[ARCHIVED THREAD] - B-1B Lancer (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/4/2017 7:37:40 PM EDT
 B-1 Lancer Bomber- Tour and Demonstration |
 B-1 Night Launch with a full afterburner Red Flag 10-3 |
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Call me simple, but I could watch that all night. Very Cool!
I watched a B1 land at Edwards AFB back in the 90's that flew in from Texas. The nose gear wouldn't come down so they semi belly landed it on the dry lake. Was a static display in an air show a week later. |
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The single loudest SOB I heard while I working at Edwards. Another neat thing was working on a rise out in the desert, and seeing B2's flying lower than I was, could see the top of the aircraft. Those suckers were pretty quiet. Bone went vertical over the stadium with all burners lit.. Loudest and most awesome thing I've ever seen.. |
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I attended college in Abilene, TX from 1983-1986. During that time, Dyess AFB went from a quiet MAC base with -130's and -141's, to a SAC base with B-1's.
Pros: We could spend evenings sitting on the prairie off the approach end of the runway and watch an endless parade of B-1's come screaming in a couple hundred feet overhead. Cons: We could no longer get on base to buy cases of Pop-Tarts and microwave popcorn for dirt cheap. lol |
| I worked for Rockwell in the late 80's on the B1 flight line, test & checkout mechanic. When the USAF did their acceptance test flights and the plane passed they would do a full aug fly by over the flight line along with the F106 chase plane. It was fantastic. They stoped after about ship 30 or so due to people complaining about the noise or some such lame crap. |
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I attended college in Abilene, TX from 1983-1986. During that time, Dyess AFB went from a quiet MAC base with -130's and -141's, to a SAC base with B-1's. Pros: We could spend evenings sitting on the prairie off the approach end of the runway and watch an endless parade of B-1's come screaming in a couple hundred feet overhead. Cons: We could no longer get on base to buy cases of Pop-Tarts and microwave popcorn for dirt cheap. lol |
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I worked for Rockwell in the late 80's on the B1 flight line, test & checkout mechanic. When the USAF did their acceptance test flights and the plane passed they would do a full aug fly by over the flight line along with the F106 chase plane. It was fantastic. They stoped after about ship 30 or so due to people complaining about the noise or some such lame crap. A Bone in full A/B is loud, but the sound of all that dumped igniting from the adjacent exhaust flames was much louder. An unbelievable "WHUMPFF!!!" As I understand they had to make an emergency landing at Edwards and inspect for possible damage from that happening. As far as acceptance flights at Palmdale go, did you ever get bombed with toilet paper by the acceptance crews finishing a final test flight? I went over to Palmdale to watch the show and was hanging out across Sierra Highway from the end of the runway when a B-1 returned from an acceptance flight. They did a touch and go, got the gear up and as they passed over the bomb bay doors opened and several dozen rolls of toilet paper flew out and streamered to the ground around us. I was told by one of the regulars that it was a sign of a write-up free flight. You guys in flight test had done a good job and given them a fault-free bird. |
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I attended college in Abilene, TX from 1983-1986. During that time, Dyess AFB went from a quiet MAC base with -130's and -141's, to a SAC base with B-1's. Pros: We could spend evenings sitting on the prairie off the approach end of the runway and watch an endless parade of B-1's come screaming in a couple hundred feet overhead. Cons: We could no longer get on base to buy cases of Pop-Tarts and microwave popcorn for dirt cheap. lol 337 Bomb Squadron Alumni. Closed the unit. |
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This one isn't my video but I was there and it was awesome!
