Join Wings' Curator Stewart Bailey as we go Behind the Wings of a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber – The Rockwell B-1 Lancer. We’ll also meet Pilot Garrett “Sack” Harencak and Weapons Systems Officer Tony “Voodoo” Eret who flew and operated the Lancer. This one is going to be cool!
00:00 Intro
01:00 B-1 History
02:32 Interview
03:33 Introducing the B-1
04:34 Weapons Systems Officer
05:48 Aerial Refueling
06:17 B-1 Maturation
08:21 Terrain Following Radar
09:13 The Tail
09:45 Low Level Missions
10:27 Variable Sweep Wings
11:09 The Computers
11:57 Maintenace
12:11 The Defensive Systems
12:35 The Nuclear Mission
14:24 A Model vs B Model
16:22 Flying High Altitude
16:55 The B-1 Legacy
17:50 Outro
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