Plane Catches Fire Before Going Off Runway

[@slavsh]

In the first video it was old soviet Ilyushin Il-18, which is still flying somewhere in Africa. Among soviet pilots it had a reputation of a very durable aircraft.

[@java6417]

I just finished watching Mentour's NOTAM video & said "Now I need a 74 Gear video" & 30 seconds later, I got a notification about this! Ahhh - my day can begin now. Thanks Kelsey!!!

[@davydatwood3158]

"I'm not in trouble *right now* and maybe I shouldn't" is a thought that really needs to go through my brain more often.

[@lindatannock]

I've been down the 747 slide (at the BA training base in London. I'm ex cabin crew), and omg that thing is high! Lol 😅. I was happy i managed to stay on my feet and not face-plant like a few people did haha. That thing is fast!! (Until you hit the velcro stuff to slow you down at the bottom lol 😆) ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@skyhawk_4526]

Is there an upper deck slide? I'm assuming there is on the 747-400 and 747-8. I can only imagine that would be a pretty scary ride to the ground.

[@vbscript2]

@@skyhawk_4526 Yes, there is. That's why it looks so steep in the video.. because it is. There's an exit door with a slide around the middle of the passenger cabin on both sides of the upper deck.

[@eannliska423]

Hey Kelsey, real-world example of a rejection after V1. There was a T-tail (I think an MD 80, but not sure) that had no elevator authority when the pilots tried to rotate. NTSB praised the pilots for cutting throttle about three seconds after V1. Investigation found the elevator jammed, and the pilots had no chance of getting off the ground.

[@kenbrown2808]

I had the thought about those incidents, too (there has been more than one) if the plane won't fly, the only option is to reject.

[@Milesco]

@ Eann: Thank you! I was thinking of _exactly this incident_ when Kelsey discussed taking off / aborting after V1. It's an interesting story because of course normally, you never abort a takeoff after V1, but in this case, if the pilot hadn't, the plane would've crashed horribly.

[@Kalvinjj]

Barely related, but a jammed elevator on an MD-80 did lead up to a crash of Alaska Airlines 261 after all.

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

Yes. It was privately owned MD 82 that probably suffered tail damage in a windstorm, which broke the elevator past the stops some days before the flight. Blancolirio did a nice summation of it on his channel. The major airlines would have had a mechanic go up on a lift to inspect the elevator after a wind event, but because it was a private aircraft, nobody did that inspection but rather the pilots did a standard, ground level walk-around. From inside the cockpit, their controls felt "free" and had full freedom of movement, but the elevator wasn't actually moving due to the damage. And, compounding the issue, it was a very small airport...just barely more than the MD-82's minimums, so it was REALLY at the end of the runway that they achieved V1 and Vr and so when they knew they were "not going to be flying" they were out of room, but thankfully there were no major obstructions in their ways, so they overran into a field, ripped the undercarriage off, ruptured the fuel tanks, but everyone aboard was able to evacuate. The aircraft was lost, but everyone survived.

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

@@Kalvinjj, just to be clear, that was a stripped Jack-screw, that didn't break until well after they were airborne. Sadly, once they left the ground, they were doomed but nobody knew it until the trim stripped the Jack-screw thread and the wind forced the elevator into the "full nose down" attitude and kept it there.

[@kevtheis]

Another cool thing about the B-52 is that in addition to being able to manually lower the gear in the event of a gear malfunction, it's one of the only aircraft where you can manually raise the landing gear as well. This is because the B-52s missions were (probably still are) considered of extreme importance to complete, and if the gear won't retract it would mean not completing the mission objectives. By being able to manually raise the gear, this would ensure that the plane could still fly to the objective.

[@hoghogwild]

Yes completion of nuclear tipped cruise missile attack missions are of the utmost importance. 12 missiles under the wings with 8 on a rotary launcher in the belly. Cruise missiles are the only nuke left for B52, B-2 is the only gravity nuke carrier(B61/B83) for the USA.

[@stusue9733]

Damn how many turns of the crank to get the gear up? I seem to recall it being a rather large number to get the gear down on much smaller planes.

[@NoahTheFurry567]

very bad for the environment too smokey

[@stusue9733]

@@NoahTheFurry567 Certainly the ground underneath it was after it had done its job

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@NoahTheFurry567 It's not just the environmental impact that's a problem. Dirty, inefficient engines means shorter range, less time on station, and a greater logistical footprint. Commercial airliner fuel burn rate increased by something like 50% between when the B52 was first introduced and now. If the B52 could match those efficiency gains, (which, admittedly, isn't all from engine improvements, nonetheless, just as an example), it'd be able to fly twice as far on the same tank. It could spend double the time standing by in the air. It could wait twice as long before it needed aerial refueling, saving you money on the tanker, and also reducing it's exposure to hostile fire. A cleaner, more efficient bomber is also a more effective bomber.

