loud.

[@publicmail2]

Hello hello hello spark plug hello hello hello spark plug hello?? You got to push the button!

[@dianablume6293]

I was going to school to be an acft mach, in 1954 at which its falls tax. And they had a wing of b 36s an they were barracks shakers when they took off. I was in the usaf from Jan 1954 till Jan 1974!

[@flyingcatsofthesalishsea.]

wow, the story of flight!

[@ilotitto]

The B-47 is probably the most gorgeous plane ever to fly

[@RCAvhstape]

They never said what happened to the rest of the crew after they bailed out. Dead from hypothermia in the Bering Sea, maybe?

[@BigTrain175]

Bailed out while still over land. Aircraft was only heading to Bering Sea at that point. Spent a year stationed in Alaska and the bomber bases were well inland.

[@SeanFolsom]

12 Years ago, I visited the Air Museum at Canute Air Force Base, near Rantoul, Illinois. I was astonished to see a B-47 that they have on Display. According to the Sign, this is One of the last B-47 in existence. This Plane was never in Combat as far as I know, but it did "Fill the Gap" in Our North American Air Defense. ADD: There is another B-47 at Castle AFB near Merced, Calif. & there is an excellent Wikipedia Article, with the De-classified Recon encounters with Soviet Mig 15s & 17s occurred, plus a Link to "Forgotten Jets" www.millionmonkeytheater.com/B-47.html

[@TheIndianaSD]

Sean Folsom B-47 at Grissom Air Museum, Indiana.

[@SeanFolsom]

Thank You Mr. Moran. Certainly that B-47 is one of the few aircraft of it's type still in existence.

[@TheErod1944Channel]

They flew the Castle AFB B47 in from the bone yard in the desert. It landed with almost no hydraulics and clipped the right wing on the runway but other than that, landed safely.

[@clayz1]

Seattle's Museum of Flight has one. You cant go in, but I was able to take a look inside the forward landing gear wheel well. Until now, I thought the cockpit was like a fighter: you can't move around. So learned something watching this today.

[@tarlach1280x960]

There are a total of 25 on display

[@josephp2712]

The Silent service and navy log were two other good shows

[@Wa3ypx]

Thanks for the "heads up". I'm going to KZbin the shows.

[@thetreblerebel]

Dangerous freaking plane..

[@280StJohnsPl]

Was on the flight line at Perrin AFB Texas in 1969 and watched a still-flying F-89 pas by on the taxiway...didn't know there was any left.

[@sammy5576]

ummm and what about the electric / oxygen fire?? did that just sort itself out?

[@davidsoom1551]

This was an episode of STEVE CANYON TV show in the early 60s. Only the cause of the problem were two kids target shooting outside the fence at an airbase. There 22 rifles, according to the show, had damaged something in the plane. The same black and white scenes were used. Hmmm

[@TheSirjohn2012]

The B-47 had been and was plagued with a lot of problems with it and it had a history of major issues when it and one of them was it proved unstable at low altitude bombing attempts,next came engine issues some had fires come out in them,many of them crashed either a few minutes after takeoff or later in flight on missions being performed.Unfortunately not long after these things they finally had to scrap nearly all of them and the only real bomber is and was the B-52 jet bomber which today is our only longest serving jet bomber today with the H" model still active with the USAF today.

[@ronhoffstein8142]

This vid could have used another few minutes just to tell us how the major did in the aftermath. Did he at least get a few free drinks at the O-Club?

[@donc9751]

I agree!

[@donalddodson7365]

Somebody probably got their you-know-whats in a ringer! Do they Article 15 officers? Certainly the ground crew and maintenance guys were going to become civilians ... I am not sure the decision to blow up a then "state of the art" bomber would have been made so easily.

[@BigTrain175]

@@donalddodson7365 When it's that or risk the aircraft falling into Russian hands?

[@donalddodson7365]

@@BigTrain175 You are right. The frame of mind would be shaped by the "Cold War," and trying to figure out what was Classified on the bird would takecweeks. Especially the secret M-43-Z toilet seat had to be protected. 😎

[@4325air]

Lived as a teenager at MacDill in 60-63. Thought the -47s of the 306th BW were super-cool. Same for the F-84Fs. Recall one crash by a 55th SRW RB-47 in, I think, 1962, off the end of the runway near the main gate. Anyway, I'd really enjoy reading more for the "straight scoop." Can you be more specific on Jet Age Man. Is it a book, website or whatever? Thanks!

[@willfriar8054]

I WONDER IF THEY HAVE CUT UP ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL OLD PLANES. THES AIRFRAMES COULD BE MODERNIZED TO BE MISSLE TRUCKS WITH LASERS TO PROTECT THE MAIN BOMBER. IMAGINE A BUFF WITH FIFRTY AIR TO AIR MISSILES AND GREAT RADAR. THESE WERE FASTER BY FAR.

