Notice this video never shows the altimeter at or above 70K feet. The MiG 25 was an overweight abject failure, and never achieved its primary reason for being: shooting down an SR-71. Love this piece of junk if you want. The Israelis shot them down with F-4s in 1973, at which time the 25s retreated to the USSR. Complete and total failure not worthy of any praise whatsoever, much less spending money for a flight in one. DT, USAF 1969-1979.
@TheHeenow What a shame. The guy that posted this had the time of his life - a fantastic opportunity to do something most of us will never have the chance to do, and you have to turn it into a "My dick's bigger than yours" competition. There's a time and a place and your views are totally irrelevant here. This is one reason why Americans have the reputation around the world for being "strong in the arm but weak in the head".
@Tony27nine Thanks a lot for this comment. The video is online since 2006 and such "fights" are always here. There are unfortunately people out who do not have respect of others and only have to talk about things, who nobody is interested in. You can show what ever you want, fantastic things (we have a lot of this!) but sometimes somebody is trying to give a fist in the face for nothing. Thanks again, Tony 27nine.
It never achieved its primary reason for bring in shooting down SR-71 simply because it never actualy flew over USSR despite popular myth. And nobody no where ever shot MiG-25 down on its proper mission - high speed high attitude interception and recon. MiG-25 is not a dogfighter.
As for SR-71 this bad ass looking plane actualy totaly harmless, its mission was obsolete before its creation thanks to satttelites and it was one of the greatest failures in history with its 40% crash rate.
this flight could not reach 20 km height, the pilot must have a hermetic suit, to resist the low-pressure. The helmet seems on screen is not suitable for this requirement. At this flight the elevation was maximum 10 km.
@Gazsoka66 Sorry, I do not want to be sound arrogant, but you do not have any knowledge about what you are talking about here. And the flight was not 20km, it was much more higher as 25km. We did not use pressure suits, the cockpits are pressurezised. This was my own flight, and I know exactly which altitude I cruised. From one standpoint it was dangerous because out of a possible emergency situation for eject the cockpit in high altitudes. But, thank whom else ever, it never happened
I was talking with GOD. yes GOD, the mountain cap is to ground air traffic at 1st, cause countrys don't rise anymore, then, he doesn't stay pissed forever, can overturn himself, the mountain sepperates the flying car traffic from the space traffic, once he gives us the know how (anti Gravity), hence sky scraper problems, can/ may release as He sees fit!
it kinda boggles my mind when I think that the altitude being flow there is about half the thinkness of the Earths crust. Its just when you look at the slight curvature of the horizon and contemplate the scale of the whole thing it makes your head feel a bit fuzzy inside. Awesome stuff.
@elpin31 nah it was a super fast interceptor, built during the same time the sr-71 was being designed. But in theory a SR-71 can outrun a mig 25, since the sr-71 can to mach 3 during mission time no prob were as from what i have read the 25 can cause itself engine damage above mach 2.8. I am also unsure of how long the mig can stay at high altitude for, most of the stuff i read is a full afterburner climb and then they level off till they lose speed and start coming down.
The MiG-25 only needed to get close enough to fire its missiles. A missile can go at mach 5 so even an SR-71 is vulnerable. This is why overflights of the USSR suddenly ended.
@rickcain2320 dependent on the range of the missles and the radar built in, from what i was reading the built in radar of the mig-25 had a hard time locking onto a sr-71, also the sr-71 was given counter measures, i think the flights also stopped since we had started to utilize satellites more, which the MIG 25 was also able to shoot down, same as the f-15 could. I think we realized it wasn't worth the intel we were getting to put a mans life at risk.
@SEL9000 Why did they stop the mig-25 flights if you can still do it in a mig-29?was the mig-25 un air worthy?what packages do you do that take you to the max ceilingof all?
@VIKINGODIN The flights were stopped because of some "political decisions" in mid of 2006. Also, the only existing MIG-25 was running out of service. Such a jet to hold alive is very expensive and you can't fly so many tourists for the worth of one of the two jet turbines. The MIG-29 isn't flying the same profile, it can't get so high as during the MIG-25 flights. Visit our website, you will find the flight profiles there. The edge of space flight with the MIG-29 are spectacular because of view.
also, there was an accident during one of the flight with tourist when one fo the engines broke down and stopped. After that reveled that the aircraft is out of service and all that tourists-buisness isn`t really leagal. Fothermore, that MiG-25 is the flying test laboratory (test-bed) so it runs out of life cycle and service muc before its written in official papers -- because of the complicated test-flights in 80`s and early 90`s. sad but true.
@MightyZarkon not sure how high it would get but eventually the airplane will stall out and fall back to earth, there wont be enough air traveling over the wings to produce enough lift. Plus the engine starts to starve itself of oxygen when it's up that high.
@SEL9000 Now that will be even more magnificent people other than astronauts flying into space itself doe be sure to bring your camera as the snaps you take from space will be treasured for a lifetime.
@edawg792 They only look similar, really. They took the general layout and structure of the MiG-25, and stretched it to hold more fuel and a second cockpit for the RO (behind the pilot, rather than taking the place of the radar as you see here). They strengthened the wings and fuselage to allow supersonic flight at low altitudes, and revised the frame to allow the use of more nickel-steel, titanium, and aluminum so the structure used less weight, and added more fuel, and low-bypass turbofans.