[@SuperZman3333]

I used to rig the gear on B-52’s and the crosswind crab system is unique but adds complexity to an aircraft that no airline would want a part of. I enjoyed working on them but now that I have retired from the Air Force I enjoy flying more. Thanks for the great videos and showing how much fun it is to be a pilot.

[@DLRPyro1]

I was a BUFF crew chief at Castle AFB in the '80s I flew several missions to maintain currency. On my first flight we didn't have an instructor pilot so I sat in the IP seat between and slightly behind the 2 pilots. On taxi out one if the checklist items was to check the crosswind crab system by going full left 20 degrees then right 20 degrees back to center and the 20 degrees to full right. It was a strange sensation and felt like someone was behind me and turning my seat left and right. Was also strange to look out the pilot ot copilot side window to watch us track down the taxiway Not sure when you served but I crewed on 60-0048 and 60-0058 over the years. Wonder if you ever worked on these 2 airframes.

[@SuperZman3333]

@@DLRPyro1 Was Stationed in Minot from 98-02. Was moved to Dyess where I spent a lot of years on Bones.

[@utrock5067]

I could say that by just looking at this bird, it's construction is also the part making it very unique. How well balanced is the whole machine with such narrow fuselage and extensive wings. But i guess strategic bombers in general have unique design and even Tr-1 could compete with them in desing contest.

[@insylem]

The C-5A also had a crosswind landing system. But its was removed before I started working on them. The nose landing gear position indicator still had the runway indicator left over from the old system.

[@StillPooh62]

@@DLRPyro1 my husband was at Castle for nav school in 1986!

[@truthteller1246]

74 Gear.. Making aviation even cooler. #1

[@hsbvt]

Gives the term "Coming in hot" new meaning...I bet that smelled awesome outside and inside! Have a great week everyone!

[@lunaa764]

i dont know anything about planes, but the way you explain things is so helpful and easy to understand. you just seem to have the right attitude about these things. i feel like you would make a great teacher or instructor.

[@BethanyAitch]

I was a passenger during an aborted takeoff, which is a weird sensation. Thankfully, it was a Dash-8 on a 10,000-foot runway so we had plenty of room!

[@kd5nrh]

Try it in a 172 on a 5600 foot runway: reject, stop, fix the door, take off from where we stopped. Pretty sure there was room for a couple more tries if needed.

[@1971merlin]

Try Oshkosh. They land something like 5 cessnas on one runway simultaneously. Each gets 1500 feet or whatever for their landing.

[@withershin]

Dash-8s' don't care. Jokes aside I prefer flying on Dash-8 planes because I worry about almost nothing on them. As a passenger we did a go-around at Boston Logan. I stupidly exclaimed, "We're doing a go-around!!!" and I had 30 people ask me what a go-around was. "We're going around and trying it again" - the flight deck comes on the intercom like 60-seconds later and says, "sorry folks. we did not meet all the requirements to properly land... we're going to DO it again". I think nerd boy me was having a good time but we were the last plane to land that wintery night and I might have been alone enjoying the go-around.

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

My dad was an emergency procedures instructor for United at their Denver training base. They had full scale demonstrator slides set up at the various heights for various aircraft to train flight attendants. It's insane how high that second deck is. I have "ridden the grey dragon" from the "normal," narrow-bodied heights (let's say the 727) and it's not fun...the slide doesn't cushion you like a rigid slide; you actually sink a fair bit so that it's much steeper than it looks, and it then literally throws you off at the end like a whip. The training facility had padded floors; when people do it on tarmac, they often break legs, ankles, etc... No way, no how, would I "want" to ride-a-slide off the top deck of a 747. Or use have to use the rope-ladder out of the cockpit for that matter. You're talking almost 40 feet of fall there...

[@patheddles4004]

No wonder there's such a high chance of injuries whenever a plane is evacuated, and why the crew takes that decision so seriously.

[@philipstaite4775]

Re: the RTO and brake fire. Well, one way to put out a fire is smother it in sand so... Also, I think part of the rationale for the B-52 rotating landing gear was to increase the crosswind limits. Remember, this is a strategic bomber. If they "have to go" then they have to go, can't say wait until the winds improve...

[@MeppyMan]

Yeah that was my first thought. “Well the fire’s been extinguished “

[@buzzaard7036]

I was going to a similar comment

[@joshuapatrick682]

i get to see the big boys, B-52s around my work sometimes, there's several at an Air force base 100 miles away and they do touch and goes at our local airport once a week.