[@1Klooch]

Pima Air Museum in Tucson, Arizona; Latest Exhibit List shows, one, Boeing EB-47E on outside display. Aircraft #2135. See their site.

[@darrellparkhill]

Note to self: Don't have to try to bail out of a B-47!

[@stoneblue1795]

What's your vector, Victor?

[@coiledsteel8344]

JP, find of the movie - "Airplane" are you?

[@aurktman1106]

The host, Gen. George C. Kenney flew combat in WWI. He looks ancient in this film, but he really wasn’t. He was probably in his mid-late 60’s.

[@rickb1973]

So, callsign Sparkplug experienced an electrical fire, huh?....odd coincidence

[@hyliedoobius5114]

rickb1973 WTF? Was this before circuit breakers were invented?

[@bobbrooks80]

@@hyliedoobius5114.. And use your fire ext. where there is no smoke.

[@johnmcmahon5967]

"Major Kong, Major Kong ...!"

[@Skymaster.47]

"I guess that's it boys. Nuclear combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies"

[@williammawk1720]

During the early 1960's I was stationed at Elmendorf A.F.B. at Anchorage, Alaska and there were B-47's there along with other aircraft including F-106 All Weather Interceptors, they were a Delta Wing aircraft. The B-47's are a great aerodynamic looking Cold War Era Bomber. They were used in the Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air Command".

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@UmaticSota]

They were pretty quick to abandon that B-47. How much did those things cost?

[@benignogalarza3499]

I am a military aviation fan. I remenber seen the B47 flying very low over my house.That was when l was a boy.I thouht that is strange aircraft it must be new.It flew from Ramey Airfield Puerto Rico.

[@LV_CRAZY]

+BENIGNO GALARZA Nice place, It's where Ike liked to visit to play golf.

[@longshot7601]

Why was the pilot in command the first one out? He should have made sure that the observer and copilot were out before he left the aircraft.

[@skyguy9153]

I was thinking the same.

[@thomasnelson2463]

In-flight electrical fire? Start pulling circuit breakers. I was at Castle in 1979.

[@monkeyboy4746]

The plot was a bit clunky, but good footage of the planes.

[@fr-tigerfangs7039]

They don't make such high quality TV series anymore. Instead, we've got crap like American Idol, Love Island, Botched... Talk about a downward spiral...

[@cindys1819]

The B-47 was ultra cool....but as every kid I knew saw at the time, it was no match for Kronos!!!......anyway, about this show; let's see,...they're going to toss how many millions of taxpayers $$$ for some soldering cables? What a great premise! BTW didn't the AF, DOD or Convair think of some fire control? systems?

[@charlesmiddleton9952]

That b-47 needs to be slowed down,to the point of stalling,brought to a lower altitude,and bailout.

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

But were the other crew members picked up? Did they survive bailing out? Do they not matter?

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

+Mr. Ken The B-47 only had a crew of three; a very small crew for a plane of it's size. The pilot and co-pilot sat in tandem unlike most bombers before and after; one behind the other more like a 2 seat fighter. And instead of the navigator sitting up on the flight deck behind the pilots (again like most bombers) he was seated in a compartment below and just forward in the nose because he also pulled double duty as the bombardier. Another interesting thing about the crew assignments for the B-47 was the co-pilot also acted as on observer and tail gunner using a radar/remote controlled tail gun. This crew configuration was ahead of it's time as even the B-52, which is still in service today, had a tail gunner up until 1991.

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

Thank you for your explanation.

[@arodrigues2843]

BLACKMONGOOSE13 And the navigator also was the radar operator, and was supposed to HAVE a downward ejector seat.!!!

[@bernardw4842]

Yeah but the music was pure syrup as was the romantic side-plot as with all movies of the day. The aircraft were the only good bit except for when Karl appears on an early TV game show

[@brantmarco5640]

It dropped the atomic bomb on Kronos in the movies. It was a good looking bomber.

[@billhuber2964]

Whenever I hear " routine flight " I suspect something bad is going to happen.

[@james5460]

Beaucoup problems handled with skill and enterprise.

[@steves1900]

Man, for a senior pilot & qualified observer the guy was an absolute clutz! I was pulling for the fighters!

[@charlesmiddleton9952]

Are these guy's being tested?Without they're knowledge?

[@benignogalarza3499]

Well It was President Johnson. He was I think in New York and on the way to Washington he asked the pilot to bring him to Ramey, to play golf.When the commander of the base knew this he ordered the grass of the golf course be painted green because everything was dry.The first time this was done.