@24kojiful , what the hell are you asking ? This jet just like any other plane, keeps track of it's position based upon the direction of radio towers at various airports ... now days satellites ... back then, towers.
@24kojiful , who cares how high up the plane is, in atmosphere, out of atmosphere, whatever. doesnt matter. radio waves are radio waves. we use them to talk to the Mars landers - right ?
@yynnmmbb NASA use Radio waves to hear the sound from space too you know. i have no idea about this mars landers haha. all i know is that there is a rover robot there and she's stuck there for a long time. until now.
The U-2 is almost uncontrollable at that altitude. It has a stability speed that narrows at that height. Too slow and you fall out of the sky, too fast and your wings fall off. A very dangerous thing, spying.
@b0bd0le101 absolutely! though their technology is not as "sophisticated" they have got some amazing achievements under their belts. I have always admired anything they have put in the air! God Bless always.
after a flight of that speed and alt the engines are ruined and need changed. Plus the plane cant sustain that speed for more than a few minutes. It was a decent interceptor, for 1980 but it was quickly outmatched by the west.
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@Womenftw12345 Unfortunately, the MIG-25 flights ended in 2006. It was possible for civilians. Today, we are using the MIG-29 for "Edge of Space Flights". Also a good choice. But the flights with the MIG-25 were awesome. For me, also for our customers. Best regards, SEL
@Womenftw12345: Depends on, what you want to fly and wich program you want to have around. You can sent me a e-mail at office[at]space-travellers[dot]com with your contact details, and we can speak about this all and we will give you an offer, if you want.
@SEL9000 Total BS. An operational MiG-25 couldn't get above 70,000 ft., and only briefly at that altitude. It was designed for the sole purpose of intercepting the SR-71, and it was a complete and total failure at that mission. The SR-71 crews' reaction to a MiG-25 intercept was to ignore it.
Heavy stainless steel construction with a tube radar in the digital age condemned this POS to the dustbin before its first flight. Several were shot down by Israeli F-4s. What a piece of junk!
@TheHeenow: If you think its BS, think what you think. I made 2 flights with the MIG-25, and I know exactly about what I am talking. I do not want to take care anymore about, which plane is better etc. etc. We can talk about facts, not about theoretical thinkings. Best, SEL
Where in your video is there a shot of the altimeter? At least in James Mays' U-2 video there is a shot of the altimeter (actually an LCD display) at 70,000 feet. He said later he was told not to shoot the altimeter above that.
And how do we know the MiG 25's performance? We had a brand new one due to a defection in 1976, and we flew it. I personally was assigned to help evaluate its radar.
I know you are nationalistic, and I appreciate that. But get real when it comes to facts.
@TheHeenow Nationalistic? I do not know, why I am should be nationalistic. I am not a Russian, we are working with the Russians, and we are loving it.
@TheHeenow: What you want to say, you need a proof? Okay, you can come over to Germany then I will show you the original flight documents from the Gromov Flight and Research Institute. You will wondering about the digits and facts. Also, pardon me, there are also some other videos about MIG-25 flights from our side on YouTube. With an "eagle eye", you can see the altimeter. Also, in the next time will be a reedited version in HQ online, and I will promise, I will build it in, only for you. BR, S
@TheHeenow It was heavily upgraded after the defection, it was damaged on crash so it couldn't fly, when did we fly it? Where was it intercepted by Israeli F-4s? They couldn't catch it nor could the hawk missile system engage it, siren ecm. The ones shot down were export models flown by inexperienced pilots. Pilots in Vietnam said it best, if the other guy is a much better pilot you have already lost. The 123k ft. record was ballistic in a stall at around 75kph in apex.
It was heavily upgraded after the defection, it was damaged on crash so it couldn't fly, when did we fly it? Where was it intercepted by Israeli F-4's? They couldn't catch it nor could the Hawk missile system engage it, siren ecm. The ones shot down were export models flown by inexperienced pilots. Pilots in Vietnam said it best, if the other guy is a much better pilot you have already lost. The 123,000ft. record was ballistic in a stall at around 75kph in apex with more powerful engines.
@skittlepower95 This version, what we flown during the time, was a MIG-25 UB (NATO Code 'Foxbat B'). 'U' stands for 'Uchyebnii' (Training) and 'B' stands for 'Bombardirovschchik' (Bomber). The single seater, its a 'RB' model - 'Razvedchik Bombardirovschchikhis' (Reconnaissance/Bomber). It was possible to fly with this kind of the jets in altitudes behind 80,000ft.
Not exactly. Six of them, flown by Russian pilots out of Egypt, were shot down by Israeli F-4s in the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Not exactly a stellar fighter performance.
In that same war, an SR-71, which the MiG-25 was designed to intercept, flew from California to the Mideast to Maine in 11 hours nonstop. No MiG-25 ever got close to it, although they tried. The Mig-25 was an abject failure at its primary mission.
@TheHeenow You are wrong, it was designed in response to the B-58 Hustler, upgraded for the B-70 Valkyrie and never intended to intercept the SR-71 which was made specifically to fly outside it's and soviet SAM's flight envelope. Not only that but WTH are you talking about shot down 6 of them? They all returned to Russia fine and took plenty of very high quality pictures, I don't think there were even 6 in Egypt. I think you are mistaking the Iraqi pilots in export MIG-25's.
