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1952 - Military Aircraft 15Apr52
01:00:55 YB-52 Stratofortress landing w/ drag parachute.
01:01:37 Parked on tarmac w/ men inspecting aircraft. CU wheels, tires, landing gear.
01:02:44 Landing gear being raised & lowered on plane on tarmac in testing. LS of stabilizer & flaps. CUs.
01:03:43 Pan along wing from above; CU beneath flaps; outboard wheels. Towing plane.
01:04:56 High angle / HA of taxiing YB-52 15Apr52 First take off from Boeing Field, Seattle to Larson AFB.
01:06:20 Flying l. to r., raising landing gear. Chase plane over plane. YB-52 tipping left & right making turns. Landing over desert & touching down
01:08:30 End titles.
Cold War; 1950s; Aviation; Testing; Strategic Air Command; SAC;
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[@firefightergoggie]

The engineers at Boeing could have never imagined that 68 years later, here in 2020 that their creation would still be flying in front line service. Outstanding achievement.

[@dougball328]

The last B-52 came off the Wichita assembly line in 1962. The last KC-135 in 1966.

[@allgood6760]

A B-52.. a friend you can depend on and still in service in 2023! 👍✈️

[@craigruchman7007]

Amazing to note it started its early development in 1946.

[@None-zc5vg]

They considered using turboprops at an early design-stage, something that the Russians picked up and ran with.

[@Name-ps9fx]

Never thought I'd see a YB-52 in a video! Awesome! Thank you!

[@Dan.d649]

The one man at the controls of this airplane was one "Tex Johnston", Boeing chief pilot at the time, who a few years later would pull off the most historical menuver with the civilian 707 test airplane. He was a well respected, and a really good pilot. Tex also test flew the B-47 Stratojet before this. This very creation of the B-52 would fly some 70 years later to this day in 2022, little did anyone know, and apparently will fly on into the future.

[@oxxnarrdflame8865]

Not your grandfather's airplane, no wait, it is your grandfather's airplane.

[@s2002gt]

we are using the B52-H now last build in 62 its so evolved from this version much like boeings other planes such as the 737 its design is over 50 but it got updated aot

[@thetreblerebel]

When my Grandpa was in the USAF the B29 was still the bomber of choice

[@stephencannon3140]

And it may wind up being your children’s aircraft. As of 2008. And different aircraft but same concept......... As of 2008. There was a documentary about the KC-135 StratoTanler.....built around the same era as B-52zzzzz Summary. The interviewer stated that....... The parents of the last generation of KC-135 crews have not even been born yet. Yes I said it right. Parents even is born in 2008.......figure around 20-25 years before they have children. Then another let’s say 25 years by the time they grow up, go to school and college, graduate, get selected for KC-135 or any military pilot training but for this concept let’s say KC-136 or B-52 training and to a operational squadron. 2008-2028. About she earliest. Those parents have a child then add another 25 ish years before they even see inside of a live operational KC-135/B52 cockpit. 2008+20 is 2028. 2028+25 is 2053. 2053 in theory this aircraft will still be in service near, at or above 100 years. With proper upkeep, updates in avionics, engines, structural components not unheard of it going that long.

[@IoannisAr]

The birth of a legend

[@robertcombs55]

Incredible Video!!

[@alfincassimiro4878]

Very Nice ! Thank you !

[@tomcline5631]

Funny to see one that's sides are all nice and smooth. All of I've seen in person ,at airshows,were all beercanned ,ripply down the sides. Always fascinated me how they landed in a nose down attitude,and seemed to assume one as soon as they were off the ground. Cool old bird. Just old enough to remember the aluminum umbrella,used to see flights of them all the time in the late 70's early 80's. Lived north east of KC MO,,and they were at altitude or real close by the time they crossed us from Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Knoster mo. Never got to see inside one at an airshow,as they were all still cocked and locked,they would have a portable fence all around it,with Air Force security people with m16s and signs saying just how quick the boys in blue would shoot you inside the fence. They were pretty serious.

[@davidhoffman1278]

The wrinkled skins were part of the mass reduction to increase payload. By allowing a certain amount of flexing of certain parts of the fuselage Boeing reduced the empty mass of the aircraft.

[@rael5469]

@@davidhoffman1278 You are correct sir. Many see the wrinkles as age related but not so. One of the prototype B-52s has the wrinkles.

[@davidhoffman1278]

@@rael5469 , Those scary looking wrinkles never seemed to be a problem for aircraft flown within the design and engineering limits, but that stout looking vertical fin sure came apart far too often.

[@rael5469]

@@davidhoffman1278 I was only aware of the vertical fin coming off once and they were purposely looking for turbulence on a test flight. Were there other incidents?

[@Red-rl1xx]

One of my favorites!

[@dougayers5441]

great . thank you. god bless America.

[@OCnStiggs]

Sure would be nice if the black square with timing was not there...

[@s2002gt]

Thats timecode to watermark the footage, when you buy the footage the timecode is embedded to make editing eaiser

[@rael5469]

Amazing roll response for an aircraft that weighs half a million pounds.

[@thetreblerebel]

Lemay wanted the side by side cockpit configuration that's why the tandem setup was scrapped

[@unfurling3129]

@CAG Hotshot it was trending at the time. See B47..

[@garyjohnston8971]

My dad told Boeing, Lemay would never go for tandem. After the flight it rang true.

[@espeescotty]

Does this plane still exist and if so, does it still have that tandem cockpit arrangement?

[@johnklar5131]

eSPeeScotty Scrapped many decades back.

[@espeescotty]

Thanks for the update. Too bad it wasn't saved.

[@espeescotty]

Sorry I forgot to reply and say thank you earlier. I liked your initial answer that explained in detail the history of this airplane. The Lady Bird Johnson explanation. Too bad it went down like that.

[@Marco-dm3tc]

Almost the same but the cockpit looks like the only thing that is different

[@Astro_Aladfar]

This was 70 years ago.

[@drlong08]

@4:57 seems like some guy in a white Buick wanted to race the 52 down the runway.

[@DrewCartwright]

Looks like a 1950 Ford to me.

[@realjordanbelfort]

it’s a ford

[@jnichols3]

Hard to imagine. First B52 flight was 76 years ago. 76 YEARS. Seriously 76 freakin years ago. What was happening 76 years before the first flight. That would be 1876. It was the country's centinnial. MURICA!

[@veg1run]

66 years ago. April 15th, 1952.

[@jnichols3]

OK you got me. I was afraid someone would notice that. Just imagine same comment here, but with all the "76"s as "66"s, and the "1876" as "1886". Still incredible. What was SAC flying in 1886? Oh, right! Controlled, powered man flight had not occured yet. In 1952 there were still Civil War veterans around.

[@Goldarr1900]

Joseph Nichols what is Murcia? Is it a new yankee name for United States Of America?

[@PlanesAndGames732]

Joseph Nichols or you wait until 2028...

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

@@jnichols3 Those veterans would've been fsr over 100 by then.

[@bertramspielt]

Easy to detect: just follow the dark clouds of exhaust fumes. 🤣 And nothing has changed over decades...

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Thanks for the video, but the overlays ruin it. Unedited? Not at all. Public domain for sale? Are you kidding?

[@jbidd8647]

The narrator sounds a lot like the actor Bruce Bennett.

[@robertsullivan4773]

Yes that's it that's who I was trying to remember his name. Just saw him on an old Perry Mason the other night.😊

[@robertmunoz7543]

Maj kong?😳 Jman

[@KartKing4ever]

Look at all that pollution hahaha