Meet One of The Oldest B-52 Stratofortress Planes [4K] | Behind The Wings | Spark

[@everydayhero5076]

Yes, this man is real. I live in Denver and have been to Wings over the Rockies. I have seen him with my own eyes.

[@disorganizedorg]

Not sure why anyone would doubt that. I'm pretty sure the USAF checked him out before letting him on Minot AFB with at least a cameraman and possibly other crew.

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

I visited this museum in Dec.21', he's not there anymore. He got a job w/Boeing up in Washington. I actually was curious if I'd run into him there.

[@sartainja]

Was his hair as “pretty” as in his fracking video?

[@mrs6968]

This guy's hair and beard deserve it's own recognition top notch A-1

[@bigredc222]

I had the same hair style in the 80s.

[@sartainja]

I have dated women who wished they had hair like his.

[@mrs6968]

@@sartainja so true

[@jimmcnair5843]

He's just a junkie, don't sensationalise him ok man?,,, 😡

[@QuixEnd]

B52 gives me flashbacks.. this horrible dream I once had, where I was stuck in this cold, isolated place for years. The forever sound of screeching engines, fueled by the hopes and dreams of all that were there..Then I suddenly woke up and it was all just a bad dream. Still think about that bad drea, every now and then

[@sartainja]

We’re you flying on “The Leper Colony” under the command of Major T.J. Kong?

[@kristinalynnbarnes8061]

Sounds like a reality for too many.

[@richardstephens3642]

Awesome video my dad would have loved it he had vhs films of all kinds of aircraft

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Staying on US bases in UK, getting plastered on Bud while bowling in its alleys. Crazy towns. Lakenheath and Fairford.

[@bigredc222]

When they were talking about the smokie engines, that may have been a good time to mention the air force recently signed a contract with Rolls-Royce North America to re-engine all the B-52s.

[@disorganizedorg]

That would've been a time to mention water injection? I imagine the B-52 at the museum is old and original enough to have that hardware.

[@bigredc222]

@Mark Holtdorf It's a hell of a lot cheaper to replace the engines than to build an all new bomber.

[@jeffstergg]

That odd smell is old congealed oil that’s probably been sitting there since it stopped flying! I know this because we worked on old Pratt & Whitney J-52s in my AMT school and trust me those things wreaked. The decommissioned aircraft carrier, The intrepid, in New York cities harbor has the same smell all over it as well if you have ever been

[@sartainja]

A video about the B-52 is not complete without some Major T.J. Kong, commander of The Leper Colony (the most famous B-52 in film and fiction) quotes: “Well, boys, I reckon this is it. New-q-lure combat, toe-to-toe with the Rooskies.” “Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones. You sure you got today's codes?” “Goldie, how many times have I told you guys that I don't want no horsing around on the airplane?” “Stay on the bomb run, boys! I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips ever'body on Bear Creek!” “Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”

[@BillHalliwell]

G'day Spark, I actually saw this documentary well before November '21. Once you get past the shock of Matthew referring to his audience as "baby", and looking like a dope dealer from Hollywood Central Casting, there is a lot of interest to see in this video, despite, Matthew's first sentence of his narration connecting the B-52 with, "...the United States Army Air Corps...", which, of course, it didn't. The B-52s surely are a technological marvel that have had untold millions of dollars of refits and improvements, still regarded as cheaper than coming up with a replacement. Those two aircraft, the F-111 and the B-1B Lancer, each costing mammoth amounts of money could not perform all the roles of the Stratofortress. It's easy to see that this video is dated as nearly all the operational B-52s these days have all 'glass' instrument panels, meaning their main flight control indicators are small video panels rather than analogue dials. Engine and certain other basic components are also the subject of a massive upgrading of these aircraft that, with the latest estimates, should see B-52s in service till 2050. Even then, it's doubtful that such a large aircraft will be created to replace them all. A hint about the future of B-52s is that out of all the old airframes sitting in aircraft 'boneyards' very few of the B-52s have been chopped up for scrap. The potential for more ' B.U.F.F.S.' to be brought back to life still remains. I'm glad about that. There is just something so appealing about the design of the B-52, like all great aircraft, they just look 'right'. I don’t think they are B.U.F.F.S. at all. Cheers, BH