@TheHeenow I believe the MIG-31 / AA-9 Amos combination was to deal with things like the SR-71 which had come AFTER the MIG-25 and used the most advanced technologies the west had, consequently costing far in excess of what any MIG cost. The MIG-31 radar was superior to the original F-14's. An operational MIG-25 most definitely could zoom climb up to SR-71 height and release a missile if it could get a lock and angles which is doubtful. More likely late model S200 would handle it.
@DoyourCes Bombers are the battleships of the sky. They are big, impressive and virtually pointless. Missiles and fighters can do the same jobs much more efficiently and accurately. That's why the US won't replace the B52, Russia doesn't Replace the TU-95, and why virtually nobody else bothers with a pure bomber anymore!
Interesting. Wonder what the flight ceiling of this aircraft would be? The Blackbird had an "official" ceiling of 80,000 ft., but in reality could and did fly much higher, unofficially, of course. I've no doubt the SR-71 could fly as high as this aircraft and probably higher.
@Sealy57 Depends in what manner. In maintaining a certain height over a fixed track, the SR-71 is the official altitude holder in horizontal flight with 85,068 feet.
In terms of absolute altitude though, where you climb until you stall, the MiG-25 has reached an incredible 123,523 feet.
They never attempted anything similar with the SR-71. And in all honesty, you probably wouldn't want to fly an SR-71 to the point of stalling. It was a very valuable and more fragile aircraft.
I'm not a Yankee but I was with the Royal Canadian Air Force for 11yrs(as a Support Personal not a pilot)but I've flown in CF-18s and A-4s quite few times.I was in Desert Storm,Sarajevo,Cyprus,Wales and Germany and I'm a very knowledgeable Fighter craft's buff.So if Migs are so fucking good and super how come every F-15,F-16 AND F-18s that ever engaged by a Mig alwas came out with a victory???and that' FACT check it out if don't believe me all u Mig lovers,but please don't cry bruhaha
@jozsefkacsa if you and your planes are so fuckin good, shut your trap, get back to your royal airforce and fly your F...-stuff, you hobby mechanic. be happy that there is no need to fight and having showdown who´s better and who´s worse, be sure, in that case you won´t be able use the word "always".
@jozsefkacsa Well, not exactly fact. A USN F/A-18 was shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in 1991. There's also some debate that on the same day an Iraqi MiG-29 might have bagged a USAF F-16, but there is no clear cut story on that one. Officially it was a SAM, but pilots involved in the raid have given quite different stories about what happened.
In 1994 I was offered one of this planes for 15k USD with full tank of fuel. That time you could buy a submarine for 50K green.. unfortunately I had no free cash at that time in hands... well really regret about the opportunity
Although I bough S-300 for 800 green .... sold it for 1K to army year later...
@nviso209 Read the comments from my side: The MIG25 flights stopped in 2006 and nobody can offer this jet, also no one could give you a price for this.
@aeroflying: Somewhere is nothing more possible with a jet-turbine, without losing the control of it. The 'air' to thin for to using of a airbreathing jet-turbine. So, if you fly higher and higher and higher, the engine will have a cut off! That would be not so a good idea. This kind of flights could only be done as a ballistic flight. Pilots are aware to 100%, how high they can go or not. In general, its a risky flight path.
@aeroflying No. :) The MIG-25 flights where conducted up to the year 2006 at the Zuchowsky Airbase nearby Moscow. For civilians: no flights onboard the MIG-25 for ever! If you want to fly high as possible, visit our webside at space-travellers[dot] com, and you will find in our left menue "Edge of Space".
I've always dreamed of going to Russia and doing this when I'm older. How much does one flight cost anyway?
BattleManiac7 3 days ago
Тука Брат казваш че съпротивата на Великите капути коства на ссср 30 милиона във войната и още 30 за сталин и комунизма!
grozd102 1 week ago
@grozd102 Мнооого съм Прав, защтото е ТОЧНО ТЪКА И ДЕТЕТО НЕ МОЖЕ ДА ОПРАВДАЕ ПОСТЪПКИТЕ НА РОДИТЕЛИТЕ СИ!
grozd102 1 week ago
Why NASA did not make an investment in this type of aircraft to go into space? It would be cheaper than rockets?
birolha 1 week ago
..." I fell the need....the need of MiG, high altitude and speed..." ;)
MiG-25 - plane of dream
lerosee 2 weeks ago
Pure paradise! U are one lucky guy!
deadseriousforsure 1 month ago
How much does this flight cost?
mrdfac 1 month ago
Notice this video never shows the altimeter at or above 70K feet. The MiG 25 was an overweight abject failure, and never achieved its primary reason for being: shooting down an SR-71. Love this piece of junk if you want. The Israelis shot them down with F-4s in 1973, at which time the 25s retreated to the USSR. Complete and total failure not worthy of any praise whatsoever, much less spending money for a flight in one. DT, USAF 1969-1979.
TheHeenow 1 month ago
@TheHeenow What a shame. The guy that posted this had the time of his life - a fantastic opportunity to do something most of us will never have the chance to do, and you have to turn it into a "My dick's bigger than yours" competition. There's a time and a place and your views are totally irrelevant here. This is one reason why Americans have the reputation around the world for being "strong in the arm but weak in the head".
