
Tim Farmer
@timfarmer • 33,091 subscribers
USAF Veteran hanging out on a remote Texas rooftop photographing F-35's. Aviation coder, frequent visitor to Lockheed, and pusher of aviation and WW2 videos. 🫡
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In 1964, a B-52H hit an 81mph gust of turbulence ripping off most of its vertical tail while over NM's Sangre de Cristo Mtns during a test flight - testing effects of turbulence. Crew used diff thrust, airbrakes & fuel shifts to fly 6hrs & land safely at Blytheville AFB, AR.🫡
Tim Farmer309,186 views • 9 months ago

In 1929 Detroit Aircraft built the first and only metal-skinned airship with the help of the Hill automatic riveting machine - "sewing" 3.5mil rivets into the hull. Made of thin sheets of Alclad, it completed 752 flights before being scrapped in 1941 due to cost concerns.👀
Tim Farmer290,552 views • 9 months ago

Concorde 002 icing trials. In the 1970s, engineers used a modified Canberra bomber from Boscombe Down as an airborne "icing tanker" to test Concorde prototype 002's deicing systems-spraying water ahead to artificially create ice clouds. One trial also hit a lightning strike.👀
Tim Farmer259,882 views • 9 months ago

From the Jetsons period: The Horton V-16 Wingless Aircraft from the early 50's was actually a lifting-body design that achieved flight to 1,000 feet- thanks to ground effect. Despite early flight success, the program halted due to legal disputes with partner Howard Hughes.👀
Tim Farmer218,334 views • 9 months ago

In 1950, the USAF tested a wingtip coupling system allowing a B-29 bomber to tow two F-84 fighters with minimal range loss, enabling long-range escort over targets. Over 15 flights and 90 couplings proved feasibility, however the program ended after a fatal crash in 1953.🫡
Tim Farmer174,950 views • 8 months ago

In 1946 the British loaned the French Navy an aircraft carrier, Arromanches, and a key aspect of its operations was the use of surplus U.S. Hellcats and Helldivers. This is HD colored footage of the ship in 1949, during the Indochina war (a precursor to the Vietnam War).🫡
Tim Farmer167,917 views • 9 months ago