[@jimmcnair5843]

All this dude if is a junkie high on meth with a rich daddy

[@markmitchell457]

I lived in Amarillo Tx home of Amarillo Air Force Base for the B-52. In jr. high gym class we were out on the track an dozens of B-52s passed over our school. Pretty soon parents started showing up at school in a panic to get their kids. My dad told us he didn't know what was going on, but something was up. We didn't get nuked, and we were never told why all the B-52s were in the air. It was a bit scary. AFB closed a few years later, and the story went with it.

[@teedee9903]

I was stationed there in 1967 but no 52's were there. They sent them all to Guam me included for 189 days

[@ericlakota1847]

Thank you crew what a good tour of the plane you did a great job on camera I would of thought it was script fonominal job

[@vsetkoumiera7683]

If the host wasn’t so damn goofy & didn’t act so ignorant these videos would be the bomb !! The Asian man that done the Space Shuttle video was PERFECT!!!!

[@jimmcnair5843]

I agree one hundred percent!! He's a junkie with a rich daddy, you can tell he's on meth big time!! What a fking loser lol 😂

[@richardsybrandy1]

I presume your meant ICBMs when you listed “ground” as the third element of the nuclear delivery trial.

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

I"m visiting Denver in about 1 week and this place is #1 on my list to go to, I've always wanted to visit Denver.

[@sohailsayeed9361]

Born and raised Denver! You will love it. There's much to see in Denver but in in many ways the heart of the city lies in the mountains! I hope you enjoy your stay.

[@padkirsch]

Enjoy Colorado! It's AMAZING! 🌿

[@markmitchell457]

Denver is nice, but the airport is miles from the city. Inconvenient? Yes indeed.

[@ggvbayareaoakland5914]

Thank you for that fun video 📹 😊

[@RefurbishedPrototype]

I run parties there all the time. All those planes make for an extremely unique backdrop for dining and dancing.

[@johnadams8371]

the bonobo concert was ( o Y o )

[@paulsuprono7225]

Was based at Minot AFB - Det 7, 37 ARRS - A Military Air Command tenant unit, mission - Air Rescue, primarily however we supported the SAC mission - 91st Missile Wing - ferrying crews out to their missile launch platforms, in all weather . . . and, it gets snowy and sub-zero in the winter 😬

[@brd400]

I was with a 93rd bomb wing at Castle Air Force Base B-52’s. From 1979 to 1983. Had a lot of up close and personal stuff with these planes.

[@disorganizedorg]

Is it still common to joke "Why not Minot? The reason? It's freezin"!"

[@derekrohan9619]

Actually fun fact. B-52s dropped anti-personal mines in Nam. Like gravel mines. Small mines about the size of sugar packs ment to just blow toes off basically haha..

[@disorganizedorg]

While it never dropped a nuclear weapon in combat, I'm curious how many it dropped for atmospheric nuclear test.

[@jimmcnair5843]

Real funny man, plus don't think you know more than most of us, we knew it already! Here's another fun fact, the buff has been laying mines in contested areas ever since it's conception thus the arson of the one at the museum in protest of its underlying use of which the narrating junkie said he didn't get why? Is complete utter BULLSHIT!!

[@kobianor9424]

This B-52 has had s lot of high -G manuevers as look at the wrinkled outer layer of the airframe! Time for a half life refit!!!!