Tony27nine 2 weeks ago
@Tony27nine Thanks a lot for this comment. The video is online since 2006 and such "fights" are always here. There are unfortunately people out who do not have respect of others and only have to talk about things, who nobody is interested in. You can show what ever you want, fantastic things (we have a lot of this!) but sometimes somebody is trying to give a fist in the face for nothing. Thanks again, Tony 27nine.
SEL9000 2 weeks ago
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@Tony27nine
Aspecialy when this reputation confirmed by immence flux of idiocies and dumb propaganda myths.
MarshallJukov 2 weeks ago
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It never achieved its primary reason for bring in shooting down SR-71 simply because it never actualy flew over USSR despite popular myth. And nobody no where ever shot MiG-25 down on its proper mission - high speed high attitude interception and recon. MiG-25 is not a dogfighter.
As for SR-71 this bad ass looking plane actualy totaly harmless, its mission was obsolete before its creation thanks to satttelites and it was one of the greatest failures in history with its 40% crash rate.
MarshallJukov 2 weeks ago
@TheHeenow Mach 3.2 top speed. Pretty good if you ask me
reecerx7 1 week ago
THUMBS UP IF you wanted generals mig!
scorpion9999able 1 month ago
You are one lucky person. If only I could afford to do this, it would be a dream come true :(
TheGamingDirect 1 month ago
this flight could not reach 20 km height, the pilot must have a hermetic suit, to resist the low-pressure. The helmet seems on screen is not suitable for this requirement. At this flight the elevation was maximum 10 km.
Gazsoka66 2 months ago
@Gazsoka66 Sorry, I do not want to be sound arrogant, but you do not have any knowledge about what you are talking about here. And the flight was not 20km, it was much more higher as 25km. We did not use pressure suits, the cockpits are pressurezised. This was my own flight, and I know exactly which altitude I cruised. From one standpoint it was dangerous because out of a possible emergency situation for eject the cockpit in high altitudes. But, thank whom else ever, it never happened
SEL9000 2 months ago 18
Man...wish knew a pilot!
XxShadowvalkyriexX 2 months ago
does this make him an astronaut too????
puroRAPeros 2 months ago
@puroRAPeros No, you must reach 100 km to be an astronaut.
Szpagin 2 months ago
I was talking with GOD. yes GOD, the mountain cap is to ground air traffic at 1st, cause countrys don't rise anymore, then, he doesn't stay pissed forever, can overturn himself, the mountain sepperates the flying car traffic from the space traffic, once he gives us the know how (anti Gravity), hence sky scraper problems, can/ may release as He sees fit!
hideaway33 3 months ago
@hideaway33 Wow Man, what the hell are you on....
audis2quattro1 2 months ago
The f-22 can go that high too its max ceiling is 65,000 feet
YungTrappaCST 3 months ago
@YungTrappaCST F-22 first flew in 1997, MiG-25 in 1964. Not saying one is better then the other, but it's comparing apples to oranges.
IoncannonSat1 1 month ago
it kinda boggles my mind when I think that the altitude being flow there is about half the thinkness of the Earths crust. Its just when you look at the slight curvature of the horizon and contemplate the scale of the whole thing it makes your head feel a bit fuzzy inside. Awesome stuff.
arklowrockz 3 months ago
what happens when he goes a tiny bit further then the edge of space?
ILuvCE 4 months ago
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i like american SR-71 is the best airplane than ussr russia mig-25
bestamerica 4 months ago
@bestamerica ha ha you idiot
Roofius2 3 months ago
@Roofius2 No blamings here, please.
SEL9000 3 months ago
wasnt this MiG made to stop the Sr-71?
elpin31 4 months ago
@elpin31 nah it was a super fast interceptor, built during the same time the sr-71 was being designed. But in theory a SR-71 can outrun a mig 25, since the sr-71 can to mach 3 during mission time no prob were as from what i have read the 25 can cause itself engine damage above mach 2.8. I am also unsure of how long the mig can stay at high altitude for, most of the stuff i read is a full afterburner climb and then they level off till they lose speed and start coming down.
MrGeforcerFX 3 months ago
@MrGeforcerFX
The MiG-25 only needed to get close enough to fire its missiles. A missile can go at mach 5 so even an SR-71 is vulnerable. This is why overflights of the USSR suddenly ended.
rickcain2320 2 months ago
@rickcain2320 dependent on the range of the missles and the radar built in, from what i was reading the built in radar of the mig-25 had a hard time locking onto a sr-71, also the sr-71 was given counter measures, i think the flights also stopped since we had started to utilize satellites more, which the MIG 25 was also able to shoot down, same as the f-15 could. I think we realized it wasn't worth the intel we were getting to put a mans life at risk.
MrGeforcerFX 2 months ago
At 4:21 minute looks like you are on the space shuttle.
MrSrgj 4 months ago
Interesting STARSHIP-esq music that comes along almost ALL videos from Russia! Maybe TOP GUN was an inspiration...
oceantrolls73 4 months ago
Why Music ??? I wanned to hear the engines ..
doberman921 4 months ago
NOBODY Commented on the music yet!
ThyBiding 5 months ago
no space suit?