[@thefoolishhiker3103]

That B-52 takeoff was awesome. When I was a kid my dad was stationed at KI Sawyer where they were stationed. Used to sit at a spot where we could watch them taking off and landing. Never saw them crabbed out that way, so very cool to see them using that feature.

[@StillPooh62]

We were at KI Siberia from 1989-1994. I grew up in Wisconsin, but that didn’t prepare me for winters in the Upper Peninsula. 🥶

[@thefoolishhiker3103]

@@StillPooh62 we were there from 1987-1992. We went from Elmondorf in Alaska to the upper peninsula of Michigan. We had a lot of cold and snow when I was growing up 😂

[@StillPooh62]

@@thefoolishhiker3103 we arrived from Mather (the garden spot of SAC 🌞). Thankfully when Sawyer went on the BRAC list, they sent us to Barksdale to thaw out 😂

[@creeguyvernon]

Look at those smoking engines, smoking like the CFM Leap engines 🙂

[@Kalvinjj]

@@creeguyvernon I don't get the jab at the Leaps but damn it's coal roller tier smoke indeed. The Convair 990 Coronado was smokey, but this is a level of it's own. Early jet days things...

[@timengineman2nd714]

Re: B-52 part of the video. I remember an OLD video of a B-52 Group with the planes parked very close to each other with alternating direction (like alternating half facing east and half facing west)... They used their pivoting gear to actually clear the plane next to them... I wish I could find the video again so I could give you a link!

[@Kjtravels40]

RIP to those tires in the first clip. I used to watch military and civilian planes take off and land when I worked in Honolulu. Best office view of the reef runway. Great video Kelsey!

[@animalm4st3r]

The first Clip reminds of "Ameristar Charters Flight 9363" in March of 2017 The Pilot flying rejected the takeoff after the rotation speed was reached because he was not getting any lift, he decided that even if he would have gotten the Plane airborne it would not fly for long as the controls were not working correctly.

[@dmclegg66]

In that case i would say yes reject melted brakes are better than a crash into a neighborhood.

[@MarsJenkar]

@@dmclegg66 That's the conclusion the NTSB came to as well. While the plane took significant damage (front landing gear broke), they did avoid colliding or crashing and the airplane came to a stop off the end of the runway. Cause was determined to be a jammed elevator that the pilots had no way of knowing was jammed until they tried to rotate, which was well after V1.

[@Grobut81]

@@MarsJenkar I was thinking "jammed elevator" or "plane was loaded too heavy to fly" when i saw this aswell, because why else would you even attemp an aborted takeoff that late? It's the only scenario in which it would make sense. Hey if you go to rotate, and nothing happens, the elevator does nothing, then yeah i'd abort too. I'd rather bulldoze a few ILS antenna's than a residential neighborhood.

[@larsharris]

@@Grobut81 my question. Did the Pilot do a walk around? And did he test range of motion of controls? Before flight left gate.

[@Grobut81]

@@larsharris On a plane that stands that tall? I'm guessing no, not unless he wore a jetpack.

[@jfbeam]

The B-52 has been "modernized" many times. The interior has not been from the 60's for a number decades now. (I walked through one at an airshow years back.) They can also land rather heavy, so this trick does come in handy.

[@rdfox76]

There's a new modernization coming in the next year or so--they're being re-engined with the same engines as used on the Gulfstream 650.

[@sharoncassell9358]

I climbed in one in aircraft training school in Texas. You go in from the bottom to a cramped cockpit. Snall areas. Huge plane 8 engines. The wings flap 17 feet (flex) on take off and make loud noice like afterburner on F 16. Noisy but great. You can feel the rumble in your gut as they get airbourne.

[@m2hmghb]

My dad was on 52s in Thailand, he was a crew chief. Some pilots started to get superstitious and demanded the crew chief fly with them since they worked on the aircraft and certified it safe. Well he flew quite a few times over north Vietnam. I asked him one time what FLAK looked like - we had been watching a documentary on the air war in Vietnam - his reply was "I don't really remember - I was too busy looking for SAM launches".

[@GoodOldGamer]

At least the dirt put out the brake fire on the first plane, lol.

[@iwanebbing2642]

Yeah. That runway overshoot was a great plan.

[@chuck2898]

Orlando airport used to be an Air Force base. There is a B 52 on display. It’s called B 52 park. You can walk around the plane and they give you some history on it.

[@zalfredo325]

after watching your videos for over a year now i can see the improvement in quality, the little edits with the symbols, images and animations are such a great detail!