[@BigDaddy-yp4mi]

That actual frame HAS been re-skinned and the high-g maneuvers were stopped completely circa 1966, only a couple years after the lob approach was practiced because it was hell on the frames. Wrinkles in the skin are totally normal. The skin stretches during every flight. Had this argument with a relative. The skin is different thicknesses depending on what part of the plane it's on; but the metal HAS to have some give in it or it is HIGHLY susceptible to cracks and metal fatigue. Metal that is more 'elastic' is better suited for airplanes in order to flex, much like the tips of the wings of a passenger airliner you're on....they can safely flex 4-6 feet in EITHER the up or down direction with ease. The wrinkling on the skin is deliberate. On the ground, the B-52 being so long causes the airframe to flex and unpressurized, the metal is relaxed and wrinkles. In flight when the aircraft is pressurized, the wrinkles smooth out. The wrinkling on the sides (and a lot of other places on the B-52) is totally normal and was necessary in order to safely fly and go through pressure and de-pressurization cycles and carry enormous weight. The wrinkles have absolutely nothing to do with metal fatigue being a cause (in what you see in regard to the B-52, though it IS apparent on passenger liners as well, just to a smaller degree because of less loads and such!).

[@michaellonsdorfwow6239]

This is great!!

[@arthurschalick2362]

I was stationed at Lowey AFB in the '70's. is the museum on the same ground?

[@paulsuprono7225]

Yupper . . . the big fight - upon closure of Lowry AFB . . . who got its' Golf Course - Denver or its' neighboring city to the east 😬

[@arthurschalick2362]

@@paulsuprono7225 There was a B-52 in a hanger there, and the story was that it had made an emergency landing at Lowry but the runway wasn't long enough for it to takeoff so it was used as a training aid for weapon loaders.

[@paulsuprono7225]

@@arthurschalick2362 Wow, really . . . From my experience from my the USAF days, technical school followed basic, outta Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. I went to Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi. From my knowledge/experience, tech school for weapons loading was outta Lauphlin (sp) AFB, outta Texas. Before the closure of Stapleton International Airport, to its' north, this B-52 dropped into Stapleton . . . it was was broken down, and ferried it over to Lowry and placed in its' hanger, which had an active mission from its' flying days . . . 🇺🇸

[@paulsuprono7225]

@@arthurschalick2362 Keesler AFB . . . manned multiple missions that supported the Air Force mission. The C-130, flown by the 'Hurricane Hunters' flies into hurricanes off in the Gulf of Mexico to determine its' severity. The C-130 parallels the B-52 in its' longevity in the air . . . since the 1960's. Air Force Training Command had its' Administration Training Center, outta Kessler AFB, where I gained my 70250B Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC). 😎 🇺🇸

[@jst4curiosity704]

Well done!

[@emailer8326]

I want to go to that museum.

[@candie3924]

Thank you 💕

[@whatweather]

I work at the store they showed at the end! The Arts District Market!

[@jimmcnair5843]

Yah so what!?, wanna medal?

[@pat8988]

What’s with the Tyvek suit & mask?

[@jimmcnair5843]

Because he's an environmental hippie

[@WTCheatShaming]

None of these documentaries talk about Tinker AFB

[@ktwei]

You literally took another KZbinr's videos & mashed them together?

[@christophercooper5843]

What r the others called

[@everydayhero5076]

Spark paid for it I'm sure.

[@Unknown_Ooh]

I'm guessing the gunner turret had a parachute attached to it or did the gunner have to wear one at all times?

[@derekrohan9619]

When he was talking to the EWO woman and he said “well your pretty good at your job than hun?” I hate when people say stuff like that, what are you going to say ? No. No I’m not good at it at all. I don’t try at all.

[@rogermills1637]

What a goof ball guy

[@jimmcnair5843]

Hahaha no shit

[@yameenulhaque9153]

14:42 respect +100

[@baliharsingh548]

Bless you bro

[@sartainja]

Man, he uses a great deal of hair care products on his mane.

[@jerrynadler2883]

4th busiest airport in North America but only 4 widebody gates....

[@GryphonWahle]

I mean, if you know there are only 4 widebody gates, then you know there are actually more than that.