PlaneAU 5 months ago
just watching random edge of the space videos.
wasif9ty3 6 months ago
The Soviet scientific great people
LiallisVladik 6 months ago
Let me laugh even harder. In Russia there is no technology and quality. Pure propaganda
moorten1111 6 months ago
how much cost me one ride i live in mexico thanks
MrAadef1 9 months ago
@MrAadef1 The flight alone around 18000 Euros
ATAS987654321 9 months ago
There is no doubt that this was a most excellent adventure but ten miles up is no where near the edge of space.
JPVegh 9 months ago
shame all the filming is done from inside the cockpit would be good on the wing tips like the Airbus for instance.
zinger52 9 months ago
I wonder when you fly up there...do you feel a change in your perspective about the Earth and the Humans living on it?
moalisiddiqui 9 months ago 4
I've heard they stopped this? No Civilists can fly anymore, is that true?
SuperGeronimo999 9 months ago
@SuperGeronimo999 Yes. The MIG-25 flights at the Zukhowsky Airbase were stopped in 2006. For Edge of Space Flights the MIG-29 is still available.
SEL9000 9 months ago
@SEL9000: Danke!
SuperGeronimo999 9 months ago
@SEL9000 Why did they stop the mig-25 flights if you can still do it in a mig-29?was the mig-25 un air worthy?what packages do you do that take you to the max ceilingof all?
VIKINGODIN 9 months ago
@VIKINGODIN The flights were stopped because of some "political decisions" in mid of 2006. Also, the only existing MIG-25 was running out of service. Such a jet to hold alive is very expensive and you can't fly so many tourists for the worth of one of the two jet turbines. The MIG-29 isn't flying the same profile, it can't get so high as during the MIG-25 flights. Visit our website, you will find the flight profiles there. The edge of space flight with the MIG-29 are spectacular because of view.
SEL9000 9 months ago
@VIKINGODIN
also, there was an accident during one of the flight with tourist when one fo the engines broke down and stopped. After that reveled that the aircraft is out of service and all that tourists-buisness isn`t really leagal. Fothermore, that MiG-25 is the flying test laboratory (test-bed) so it runs out of life cycle and service muc before its written in official papers -- because of the complicated test-flights in 80`s and early 90`s. sad but true.
odradek86 5 months ago
@SEL9000 hen did they start it?
MrMr1970dodgecharger 6 months ago
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@SEL9000 when did they start it?
MrMr1970dodgecharger 6 months ago
how do u sign up for this??
jm431 10 months ago
Stupid question but what would happen eventually if you just kept aiming up? How high can anyone go?
MightyZarkon 10 months ago
@MightyZarkon not sure how high it would get but eventually the airplane will stall out and fall back to earth, there wont be enough air traveling over the wings to produce enough lift. Plus the engine starts to starve itself of oxygen when it's up that high.
Fourteen88SoCal 10 months ago
Man, if there was a pressure failure, that pilot would be gone.
FalconKPD 10 months ago
nothing is better than sex....
francisfajardo88 10 months ago
This MUST be better, than sex!!!
OkurkaBinLadin 11 months ago
Did you see the inside of the cockpit and those engines? That thing is BUILT!
DasShurikenRoy 11 months ago
i heared that it has to keep over 2mach to let engine get enough air over 27000m high, is that true?
hotdogmctvr 11 months ago
ни каких оранжевых костюмов,
кожаная курточка, шлем и 25.000м+
высота - вот это красота!!!
MrSep0 11 months ago 2
how much is a flight?
gus23a 1 year ago
For a beast designed for the sole purpose of chasing down the SR-71...I like this use for it more :)
CaptainPoohBear 1 year ago
Wow thats a beast of a plane!
Sidewinder9877 1 year ago
Goofy looking helmets and masks.
skipplet 1 year ago
whats the name of the music?
btw very nice view from up theyre ;)
Nelis1992 1 year ago
lol now take a trip on the U 2
FOXnewsAlien 1 year ago
Now that was a magnificent sight flying on the edge of space can't get any more magnificent than that
DKS225 1 year ago 5
@DKS225 Thats right. But in the next years we will fly higher! ;)
SEL9000 1 year ago 6
@SEL9000 Now that will be even more magnificent people other than astronauts flying into space itself doe be sure to bring your camera as the snaps you take from space will be treasured for a lifetime.
DKS225 1 year ago
@SEL9000 The Migs 25 and 31 are so similar. What is the main difference between the two?
edawg792 8 months ago
@edawg792 They only look similar, really. They took the general layout and structure of the MiG-25, and stretched it to hold more fuel and a second cockpit for the RO (behind the pilot, rather than taking the place of the radar as you see here). They strengthened the wings and fuselage to allow supersonic flight at low altitudes, and revised the frame to allow the use of more nickel-steel, titanium, and aluminum so the structure used less weight, and added more fuel, and low-bypass turbofans.
justforever96 7 months ago
@SEL9000 As soon as Boeing and Airbus both get off their asses.
boomshanka 5 months ago
how did he know where is the spot to landing from outside the earth to the airport?
24kojiful 1 year ago
@24kojiful , what the hell are you asking ? This jet just like any other plane, keeps track of it's position based upon the direction of radio towers at various airports ... now days satellites ... back then, towers.
yynnmmbb 1 year ago
@yynnmmbb oh okay. lol. but the plane is only flying inside our planet. not outside the earth like this jet. but thanks for the info anyway.