[@BryanDorr]

Kudos to the cammer in first clip for being focused and quiet (and recording horizontally). I love it when I can see and hear everything that's happening on the video as if I were there.

[@gregorylewis8471]

I had no idea it was that expensive to re-pack a slide. An idiot at LAX just yesterday deployed a slide as an aircraft was being pushed out of the gate. I hope Delta goes after him for the cost!

[@mata2723]

It is very expensive (and bad idea) , I think it is talked in one of the video

[@mata2723]

in fact he gives numbers at the video end (and if add the time a plane is blocked on top....)

[@bobrauscher7244]

I would imagine that since it was deployed while the plane was moving, that it would have to go through a total inspection like a used slide would, even though it technically wasn't used.

[@stevebalt5234]

@@bobrauscher7244 You know the old aviation saying, "Every slide is a deployed slide with an option to be undeployed."

[@sharoncassell9358]

That lands up costing pax in fares. A reflection of stupidity and wasteful mischief.

[@dabuya]

B-52Ds we’re the first aircraft I guarded as a young Security Policeman in 1979. I used to marvel, watching them crab land at Dyess AFB, TX. Your comments regarding the escape chute made me chuckle. Thanks for your informative and entertaining videos.

[@skyhawk_4526]

I was Security Police (and later Security Forces) in the 1990s and early 2000s. The first time I was around B-52 ops was at Diego Garcia in 2002 in the early days of the war in Afghanistan. I remember how cool it was watching them land in a crab angle and the noise and black smoke of those 8 engines on takeoff. Good to see fellow SP here in the comments section! Take care brother!

[@leoncabreja]

Yesterday at the lounge, I wanted to tell you that I looked forward to your Sunday videos. It was nice to meet you; thank you for being genuine, your tips for aspired piots, and putting on those weekly videos. I and my wife enjoy them.

[@dannydaw59]

What is Kelsey's employer?

[@Brian-cr6rb]

As a vehicle mechanic, my first thought was wow! That B52 really needs an alignment! I've never seen that before, it's so awesome!

[@Shasta--1]

Thanks again, Kelsey! I enjoy these! Don't add anything to your workload you weren't planning, but do you have any more videos of your local adventures at destinations? I'm glad you're keeping these going but I liked the stuff from exotic places as well. Stay happy!

[@StevePemberton2]

In 2010 a JetBlue flight attendant decided that he had had enough, after the plane pulled into the gate at JFK he got on the PA and announced to the passengers that he was quitting. He guzzled a couple of beers then popped the slide and slid down to the tarmac, and then went home. He was arrested within a couple of hours. Although he was suspended and did not return to work, it is not known on what terms he left the company or whether he had to reimburse the airline for the expense of the slide deployment.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

It is currently air show weekend at DMAFB in Tucson and there are dozens of amazing planes attending the show. I live near Ryan Airfield, 25 miles west of DM and some of the overflow aircraft spent the week at Ryan. Talk about fully functional old aircraft! On Thursday I saw a C-48, a B-25, an F-4U and a Nakajima Ki-84, along with several other 70+ year-old planes. Very early on Friday, the B-25 flew over my house and freaked all my dogs out with those big radial engines.

[@maryeckel9682]

That's some great viewing and listening!

[@gregs3597]

The best part of this breakdown is watching you as the plane goes off the runway. It looks like a mix of wanting to laugh because it's funny and I'm a professional 747 pilot that cannot do that.

[@jetflye.photography]

The B-52 just got it's service time extended to mid 2050. Sooo it works. it just works.

[@dannap8831]

that story at the end about the blow up slide was really facinating! I would have thought the same things as you did standing up above that slide!

[@johnkenney7217]

Great story on the slide. A friend of mine many years ago bought a used slide to use at their house on the Russian River, to slide down into the river. But they never were able to devise a way to inflate it.

[@waltersims493]

From Deb…I could be wrong but that B-52 clip looked like RAF Fairford in England. My dad was an USAF officer and our fam was stationed there in the sixties. Our quarters overlooked the flight line. My favorite thing was to watch and listen to the BUFF squadron scream into the sky, one after another. Dad was a navigator on the KC-135 refueling tankers for the B-52s. I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. This is why I adore aviation and always will and subscribe to your channel. Great episode!

[@StevePemberton2]

Yes it was Fairford. The clip is from March 2022. You can find the entire clip online.

[@waltersims493]

@@StevePemberton2 From Deb…Wow, that’s crazy that I got it right…not like I didn’t see scads of runways growing up across the world!