[@jerrynadler2883]

@@GryphonWahle B34 B36 B38 and B42. I forgot about terminal A, A37, A33 and A45 so yeah u right there are 7, but still not enough international flights to service the 4th busiest airport in N. America.

[@samypons3185]

kinda cool

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Smell is musty electronics and cables type of thing.

[@donl3248]

5:44 early version of the Star Trek “Jeffries tube”.

[@winstonsmith478]

Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason.

[@disorganizedorg]

I'd heard that as "The reason? It's freezin'!" when I was at Offutt in the early 80s.

[@dennisworkmansr.714]

Whatever happened to the guy that set the plane on fire?

[@davidharris2519]

i saw a have a pic of a B-24 named Diamond Lil

[@ericlakota1847]

I can't see how they got rid of gun in rear I know I'd feel better flying with gunner

[@evelyn7260]

Yeah this video seems stollen there is an actual KZbin channel that is called wings over the Rockies and they published this exact videos long ago

[@jacksak]

At 26:01 the credits say "2019 Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum. All rights reserved."

[@a.r.mishra]

i think they recreated it. in other video,the host had short hair

[@sartainja]

A Subaru cannot drop a thermo nuclear device on mother Russia.

[@tkskagen]

Re-Run?

[@alpteknbaser7773]

👏

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Why have four engines when you can fit eight.

[@ericlakota1847]

She was right those men wouldn't feel so safe without her listening to beeps and sqeeks relying on her

[@nicolek4076]

Possibly the most irritating presenter I've seen this year - more suited to Children's TV than a serious documentary. All he does is set my teeth on edge. In any case, this is a information-free waste of time.

[@wolftmfg]

😄

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

He likes his job and aircraft. He's also no longer at the museum. I toured it in Dec.2021.

[@raymondj8768]

DUDE IF THEY BUILT THAT IN 1965 ITS 56 DONT IT ????

[@davidharris2519]

dont you have a DC-8 out there

[@1jsaid647]

Did I hear him say dea not dia

[@jtveg]

Yeah, lets celebrate a machine that serves no purpose other than to rain death from the skies. What an awesome idea. Murica. 🗽

[@QuixEnd]

It's more likely to accidentally drop a nuke on US soil than it is to fulfill its purpose ever again

[@jtveg]

@@QuixEnd Well, one can only hope. 🙏🏻 Nah, not really, I am just being snarky. I don't really hate the US or their invasive foreign policy. I'd much prefer the US doing it than the Soviets (in the past), the Russians, or especially the Chinese. I just like being confrontational, contrarian, and play devil's advocate rather than just being a bandwagon follower in KZbin comment sections. Plus, you can't overlook the intended purpose of these (military) machines, no matter how awesome they are. 💣☢ Anyway, have a nice day. 👋🏻😉

[@QuixEnd]

@@jtveg makes sense in most convos for sure lol. I hated working on the b52. And 100% I'd rather THE US screwing us over rather than Russia, China, Korea or any other Socialist propaganda garbage. A lot of Americans don't get how bad it could be for sure

[@everydayhero5076]

This may be the most honest conversation I've seen in the comment section. I'm flabbergasted.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Colorado to North Dakota, nearby???

[@mesoflushy]

This show didn't tell me anyting

[@shaunjohnson9407]

Gold Goldenrod age 💛 ✨ 💖 😎 woow imagined making old planes with golden parts and components eltric fied I just seen a ol sayling ship 🚢 made of gold parts Columbus ship 🚢 maybe 😀 😄 😍 😳 👌

[@karloyu3484]

👍

[@Frezzed]

36:45 Svastika much?

[@jaydelrosario8119]

WHAT FLAGGED WAS THAT....USA USNA STA.UNIDOS...NOT A PLACE BUT INFORMATION IS NOT IMPORTANT....ENCYCLOPEDIA DICTIONARY DEFINITION LAND YVBURQIEDVODEUX...

[@janklaas6885]

🇺🇳37:10

[@yameenulhaque9153]

21:38 she is a lier there is nothing behind the curtain it's just all made up