24kojiful 1 year ago
@24kojiful , who cares how high up the plane is, in atmosphere, out of atmosphere, whatever. doesnt matter. radio waves are radio waves. we use them to talk to the Mars landers - right ?
yynnmmbb 1 year ago
@yynnmmbb NASA use Radio waves to hear the sound from space too you know. i have no idea about this mars landers haha. all i know is that there is a rover robot there and she's stuck there for a long time. until now.
24kojiful 1 year ago
WORLD RECORD (FAI)
Altitude : 37 650 m
Date of flight: 31/08/1977
Pilot: Alexandr FEDOTOV (USSR)
Course/place: Podmoskovnoe (Russia)
Aircraft: Mikoyan/Gurevitch E-266M
Only for your information, regards SEL
SEL9000 1 year ago 27
@SEL9000 What at the SR-71?
bradtwo 1 year ago
@SEL9000 Lockheed U-2 Flight - 70,000ft is far from 37k rite?::)
CHRISMAD01 3 months ago
@CHRISMAD01
The U-2 is almost uncontrollable at that altitude. It has a stability speed that narrows at that height. Too slow and you fall out of the sky, too fast and your wings fall off. A very dangerous thing, spying.
rickcain2320 2 months ago
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Is there a reason why the soviets paintes all theyre cockpits in this special blue?
falcrum19 1 year ago
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falcrum19 1 year ago
Soviet Union: Can't build a car, can't build a country, but damn can they build a plane!
b0bd0le101 1 year ago 56
@b0bd0le101 Yeah its quite awesome but damn its so ugly!
TheWasatch 1 year ago
@b0bd0le101 they are very very good at rape too
007bondspy 1 year ago
@b0bd0le101 In Soviet Russia... you don't build plane, plane build itself.
MrImmabanana 6 months ago
@b0bd0le101 absolutely! though their technology is not as "sophisticated" they have got some amazing achievements under their belts. I have always admired anything they have put in the air! God Bless always.
oceantrolls73 4 months ago
@b0bd0le101
Пиздишь, bro!)) Хотя в чем-то ты и прав.
Huselius77 2 months ago
Suicide mission in that old POS. I'm waiting for the day it comes back in pieces.
rrhynes 1 year ago
after a flight of that speed and alt the engines are ruined and need changed. Plus the plane cant sustain that speed for more than a few minutes. It was a decent interceptor, for 1980 but it was quickly outmatched by the west.
beergut111 1 year ago
Oh brother! If I ever get rich, I'll sure go for this! Betting the lottery tomorrow!!! =P
Markoemilio 1 year ago 13
@Markoemilio
Same here, but not even with all my earns from my life I will be able to buy one of those :S
Soo, mmm well I´ll stick with the lottery option lololol
MrJosh4740 1 year ago
Need 17,000 Euros....... NOW!!!!!
xXFOX619Xx 1 year ago
We are told that that he Max ceiling of the MIG-25 is 2700 m at Mach 3.0, is this correct?
TheBlacksan 1 year ago
@TheBlacksan: Well, I think you forget some Zero's in it. Its 27.000m + ;)
Best, SEL
SEL9000 1 year ago 4
Amazing views I want to go up.
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slipshodcoqbgg 1 year ago
pilot looks very cool
KKopiev 1 year ago
rust is eating up that Methuselah
danieladamko 1 year ago
how much does this all cost or is it not for like tourist and civlians?
Womenftw12345 1 year ago
@Womenftw12345 Unfortunately, the MIG-25 flights ended in 2006. It was possible for civilians. Today, we are using the MIG-29 for "Edge of Space Flights". Also a good choice. But the flights with the MIG-25 were awesome. For me, also for our customers. Best regards, SEL
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000 how much doe sit cost tho?
Womenftw12345 1 year ago
@Womenftw12345: Depends on, what you want to fly and wich program you want to have around. You can sent me a e-mail at office[at]space-travellers[dot]com with your contact details, and we can speak about this all and we will give you an offer, if you want.
SEL9000 1 year ago
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stygianumbra 1 year ago
Maximum altitude for MiG-25 is over 80,000 ft (24.7 km) for RB models.
Killiusfromru 1 year ago
Magnificent clip... and what a magnificent bird!
schumispecial 1 year ago
should've went to the moon.
UhgeneIgnorian 1 year ago
i dont know how high space is so how high was that
ondamountain 1 year ago
@ondamountain Space is at 100km or 300,000ft. The flights with the MIG-25 were going between altitudes of 78,000 - 92,000ft
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000 Ahh thank you By the way does this need training? and how much for a flight?
TonyFirelli 1 year ago
@SEL9000 Total BS. An operational MiG-25 couldn't get above 70,000 ft., and only briefly at that altitude. It was designed for the sole purpose of intercepting the SR-71, and it was a complete and total failure at that mission. The SR-71 crews' reaction to a MiG-25 intercept was to ignore it.
Heavy stainless steel construction with a tube radar in the digital age condemned this POS to the dustbin before its first flight. Several were shot down by Israeli F-4s. What a piece of junk!
TheHeenow 1 year ago
@TheHeenow: If you think its BS, think what you think. I made 2 flights with the MIG-25, and I know exactly about what I am talking. I do not want to take care anymore about, which plane is better etc. etc. We can talk about facts, not about theoretical thinkings. Best, SEL
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000
Where in your video is there a shot of the altimeter? At least in James Mays' U-2 video there is a shot of the altimeter (actually an LCD display) at 70,000 feet. He said later he was told not to shoot the altimeter above that.