.98 Mach into unrestricted climb! They were almost silent until they were right on top of us, then they were about the loudest thing I've ever heard.  Two B-1B "Bones" FlyBy HighSpeed Pass Dayton Ohio 75th Doolittle Reunion. |
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I was a Structures Mechanic on the B-1B
Rockwell NAAO, Palmdale. Dept 601, Station 1208, Forward Intermediate Fuselage. By ship #50, things were humming along pretty nicely. Scheduled production was at "rate." This was the second shift gang. Circa 1987. Yes, I am in the picture. Attached File |
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I worked for Rockwell in the late 80's on the B1 flight line, test & checkout mechanic. When the USAF did their acceptance test flights and the plane passed they would do a full aug fly by over the flight line along with the F106 chase plane. It was fantastic. They stoped after about ship 30 or so due to people complaining about the noise or some such lame crap. This one's for you! From a June 1986 Rockwell Calendar Card. These cards were internal use only for desks in the white collar area, and were never offically handed out to the general public. I've got a small collection. Attached File Attached File |
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Rose bowl game about 10 years back.. UT vs USC.. Bone went vertical over the stadium with all burners lit.. Loudest and most awesome thing I've ever seen.. The BYU players didn't know know what to think. |
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My dad was a design Engineer on the B-1A, he worked at Edwards when Jimmah Carter killed the program. We went to Wichita where they adapted some of the B-1A avionics to the B-52.
Then Ronaldus Magnus restarted the program with the B-1B. Dad went back to Edwards for a while, then to Palmdale, eventually was the boss for Boeing at Dyess. I was in the Air Force and "home" on leave when the first B-1B was delivered to Dyess. Dad got me a tour, including sitting in one of the systems officer seats while two pilots went over their checklists on the new bomber. |
| My Son was stationed at Ellsworth and he took me out to the flight line and I got to go into the cockpit of Dakota Fury if I recall the name on the nose art. I had no idea how big a B-1 really was till then. The Cockpit was incredibly small for such a huge aircraft. We would watch them take off with full afterburner and it was a hell of a display. He hated working there as they were always shitting the bed. Of course this was in the Ninety's and I'm sure they got all the bugs worked out by now. He retired a couple of years ago after 22 years. They wanted to send him back to the sandbox and he told them to f-off. |
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That sum bitch shakes the house like no other. I love that sound. I've lived in my place long enough I can damn near identify everything flying just by sound. My favorite is the B-52, it just has that sweet whine to it. Years ago I saw a Lancer take off with full afterburners at an airshow and it was absolutely the loudest thing I have ever heard! |
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I recall a B-1 and two chase F-106s "attacking" George AFB during one of the wing's ORIs. They made one pass down the flight line with open bomb bay doors and came back for a second pass. At the end of that "bombing run" they pulled into a steep climb and turned towards Edwards AFB. About the time they began the turn one of the Bone's engines had an afterburner blowout and raw fuel was spraying out the exhaust in a cloud behind the aircraft. A Bone in full A/B is loud, but the sound of all that dumped igniting from the adjacent exhaust flames was much louder. An unbelievable "WHUMPFF!!!" As I understand they had to make an emergency landing at Edwards and inspect for possible damage from that happening. As far as acceptance flights at Palmdale go, did you ever get bombed with toilet paper by the acceptance crews finishing a final test flight? I went over to Palmdale to watch the show and was hanging out across Sierra Highway from the end of the runway when a B-1 returned from an acceptance flight. They did a touch and go, got the gear up and as they passed over the bomb bay doors opened and several dozen rolls of toilet paper flew out and streamered to the ground around us. I was told by one of the regulars that it was a sign of a write-up free flight. You guys in flight test had done a good job and given them a fault-free bird. |
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@BM-ARM-DPMS-guns This one's for you! From a June 1986 Rockwell Calendar Card. These cards were internal use only for desks in the white collar area, and were never offically handed out to the general public. I've got a small collection. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6626/B1B-Flightline-223465.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6626/B1B-Flightline2-223466.JPG |
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I watch them nearly everyday flying around and taking off. Shakes the building I work in. |
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When we buddy launched with them at the Died, the pilots would open the windows at the hold short line when the Bone took the runway. Really hard to explain how loud they are, especially 100yds behind it when its in full AB. Also the old temporary control tower mounds are good places to sit and watch from. |
