F-22 Raptor Take Off & Flip Reno Air Races 2008

[Th3Nigma]

Hear those twin F119's complaining?

I don't either =)

[councilglasses]

stealth my arse

[DCussen]

Take that, Eurofighter.

[germansascha]

@DCussen Are you talking about the take off and climb?

[nimaside]

I hear what sounds like a redneck saying "look at that, look at that" while the jet was flipping.

[eric4ok]

The Missouri state budget for FY2009 K-12 education was about $5.4 Billion dollars (from all funds and not counting local spending). An F-22 costs $360 Million dollars. So it's just about 15 F22s - although the F22 is reuseable.

[PlebScrubber]

@eric4ok 5.4 billion dollars on education in missouri?? thats insane!

people from missouri can barely spell their own name, just give them some boxes of crayons

save some money for more F-22s

[rampking1]

@PlebScrubber I wonder how much of that money goes to the children of Ilegal Aliens? Don't bother to look, the schools don't ask or don't publish the information.

[gwcstudio]

That's one expensive hangar-queen. Each one costs about the same as the 2009 education budget for the state of Missouri. Let that sink in a little bit as you consider what that little flyby cost.

[gwcstudio]

That's one expensive hangar-queen.

[WarEagle140]

that was so bad ass.. damn i love jets so much

[EvilxMerlin]

@40390576

I think you meant ram-jet. The SR-71 engines are turbojet only until speed, and then it became a ramjet. At Mach 3.2 the jet was almost 4x more fuel efficient than at Mach 1

[datzfast]

@40390576V1 is an un manned buzz bomb german jets never got more than 10 in the air at one time.

[datzfast]

@40390576 i supose, the computers, atomic bombs, stratobombers, that defeted the Axis powers were not important to germanys total defeat. let me guess, germany had 400 jet fighters but because they were so terrible they never got more than ten in the air at one time that terrible airplane is some how way ahead?

[onefugowie]

a f22 can park it striat up and sit in one spot nose high

[datzfast]

fuel efficient unmanned pulse detonation might fit the bill for the future

[datzfast]

im tired of the military building fighter jets as big a B52 bombers just so they have some range. cant our scientist do somthing?

[EvilxMerlin]

@datzfast

Um, its called mid-air refueling. It works and its inexpensive compared to other technologies...

[datzfast]

@EvilxMerlin it only works when you own the skys, if you alredy own the skys you dont really need the fighter plane. oh shure you might argue you need them for the continuation of sky ownership but but isnt that very expensive?

[EvilxMerlin]

@datzfast

Nope not really. There is nothing that can replace the power and ability for speed a turbofan at this time. Spending billions of dollars researching replacements for it is a moot point as simply put, the technology doesn't exist, and no research into alternative atmosphere breathers exists. Remember stuff like scramjet, ramjet and similar technologies still need to be accelerated to the proper speed to become useful.

[bujoun76]

@EvilxMerlin Im sure someone gave a similar argument against spending money on the jet engine as a viable replacement of propeller! Good thing you're not in charge of these things. The rest of us will enjoy progress. You're more than welcome to come along!...

[EvilxMerlin]

@bujoun76

Um, no. Try again.

[bujoun76]

@EvilxMerlin

Um, no thank you. Im right on the mark and you know it! The technology does exist. Simply put, it's just not ready for prime time as far as we know! There are "black" projects outthere that wont be revealed for years like the the F-117, U-2, SR-71, and the B-2 ect. When it comes to technology - there are no limits.

[EvilxMerlin]

@bujoun76

And what do all four of those have in common? Planes that were desgined in the 60's, 70's and 80s? And even today in the 90's and 00's? turbofans (turbojet an older tech in the SR71)

[eric4ok]

There actually was an air race category for jets! Unfortunately, the F22 wasn't entered. Would have been nice to see how it would do.

[trekbiker91]

@eric4ok it would have been... but in a race with jets not necessarily designed to go mach 2 it might be at a slight disadvantage

[123456789mischief]

ok thats nice but how did he place in the air race?

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@123456789mischief umm they race planes like P-51's and Extra 300's and props like that.

[123456789mischief]

@yoyoyoyoshua now what I want you to do is look at my comment and think was this guy serious or was he being funny.

[Polybun]

and it didn't crash? shit, any other air craft you see in that attitude and you duck and cover, or run your ass off.

[oTECHNETIUMo]

@goNVwolfpack no its not 2nd loudest haveing seen the f 18 super hornet that gets even louder than the raptor.seen them at march air reserve base airshow

[Marine4Life1999]

@oTECHNETIUMo FYI the F/A-18 is not the loudest the SR-71 is the loudest an the FASTEST in the world. good try.

[oTECHNETIUMo]

@Marine4Life1999 dont try to come at me acting like you no it all first im not talking about legacy hornets the RHINO/SUPER HORNET gets louder than any FIGHTER(and is a wHOLE LOT louder than the regular f 18) ,you probably never even heard an sr 71,you told me its the fastest like i dont already no that hahahah.and if you think the faster the jet the louder hahah its all about HEAT the hotter the exhaust the louder, it heats up more air more air molecules making them go supersonic.sr71 is louder

[leleobrescia]

@Marine4Life1999 actually itsthe X-45

[skyvilla]

Pure power. Most jets would fall like a rock doing that.

[Aazerel]

@skyvilla 95% of jets built within the last 15 years can. 

[cyber8000]

@skyvilla Not the Su-35, Su-37 or even the Su-47

[sevenpointking]

Wait until you hear the F-35 in hover.

[erickosuave1]

that thing flys so low even ants duck and cover

[LarryThatKid]

Nice Kulbit

[thaifireball]

Props to the camera man, takes a steady hand to shoot that. =]

[XioNilrem]

Great quality i must say, good job.