And how do we know the MiG 25's performance? We had a brand new one due to a defection in 1976, and we flew it. I personally was assigned to help evaluate its radar.
I know you are nationalistic, and I appreciate that. But get real when it comes to facts.
TheHeenow 1 year ago
@TheHeenow Nationalistic? I do not know, why I am should be nationalistic. I am not a Russian, we are working with the Russians, and we are loving it.
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000 You missed the point. Where is there a shot of the altimeter?
TheHeenow 1 year ago
@TheHeenow: What you want to say, you need a proof? Okay, you can come over to Germany then I will show you the original flight documents from the Gromov Flight and Research Institute. You will wondering about the digits and facts. Also, pardon me, there are also some other videos about MIG-25 flights from our side on YouTube. With an "eagle eye", you can see the altimeter. Also, in the next time will be a reedited version in HQ online, and I will promise, I will build it in, only for you. BR, S
SEL9000 1 year ago
@TheHeenow
google: zoom climb
do your homework!
cuddlymaverick 1 year ago
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@TheHeenow It was heavily upgraded after the defection, it was damaged on crash so it couldn't fly, when did we fly it? Where was it intercepted by Israeli F-4s? They couldn't catch it nor could the hawk missile system engage it, siren ecm. The ones shot down were export models flown by inexperienced pilots. Pilots in Vietnam said it best, if the other guy is a much better pilot you have already lost. The 123k ft. record was ballistic in a stall at around 75kph in apex.
stygianumbra 1 year ago
It was heavily upgraded after the defection, it was damaged on crash so it couldn't fly, when did we fly it? Where was it intercepted by Israeli F-4's? They couldn't catch it nor could the Hawk missile system engage it, siren ecm. The ones shot down were export models flown by inexperienced pilots. Pilots in Vietnam said it best, if the other guy is a much better pilot you have already lost. The 123,000ft. record was ballistic in a stall at around 75kph in apex with more powerful engines.
stygianumbra 1 year ago
@SEL9000 what model is the mig only a few could break the 70000 feet mark
skittlepower95 1 year ago
@skittlepower95 This version, what we flown during the time, was a MIG-25 UB (NATO Code 'Foxbat B'). 'U' stands for 'Uchyebnii' (Training) and 'B' stands for 'Bombardirovschchik' (Bomber). The single seater, its a 'RB' model - 'Razvedchik Bombardirovschchikhis' (Reconnaissance/Bomber). It was possible to fly with this kind of the jets in altitudes behind 80,000ft.
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000 kk i read somwhere that it was the fb or rb that could ascend beyond 70000feet
skittlepower95 1 year ago
@TheHeenow The MIG-25 was actually a very good fighter for its period
M0lomir 1 year ago
@M0lomir
Not exactly. Six of them, flown by Russian pilots out of Egypt, were shot down by Israeli F-4s in the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Not exactly a stellar fighter performance.
In that same war, an SR-71, which the MiG-25 was designed to intercept, flew from California to the Mideast to Maine in 11 hours nonstop. No MiG-25 ever got close to it, although they tried. The Mig-25 was an abject failure at its primary mission.
That's not my definition of "very good."
TheHeenow 1 year ago
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darluzo 1 year ago
@TheHeenow You are wrong, it was designed in response to the B-58 Hustler, upgraded for the B-70 Valkyrie and never intended to intercept the SR-71 which was made specifically to fly outside it's and soviet SAM's flight envelope. Not only that but WTH are you talking about shot down 6 of them? They all returned to Russia fine and took plenty of very high quality pictures, I don't think there were even 6 in Egypt. I think you are mistaking the Iraqi pilots in export MIG-25's.
stygianumbra 1 year ago
@TheHeenow I believe the MIG-31 / AA-9 Amos combination was to deal with things like the SR-71 which had come AFTER the MIG-25 and used the most advanced technologies the west had, consequently costing far in excess of what any MIG cost. The MIG-31 radar was superior to the original F-14's. An operational MIG-25 most definitely could zoom climb up to SR-71 height and release a missile if it could get a lock and angles which is doubtful. More likely late model S200 would handle it.
stygianumbra 1 year ago
how come russia dont work at bomber aircraft ?
DoyourCes 1 year ago
@DoyourCes Bombers are the battleships of the sky. They are big, impressive and virtually pointless. Missiles and fighters can do the same jobs much more efficiently and accurately. That's why the US won't replace the B52, Russia doesn't Replace the TU-95, and why virtually nobody else bothers with a pure bomber anymore!
imissbritishleyland 1 year ago
GET OUT OF HERE SPACE MIG.
THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US ALL
THEIR CHILDREN WILL FEAST UPON OUR JETLINERS
GOD HELP US ALL
quaggamovies1 1 year ago
they guys who get paid to fly tourist up to the edge of space have the greatest job in the world (astro/cosmo nauts excluded.)
ajre82 1 year ago
Interesting. Wonder what the flight ceiling of this aircraft would be? The Blackbird had an "official" ceiling of 80,000 ft., but in reality could and did fly much higher, unofficially, of course. I've no doubt the SR-71 could fly as high as this aircraft and probably higher.
