The Incredible B-58

[wheelsup_cavu]

Heard the confined area for crew drove them batty except for the pilot.

I remember Phantoms and ealier Century series fighters at airshows as a kid, close, low and fast doing a sound crack for the audience. Pilots would be grounded these days for being that close, low, and fast near spectators.

At the time, louder was better

ahh the old days are missed

I used to have F-4's flying low and fast over our property when I lived in Illinois.
I got a two plane airshow when the Iliinois Air Guard was flying which was most most Sunday's when I was a kid.
A real treat was when Mom would drive me to the airport to watch them take-off.

that was one hot aircraft .BB

The B-58 sure was hot.
I wish I had seen one fly in person...


Wheelsup

 

[Messy1]

Tried the video link above, but there was a problem. I'll try it again later.

 

[Multimetal]

Late to this party but I got an up-close look at a B-58 recently at the Pima air and space museum in Tucson. They have on in good shape on their grounds. Really an impressive aircraft and very cool to get to see one up close.