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13 April 2009, 06:58 PM
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Great find
Try this,
takes off - vertical and afterburners!
YouTube - Lightning T5 test flight with rocket-like take-off
Try this,
takes off - vertical and afterburners!
YouTube - Lightning T5 test flight with rocket-like take-off
13 April 2009, 07:09 PM
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Afterburners...... I am going to be first to get in with the aviation geekness, In the uk they are Re-heaters, The US call them afterburners. 
But top video. I love stuff like this.
But top video. I love stuff like this.
13 April 2009, 07:23 PM
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I was at Binbrook for a week way back when i was at school, was a great week, sadly i dind;t get to go up in one though, pretty sure they had the trainer there then, and one lad did get taken up.... git.
14 April 2009, 12:16 AM
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Great find
Try this,
takes off - vertical and afterburners!
YouTube - Lightning T5 test flight with rocket-like take-off
Try this,
takes off - vertical and afterburners!
YouTube - Lightning T5 test flight with rocket-like take-off
14 April 2009, 09:19 AM
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Great vids 
Went looking at some of the other vids from that page and came across this YouTube - The Craziest Low Pass Ever [French Chopper] 
Went looking at some of the other vids from that page and came across this YouTube - The Craziest Low Pass Ever [French Chopper]
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Enjoyed the videos. Did not see much urgency in the scramble though, when we scrambled we just drove it straight onto the runway and took off without stopping!
Most of the fighter pilots I knew flew as little as possible at night, just enough to remain current
The bar was far more attractive!The Lightning I flew in was quite capable of a vertical climb with the reheat off in fact-quite a machine!
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14 April 2009, 12:41 PM
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They are actually called "Reheat"
Enjoyed the videos. Did not see much urgency in the scramble though, when we scrambled we just drove it straight onto the runway and took off without stopping!
Most of the fighter pilots I knew flew as little as possible at night, just enough to remain current The bar was far more attractive!
The Lightning I flew in was quite capable of a vertical climb with the reheat off in fact-quite a machine!
Les
Enjoyed the videos. Did not see much urgency in the scramble though, when we scrambled we just drove it straight onto the runway and took off without stopping!
Most of the fighter pilots I knew flew as little as possible at night, just enough to remain current
The bar was far more attractive!The Lightning I flew in was quite capable of a vertical climb with the reheat off in fact-quite a machine!
Les
I will curse you till my deathbed for you getting the chance to fly a Lightning. There are such an engineering feat. You are a very lucky man ( but I know you know just how lucky you are)
14 April 2009, 01:17 PM
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Great vids Went looking at some of the other vids from that page and came across this YouTube - The Craziest Low Pass Ever [French Chopper]
Went looking at some of the other vids from that page and came across this YouTube - The Craziest Low Pass Ever [French Chopper]
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They are actually called "Reheat"
Enjoyed the videos. Did not see much urgency in the scramble though, when we scrambled we just drove it straight onto the runway and took off without stopping!
Most of the fighter pilots I knew flew as little as possible at night, just enough to remain current The bar was far more attractive!
The Lightning I flew in was quite capable of a vertical climb with the reheat off in fact-quite a machine!
Les
Enjoyed the videos. Did not see much urgency in the scramble though, when we scrambled we just drove it straight onto the runway and took off without stopping!
Most of the fighter pilots I knew flew as little as possible at night, just enough to remain current
The bar was far more attractive!The Lightning I flew in was quite capable of a vertical climb with the reheat off in fact-quite a machine!
Les
This JASDF "Scramble" seems to be also lacking in urgency too!:
YouTube - ????????
Love the F-15 though!
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Off the main thread, but this JASDF video is one of the best military aviation videos on youtube:
YouTube - F-15 DACT?????????? AGRSQ.VS 202SQ "Without Music"
YouTube - F-15 DACT?????????? AGRSQ.VS 202SQ "Without Music"
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LOL I agree!
This JASDF "Scramble" seems to be also lacking in urgency too!:
YouTube - ????????
Love the F-15 though!
This JASDF "Scramble" seems to be also lacking in urgency too!:
YouTube - ????????
Love the F-15 though!
Our operational requirement was to get 4 aircraft off the ground within 2 minutes of a scramble from a cold start but with other checks already done previously. If you were No 4 you had a bit of turbulence to cope with during take off
The Eagle is a very good machine, we once saw one take off straight to the vertical until he disappeared from sight from Nellis AFB near Las Vegas. Always wanted a trip but missed out.
They had their limitations though, their look down shoot down radar could not see us at very low level at night attacking targets in the Nevada desert while we could track them with our detector kit on board. We used to throw out an infra red decoy to light up the place so that they could see us and then we would jam their radar!
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