[@mariozavood]

V1 doesn’t make much sense on a single engine aeroplane… if you have engine failure during take-off roll, you WILL reject the take-off 😅

[@benediktkraas8576]

I really appreciate the effort of putting in animations and little images!!

[@mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976]

Flight school looks hard. But a couple more of 74 Gear vids, my dufflebag of yellow sticky notes, homemade CORRECT uniforms and I'm ready for a Catch Me If You Can. Of course that was the same theory with the tractor still sitting in the back 40. Actually the explanatory details are extremely fascinating. Seems SO complex ... it IS but you bring it into the reality grasp of us out here. Somewhat akin to the grand super-complex workings of acute care until becoming an EMT and learning the sense, facts and reasons. Godspeed!

[@richardc488]

Thanks Kelsey

[@timehunter9467]

The B-52 caught me off guard, looks strange moving like that! I kinda count myself lucky where I am for cool aircraft, I live near a forces base. Saw an Osprey a couple of times, the engines at an angle really look odd almost like they’re falling off.

[@stevenwilson8718]

I love visiting my family near Patrick airforce base in Florida. The massive planes fly right overhead when landing and its so amazing to watch. Especially while surfing and just waiting for a set to come in. All day entertainment

[@TheKenny123die]

We missed you ! 74 gear is amazing

[@CoopCollins]

Nose full of snot and all. Getting it done no matter what. Love your commitment to excellence even while being sick.

[@grondhero]

My dad was part of a B-52 crew during the Vietnam era. He has a certificate verifying 199 combat missions. Being the Air Force, they issued the "100 Missions B-52D" patch instead of allowing the crew to fly one more mission to receive the "200 Missions B-52D" patch. The B-52 and the A-10 are the two best planes in the Air Force's arsenal. Politicians are always trying to cancel them but nothing built has ever been able to take their places.

[@eddieslittlestack7919]

I loved your floating face going down the slid

[@toddjohnson5692]

Used to hear B-52 scramble drills. They'd use a 'cart start' where two controlled explosives (cartridges) would get two of the engine's fan blades spinning. So you'd hear loud bangs. Then they'd quickly be ready to take off. A lot quicker than doing it the 'normal' way. The runway also ended on the edge of a bluff and you could watch them take off, dip a bit and the wings would bend to an amazing extent until they gained enough speed to climb out. At an air show I watched B-1Bs, F-16s etc but the star was a low pass by a B-52. The other planes looked cool, but the B-52 looked dangerous and mean. All that smoke coming out of all those engines and it just kept getting bigger and bigger as it approached.

[@CA-TREES]

Kelsey, great life lesson about not riding the great dragon. Just because you could do something, doesn't mean you should. Thank you for your sincere teaching style. Flight instructors like you are needed.

[@timengineman2nd714]

Pivoting Main Gear (B-52) actually came with the B-47 which had issues (according to releases) turning using just the nose wheel due to the distance between the front pair and rear pair of wheels underneath the fuselage (Tandem wheels), the light outriggers where mainly to prevent wingtip strikes (like the B-52's outriggers) and the B-47 was even lower to the ground than the B-52! Interesting fact is the B-47's gear could not only "crab" like the videos of the B-52s you were showing, but also pivot so that the turn radius would be much shorter. For example: while on a Taxiway for a left turn you could have the nose gear turn left and the rear/main gear turn right. (In fact the B-47's outriggers actually were on the ground until you got up enough speed during takeoff for the wings to become level (they droop when standing still or at low speeds). But after what you just said about the B-52 takeoff, and landing, in crosswind I wonder if this was to hide the fact that wingtip strikes happened on the XB-47s & the YB-47s...

[@reesewawarosky1058]

About repacking the slide, if it is deployed for any reason, it is inspected the same as if it cones in for its standard 3 year. The cost is not near that high, even on that big bird you fly in.

[@SebSN-y3f]

Hi Kelsey, thank you for your exciting reports! Always enjoy watching your videos (even the older ones) and I'm amazed at how well you explain things. In this way we learn to understand many things better. All the best to you, your channel and your loved ones! Happy landings and keep the blue side up :)!

[@MARBLEHEAD07]

1 millions subs🎉 Congrats

[@hartlmuc]

There have been examples of rejected takeoff after v1, for example in the case of jammed elevators (happened on a few MD planes)

[@Yora21]

If the plane is not getting air, then better to go into the grass slow rather than fast.

[@marktuttle3609]

Back in the 1960s, my parents got to ride down the slide of an L-1011 as a part of the aircraft's certification process. My father worked for Lockheed.

[@daveh2612]

I love how Kelsey's reaction expressions range from stoic to disappointed.

