[stm]

The BONE is an awesome aircraft. It may not be as stealthy as a B-2 but it can haul a lot more steel and with the new sniper pod is as good or better a targeting platform.

[Steely Tom]

How can something so big go so fast?

[gaijin]

Another thing richly hated by Jimmy Carter...

[Moose4]

Great pic. I got to see a Bone show off at an airshow in Ohio about 12 years ago, and man, nothing that big should be able to do what that beast can do. They took off on full afterburner, got about 250 feet off the ground, slammed it over into an 80-degree left bank, and disappeared behind the trees like an F-16 on Barry Bonds' best roids.

It's the second-loudest plane I've ever heard.

}:-)4

[Cobra64]

"The B-1A was initially developed in the 1970s as a replacement for the B-52. Four prototypes of this long-range, high speed (Mach 2.2) strategic bomber were developed and tested in the mid-1970s, but the program was canceled in 1977 before going into production."

By this guy in his first year in office:

[knarf]

So that's where that bubble went ... the one skipping across the water ... in that old series, "The Saint"

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[EnjoyingLife]

B-1B Lancer videos: Turn the speakers on and up the volume--it's showtime on FreeRepublic.com!

1. "The BONE" at Miramar Naval Air Station (Mitscher Field)
http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Boeing_B-1B_Lancer-Airline_Untitled_Aviation_Video-7180.html

2. B-1B Lancer demo, Edwards AFB
http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Boeing_B-1B_Lancer-Airline_USA_-_Air_Force_Aviation_Video-7401.html

3. "B1-B Lancer video from Dubai Airshow 2005"
Direct link: http://homepage.mac.com/jimmy/.Movies/b1-b_lancer_dubai_2005.mov
Via: http://www.jimmygrewal.com/?p=197

[therut]

It looks like a powder puff.

[razorback-bert]

As I post there are a couple of B-1s circling Lovington NM.

[EnjoyingLife]

2006 Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) Airshow: Includes a nice shot of BUFF (B-52 Stratofortress) and BONE (B-1B Lancer):
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2006/Highlights/index.html

2005 Edwards AFB Airshow--B2 page: Look for BUFF and Spirit (B-2 Spirit) flying together.
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/B2/index.html

2005 Edwards AFB Airshow main page:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/Highlights/index.html

[barker]

alfa, this looks like your kind of thread. Beautiful.

[EnjoyingLife]

Link: http://duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/PICTURES_Some_Car_Wrecks_are_Harder_to_Explain/51bf913c77fdd2b9d2713ae849039168_45f2fbbfb2a092.11864011frogview-gallery.jpg

Via: http://www.duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/PICTURES_Some_Car_Wrecks_are_Harder_to_Explain/ and http://digg.com/offbeat_news/PICTURES_Some_Car_Wrecks_are_Harder_to_Explain