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Montage of clips of the F-22 airshow demo
including cobras, backflips, super-high-alpha
flight, the Raptor hovering with its nose
pointed straight up, some super-fast
pitch-ups, and some "vapor" (sonic shock
condensation cones and wingtip vortex
contrails) at the very end. Sweet, sweet
stuff.
As we know, the F-22 is pretty much invisible
in the battlefield (in simulated wargames,
F-22 pilots always kill everyone else before
being detected), has the fastest cruise speed
of any airplane currently flying (MACH
1.5-1.75 depending on whom you ask), is
powerful enough to break the sound barrier
while flying straight up in a vertical climb
while fully loaded, and is extremely advanced
in how it manages, shares, and integrates
information and presents it to the pilot.
This weekend, the USAF has allowed one more
thing about the F-22 to be shown to the
public: its maneuvering capabilities. This
video is a montage of clips from the F-22's
first full tactical airshow demo (performed
in Langley this weekend by Major Paul Moga)
plus a few other F-22 clips from YouTube. I
don't think I need to tell you that no
American fighter has ever enabled a pilot to
do these kinds of aerobatics:
Tags : F-22 Raptor stealth airshow fighter jet manouvers demo Lockheed F22 Boeing backflip cobra alpha thrust vectoring loop |