[@maryeckel9682]

"Hmmmm" to "That's not good."

[@SIXPACFISH]

I thought those were his only expressions?

[@lovejones72]

Same as my mom’s

[@RioJudy]

I love his expressions as well lol. He's just the BEST.

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

When I lived in Marathon in the Florida Keys, there was Sunshine Airlines that often would wind up overshooting the runway when landing and wind up in the mud at the end of it. We said it was 'Sometimes Airlines'! Once when taking off on a small jet (1 seat on the left, 2 on the right) people brought their dogs onboard, who were running up and down the aisle, and people were handing out cold beers and shots of rum. On the bus in Orlando (where we landed - you had to take the bus from the plane to the terminal) the captain was talking to the co-pilot and they were like, "man, I thought we were gonna take out those palm trees - that runway is really too short"!

[@butchieblock9118]

Kelsey, good to see you SO SOON AGAIN! Thanks for sharing!😊

[@Justme0495]

Seeing the BA 747 makes me sad they arent flying anymore. Great video!

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

I'm just a passenger who wished they'd had the opportunity to learn to fly. I always enjoy your videos and find them very informative. Thanks for the education and expert commentary.

[@Colt1775]

If you're clear for medical you can still probably fly.

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

@@Colt1775 Yes, but now that I have grandkids, I'm saving money for their future rather than spending it on flying lessons. I've purchased a recent version of MS Flight Simulator and have been watching vids on how it works so I don't go in completely blind. Hoping to jump in with both feet soon. :)

[@StevePemberton2]

@@zqxzqxzqx1 The nice thing about MS Flight Simulator is that you can crash a multi-million dollar airplane and then go make a sandwich.

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

@@StevePemberton2 True that! XD

[@rockchildofthe60s69]

My uncle flew the B-52 at the end of the Vietnam War. During the Korea War, he flew fighter jets and early in the Vietnam War. He switched because it was time to stop combat flying. I think my aunt was chief of the armed forces, lol. I can't remember what year it was but we always took summer vacations with my uncle and his family and one summer he had to work the first few days we got to either Colorado or AZ, can't remember where but he got permission to bring us to the base and we watched him taking off and landing his B52. Damn that was a huge plane. I was really proud of him and I was walking around the hanger telling everyone in the hanger that was my uncle who flew the big plane.. I even told one pilot who had been flying his fighter jet that maybe one day when he got older and better that he might be able to fly the big important plane like my uncle. I really didn't understand why so many of the pilots were laughing at the pilot I said that too but it really entertained the pilots for me to lecture the young pilot about being important one day like my uncle was. Later I saw the same group of pilots talking to my uncle and they were wailing and dying from laughing and my uncle walked over and picked me up and hugged me and said I was the best niece ever for telling the kid pilot that he will grow up one day and be as great as my uncle. Little did I know that the young guy was the newest pilot, and he was going through his hazing and jabbing period. when everyone was giving him grief about being a rookie, and he had been trash talking about my uncle and a couple of other pilots being old men. Apparently, without knowing, I had whipped his ass verbally and had no clue lol. I left the base with more great gifts and trinkets than I had from all the other trips combined, lol. Here I was about 7 to 9 yrs old and was a great hazing master lol. So that's my B52 memory. In my 😅early 30s I volunteered with the USO and we always had events at Ellington AFB and from time to time there would be a B52 on the runway and the first thought was of my uncle who we lost a few years after our trip to the west. He was a few months from retirement and had a heart attack and didn't survive it sadly. Thank you for showing us this beautiful plane today. It brought back great memories of my badass uncle. 😎

[@Keenok]

I have ridden the slide on a 272-300 at SeaTac in the late 80s. The first guy off sat up like a metal kids slide and ended up face planting covered with the talcum powder they use as a preservative. It was like a glowing ghost on the ground lit up from the airport lighting about 400 yards away. Would have been hilarious if it wasn't me.

[@blackdog542]

As always love the channel

[@dramspringfeald]

As for the camera guy.... If you are that chill when something like this happens, then either they're jaded or knew it was about to

[@Adileigh23]

It did seem as if he expected it… almost like it was a test, rather than a real emergency situation.

[@jamesphillips2285]

Autism is a possibility as well. (And plane/trains spotting is a stereotypically autistic activity). Takes time to process what is actually happening.

[@chlorineismyperfume]

Or the camera is zoomed in and the person isn't really very close, or they're a member of the public behind a fence/gate (photographing through a gap) and aren't allowed on the field, or they're putting self-preservation first... there's a heap of smoke, unknown continuing fire threat, and they can't just open the door to let anyone out. Frankly, standing there filming for the later investigation is the best thing they could do.

