$737,000,000 hot rod came by today!

An hour ago we got our annual B-2 bomber fix as it flew over our house to lead the Rose Parade...big, loud and fast.....











see ya next year...fly safe

 

I was at the Rose Bowl last year when it flew in low for the national anthem flyby. Very cool.

 

just watch that on tv here on the east coast

 

Got to love that clear blue sky

 

Rainin' here in Nor-Cal......*******s!

 

You make it look easy but that had to be a hard photo to get! Good job!

 

Good pictures, must have had the camera ready. I was watching it on TV.

 

I was waiting for it outside in just my t-shirt (and pants) and it was pretty chilly, but the sun was just warm enough to heat me up for the ten minute wait.
Anything below 50 here and everyone losses their mind.

 

Reverse engineered alien technology. They are out there! Just imagine what they got in the works at Area 51. The truth is out there!!!!!!(Cue X-Files music now)

 

So, that means that flat black carbon fiber bodies are now "traditional"? Maybe if it had some wide whites....

 

Saw it on TV and it flew right over my house 3 minutes later. On its was back to Whitman AFB, Missouri, probably. Very Cool!!! Thanks for the great photos. I couldn't find my camera quick enough.

 

Yep - rusty away here in the Santa Cruz Mtns

 

Chains made your neck green yet Chris?

 

Wow!!!!

 

Actually, most of the $737,000,000 went towards the hammer. If you're old enough to remember that fiasco.

 

Took some shots of it from my friends house a couple of years ago, lives right above the Rose Bowl. The damn thing was almost level with us! What a plane! Fricken amazing machine!

 

What is a "clear blue sky"?

Brian from Buffalo

 

my camera is not as bad *** as yours!!! but i do wait for it every year! happy new year guys! wow i need a new camera! this video does it no justice!!!

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Great shot! Does it have red wheels and wide white walls? HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

And the inherent beauty of that things real potential. Those things always give me goosebumps and make me feel all patriotic.

 

I thought it was STEALTH BOMBER not a I can see Bomber? LOL Happy New Year

 

Sweet pictures man.

I just checked the weather and its 30 below zero. It warmed up a bit in the last couple days. It was right about 48 below zero with the wind chill hitting the 70-75 below zero mark.

 

It IS satin black

Happy New Year guys!

 

Guess I'll keep my eyes open for the trip back home for the B2 in Missouri, sometimes comes right over Tulsa!
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I know someone who worked on them years ago. Very interesting technology.

The blue sky thing gets on my nerves after a while, a good rain storm is a nice break.

 

I'm with you there. But it seems like nobody want's to talk about it here.

 

In truth the actual fly away cost FOB the Northrop ***embly plant in Palmdale, Ca. was a little less than double the cost of a 747, (about $437M each) which is extremely cheap considering this aircraft's capabilities. Its the way Congress calculates the cost that really throws everyone off and makes it sound so expensive. They add in the R&D costs to develop the technology (which is shared with a host of other development programs) and then spread that cost over the number of aircraft purchased, which in this case is a reduced purchase quan***y of only 21 of the original 133 aircraft ordered. So according to the politicians the cost of each B-2A is around 2.2 billion which is pretty much a bogus number. I spent 9 years on the government side of this program before I retired and just so you all know, the information included in this post is part of the public domain.

 

yea its pretty rad when you get a chance to see one. nice pictures. really low in the air!

 

I have worked at a airforce base ALC for 11 years and still have not seen one. People still like to watch a B-52 take off they are still pretty awesome!! The B1B is one load mofo I must say for sure. I used to work in a steel yead that was next to the flight line and could not even hear myself think when a B1 would take off.

 

i promise you can only see it when the pilot wants you too....