Sealy57 1 year ago
@Sealy57 Depends in what manner. In maintaining a certain height over a fixed track, the SR-71 is the official altitude holder in horizontal flight with 85,068 feet.
In terms of absolute altitude though, where you climb until you stall, the MiG-25 has reached an incredible 123,523 feet.
They never attempted anything similar with the SR-71. And in all honesty, you probably wouldn't want to fly an SR-71 to the point of stalling. It was a very valuable and more fragile aircraft.
bryUK 1 year ago
Great vid, thanks!!!!
Warthog1976 1 year ago
I'm not a Yankee but I was with the Royal Canadian Air Force for 11yrs(as a Support Personal not a pilot)but I've flown in CF-18s and A-4s quite few times.I was in Desert Storm,Sarajevo,Cyprus,Wales and Germany and I'm a very knowledgeable Fighter craft's buff.So if Migs are so fucking good and super how come every F-15,F-16 AND F-18s that ever engaged by a Mig alwas came out with a victory???and that' FACT check it out if don't believe me all u Mig lovers,but please don't cry bruhaha
jozsefkacsa 1 year ago
@jozsefkacsa if you and your planes are so fuckin good, shut your trap, get back to your royal airforce and fly your F...-stuff, you hobby mechanic. be happy that there is no need to fight and having showdown who´s better and who´s worse, be sure, in that case you won´t be able use the word "always".
rulezz123 1 year ago
@jozsefkacsa I actually agree...MiGs always come second to none!
rjdas97 1 year ago
@rjdas97 Thanx that Russian guy got really pissed off atme cause I said that about his beloved MIGs.Well to fucking bad!!!Thanx again
jozsefkacsa 1 year ago
@jozsefkacsa Well, not exactly fact. A USN F/A-18 was shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in 1991. There's also some debate that on the same day an Iraqi MiG-29 might have bagged a USAF F-16, but there is no clear cut story on that one. Officially it was a SAM, but pilots involved in the raid have given quite different stories about what happened.
bryUK 1 year ago
@jozsefkacsa rite on
thecrazynebraskan 1 year ago
That must be a pretty cool experience.
BTW, that song is not Dreams by Van Halen.
Manguskahn 1 year ago
MIG 28
nmaloney01 1 year ago
if i wanted to do this how much would it cost me?
xxCrowester10xx 1 year ago
which aircraft is used for edge of space civillian travel now?
dogshagga2 1 year ago
@dogshagga2 at the moment only the MIG-29.
SEL9000 1 year ago
@dogshagga2 lookheed U-2 i think
eransmoler 1 year ago
what is the mig's max height?
popyourcorn 1 year ago
In 1994 I was offered one of this planes for 15k USD with full tank of fuel. That time you could buy a submarine for 50K green.. unfortunately I had no free cash at that time in hands... well really regret about the opportunity
Although I bough S-300 for 800 green .... sold it for 1K to army year later...
kryuchkov72 1 year ago
it cost 5 Million Euro´s.
haidgu 1 year ago
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? BTW IF I GO I WOULD HAVE 2 A SIDE TRIP TO CHERNOBYL!!! :( :)
nviso209 1 year ago
@nviso209 Read the comments from my side: The MIG25 flights stopped in 2006 and nobody can offer this jet, also no one could give you a price for this.
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000 yes but how much dd u pay for it at that time??
reindenaab 1 year ago
@nviso209
it costs about $20000 in russia
nordbreeze 1 year ago
how much would 1 of those trips set you back???
frowgli1 1 year ago
Its fun trying to go to space in the AceCombat games! :D
but then it stalls... so much for the "Edge of Space" video game experience.. D:
this song is so common xD
Itachikiller12 1 year ago
@Itachikiller12 lol but the ace combat games only let you fly up to 20,000 ft
blacksoilder10 1 year ago
@blacksoilder10 looks like ur at the edge of space though ;)
Itachikiller12 1 year ago
imagine the radiation you get exposed to up there versus down lower
OsanBlackCat5RS 1 year ago
Deutsche Freunden.
stevenbitter 1 year ago
thats fucking awesome who gives a shit if it wasnt out of space out of pace but its still a fucking awseome veiw
ELITEPOWNAGE69er 1 year ago
stupid music((( i'd rather hear the engine
DenisKomment 1 year ago
What if you were to continue flying upward?
aeroflying 1 year ago
@aeroflying: Somewhere is nothing more possible with a jet-turbine, without losing the control of it. The 'air' to thin for to using of a airbreathing jet-turbine. So, if you fly higher and higher and higher, the engine will have a cut off! That would be not so a good idea. This kind of flights could only be done as a ballistic flight. Pilots are aware to 100%, how high they can go or not. In general, its a risky flight path.
SEL9000 1 year ago
@SEL9000
Thank you. If I travel to Germany can I go on a flight?
aeroflying 1 year ago
@aeroflying No. :) The MIG-25 flights where conducted up to the year 2006 at the Zuchowsky Airbase nearby Moscow. For civilians: no flights onboard the MIG-25 for ever! If you want to fly high as possible, visit our webside at space-travellers[dot] com, and you will find in our left menue "Edge of Space".
SEL9000 1 year ago
SR71 cant be beat...YET
WTFBSYT 1 year ago
Try SR71...lol
WTFBSYT 1 year ago