[@StevePemberton2]

There is speculation based on the position it was shot from that it was filmed by someone who worked at the airport. The entire clip is longer and includes the plane taxiing, and you can also see people walking across the runway, which is typical at third world airports like this one (it's in Angola). The lack of comments by the photographer is probably because they weren't the typical shrieky reactive first world type of random person that catches incidents on video.

[@brianborgo3252]

Kelsey @ 74 Gear I watch & really enjoy all your vids, Im a practitioner in medicine by I really enjoying your explanations , priceless expressions and great vids.. Thanks Brian

[@Montana_horseman]

That first plane that went off the end of the runway seems to have quite a bit of dirt/dust across the top of it. That made me wonder if it had been sitting unused for an extended period. That might explain why it had a problem on takeoff. Either a prior problem that grounded it or a developed problem from sitting unused.

[@bwalker4194]

On the first plane, it appears that the crew did not use any reverse thrust at all. The prop blades look very flat and there is no forward-flying dust as they leave the runway.

[@FinnishLapphund]

Glad you resisted the temptation, but I can understand that it was very tempting to see that slide in front of you. P.S. Only the cost of repacking an unused one is quite shocking to me.

[@mlee6050]

I see if can give 25k and replace with new so they know it is unused lol Surprised so much to pack up and I thought they had like a box container so replace container only as they already packed like life boats are in drums when launch off a ship

[@mdynasty8219]

@@mlee6050 yeah it’s like a box that’s attached to the door, super easy to change if not deployed.

[@Kalvinjj]

@@mlee6050 I would bet much of those 25 thousand dollars go into the man-hours of a certified aircraft technician and inspetor to pack it and check over and over to see if it's packed correctly. It being incorrectly packed could lead to it tangling up, not deploying correctly, leading to a slow evacuation, possibly loss of lives after all. Even it partially deploying might make it unusable, you don't want the end of it to be 3m high after all.

[@Kalvinjj]

@@mdynasty8219 My bet is that an airline would just replace the deployed one quickly, and repack it later to be reinstalled, reducing aircraft downtime.

[@mlee6050]

@@Kalvinjj it is why I thought take it off and put a new or used already packed and have like the place that makes them repack them

[@GeekBoyMN]

Not only are the B-52s still in service, they are about to get new RR engines and keep flying for at least 25 more years.

[@TheMcIke]

The reports back in 2020 said that the new engines should allow the B-52 fleet to continue flying for at least 100 years of service... awesome engineering...

[@NeonVisual]

Clearly it was trying to get back to the future

[@RGBmode]

using the lightning bolt striking the control tower

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

Not going 88mph!

[@grmpEqweer]

Well, where it was going, it didn't need roads.

[@RustyRoger]

Great Scott!

[@mygolfballsannoy]

True

[@matthewb8229]

I have a friend that cataloged every B-52 ever produced, and each Buff's entire lifetime. It took him a couple years.

[@americanteaching9694]

We missed you. Welcome back.

[@josueurias7805]

Bro it was only for a week 😂

[@beccyvc5743]

Right? He's on upload schedule...🤷‍♀️

[@fepatton]

There's a great air museum in Atwater, CA, former home of Castle Air Force Base. A friend an I used to take annual trips to the air museum, and then drive around to the other side to watch KC-135s and B-52s shoot touch-and-gos. I was always impressed the way the B-52s would crab in on landing and then just hold it. These are some amazing views!

[@robertferrell4773]

When I was in the middle east station at al jabber air base for operation Iraqi freedom I was amazed watching c5 cargo aircraft wobbling down the runway and I'm starting flight school in may

[@skyhawk_4526]

Ah, "the Jab." I was there in 1996. Flew in on a C-130 from PSAB and flew out from KCIA to Ramstein AB on a C-5 with only three operable engines. It was better to leave on 3 out of 4 engines than spend another week or two there for them to fly in a replacement engine. Lol.

[@jupiterzombies]

well, what's good about that is the dirt put out that fire VERY well 😂big relief, that

[@edwhite152]

Seeing this, I could hear in my mind...” it was at this moment he...knew he fked up “

[@michaelkilgore4671]

Just wanted to say that I love your videos. Always informative and entertaining.

[@lannifincoris6482]

Thanks for the new video! Again informative, on the point and fun 😊 Are you well Kelsey? You sound a little sniffly.. like getting a cold or hay fever. If so, get well soon!

[@pjacobsma]

There is one general aviation airplane that is designed to land in the crab in a crosswind. The original Ercoupe, because the ailerons and rudder are interconnected, cannot be landed in a skid to compensate for a crosswind. So they put beefy trailing-link main gear on it, and it can land in a complete crab and will simply straighten out once the wheels touch down.

[@shelleysflyingdreams]

Great video Kelsey. Hello from Australia.

[@InTheSh8]

I wish you a speedy recovery!😅

[@georgebooth2005]

WOW, It certainly would have been FUN to go down the 747 slide. Unfortunately my pocketbook is $49k light! 😮🤣 Love your show, KELSEY! 👍👍❤️😊 george 😎🤿🦈🐙🇺🇲 TEXAS

[@NoewerrATall]

That was a great video, especially the B-52. Man, those planes are amazing!

[@whoever6458]

My dad used to work on the Air Force base near our house and I got to see all kinds of cool stuff that was definitely beyond top secret but I was a little kid at the time. Of course I also saw a lot of cool planes, included the SR-71, and we always got to sit pretty close to the runway during airshows. Military bases are cool and it's a shame that we can't just have them and all the cool stuff on them without risking all the nice people's lives going to war.

[@whoever6458]

Also, consider what may or may not be on a B-52... You definitely want to reduce your margin of error considering that.

[@relindamenhennett2649]

I loved your input and humor about the slide. Also, glad you didn't have to pay for the Gray Dragon...You Chose Wisely(Indiana Jones ref)

[@boss2234]

My dad flew a B 52 during Vietnam. I got to watch them take off a lot when we lived on base.

[@gregknipe8772]

enjoyed this and hope you enjoy producing these for all to see. thank you.

[@DavidH2154]

I did some consulting work with an airline who had 747 exit door/slide training in the facility I was working in. They had a 747 upper deck exit door with a safety net, just to get crew comfortable with working at that height with it being so far down. Also, they added slow down pads to the training slides. Apparently they had issues with staff doing their slide training and damaging their ankles at the speed they came off the slide. Acceptable in an emergency, but the workplace health & safety risk was too high to use them at full speed in training.

[@The-Rose-and-the-Cross]

Kelsey stared into the abyss but, luckily, the abyss didn't stare back.

[@gwiyomikim5988]

The B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) extends the life of the B-52 fleet into the 2050’s. The old P&W engines will be replaced with cleaner and fuel efficient Rolls-Royce F130 engines. Additional upgrades include new AESA radar. The BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fella) lives on!

[@martinbrink6711]

I was surprised when the side of the aircraft came into view and we didn't see "Aerosucre".

[@MeppyMan]

It was heading to the paint shop to get the livery done.

[@patricial8255]

Hope you feel better soon! 😊

[@Damien.D]

Never knew B52 could *take off* with rotated gear. I thought it was just a thing made to land. Impressive design. A few of these planes are planned to be used until they will be a century old!

[@larryspencer994]

Get well soon bro. Take it easy.

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

At least the sand would help douse the flames. LoL

[@jomama5186]

Thank you for explaining what the heck is going on here. You are AWESOME !!! 🧡 🙏

[@cliffordlaraway3471]

OMG I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS YOU INSPIRED ME TO BE A PILOT WHEN I GET OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL❤

[@Nareimooncatt]

10:23 love the whole "Here it comes, aaaaaand.... BLOOP" head nod with the slide. Lol. Oh, and something else to consider regarding crab landing gear. A 747 isn't carrying tons of explosive ordinances, so the B-52 probably has a higher safety factor built into the design than your average cargo/passenger jumbo jet.

[@passantNL]

Modern military explosives are very shock-resistant and nuclear weapons will not explode unless you really want them to, which has been proven in several crashes. They simply do not explode by accident. On the other hand, people are quite vulnerable, and there's hundreds of them on a 747. Safety standards for a 747 will exceed those of any military aircraft.

[@bc-guy852]

Note to self: "Don't ride the gray dragon!" Great story Kelsey!

[@johnmcleodvii]

Unless the cabin crew is chanting "Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate,..."

[@SIXPACFISH]

Great video, as always! B-52's are great planes. I remember well in the early 70's having Air Force Jets Roar Low over my house towards the Dale Hollow Dam. On practice bombing runs, I guess. It was fun watching F-4's burn over at 1,000 ft (or less) just under Mach 1. But when a B-52 gos over like that, It shakes your bones! Shocked none on our window glass ever shattered. Our house must have been a landmark/waypoint on their maps. They were great navigators as it was rare that they weren't directly over the house.

[@davegrundgeiger9063]

Kelsey with the good advice: "Don't ride the gray dragon." 🤣🤣🤣