Planes Taking Off On German Autobahn

[wysoft]

To this day I think the F4 is one of the meanest looking combat aircraft - even from rear on takeoff, it looks determined and fierce.

[ShadowZekromX]

WHATS WATTER!?

[ovemunk]

Definitely not an airshow. Probably a demonstration for some high ranking officers and politicans or similar.

[mushubiak]

@ovemunk

This was an exercise callend "Highway 84" that took place on Highway A 29 near Ahlhorner Heide. It was a kind of test, if the current types of NATO-aircrafts could safely operate from this kind of "ersatz-airfields". As usual for any maneuvre, there are guests like politicians and members of other armed forces. They get a kind of demonstration. 

[ovemunk]

@mushubiak Thank you, that was kindoff what i thought. :)

[Dominoes282]

"Is there a problem officer?"

"You were going 548 MPH."

"Read the sign! It says infinite!"

[75ca49]

Looks like it might be heavy rain. Rain doesn't show up well on video.

[berserkerben76]

F-4  <3

[vectorsolus]

@berserkerben76 there is no F4 in this video.

[berserkerben76]

@vectorsolus than please tell me which fighter is leaving the ground in 01:11 ?

[vectorsolus]

@berserkerben76 The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft, originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Armée de l'Air in the close air support and nuclear strike role, and still in service with several export customers, notably the Indian Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Oman.

[berserkerben76]

@vectorsolus sorry, my mistake, you´re right. for a moment it looked like a f4 from behind.

[randomsmartdude]

Is it just me or is there a crosswind?

[BeechSundowner]

I wonder why take off from the autobahn? I wonder what traffic tie ups it caused downstream?

[Rakete180]

Hi @BeechSundowner

The runway is on the A44 motorway between the driveway Geseke and the driveway Büren. You can see it on the Satelitte. The runway should be used when attacking the Russians.

[PolskaUrban]

@Rakete180 Thats incorrect.

This was taken in 1984 on the Highway - Autobahn 29 near Ahlhorner Heide

[neoayrton97]

@PolskaUrban why did they have to take off from the autobahn?

[dustz33]

@neoayrton97 probably a NATO practice from the Cold War era. Some Auotbahns were supposed to function as airfields if runway were destroyed by enemy bombardment.

[WarheartHC]

@PolskaUrban was this for an Airshow or why at an highway lol?

[Cumulonimbus82]

@WarheartHC during the cold war, there were thousands of hidden allied bases in west germany next to Autobahn highways, in case of emergencies, the Autobahn could have been used as a runway for fighter planes or supply planes.

[WarheartHC]

@Cumulonimbus82

oke, but this was an airshow right ? because u can hear the speakers, and theres an Dutch F-16 in the vid

thx for the info

[ex201]

@BeechSundowner Take a look at Google for "Hgihway 84 Nato gambit DOBAS emergency landing". In West Germany there are many emergency landings on the Autobahn.

[jerjeremy]

f16, eh?

[halasPOL]

autobahn - motorway

[cnknguyen]

Why does it look like fuel was pouring out of that F-15?

[nokia1110]

@cnknguyen my first thought was, that can't be healthy....

[F16AirPower]

@cnknguyen that can't be gas, cuz that would lit up and than the whole aircraft would explode...

[vectorsolus]

@F16AirPower not true

[HARMANHOUSE1]

@cnknguyen its a water condensation drain like you see water coming out of a tail pipe some times.

[TheProPilot]

@cnknguyen If it was fuel that thing would have gone up in flames as soon as he hit the burners

[69fastbacklover]

@cnknguyen he's dumping fuel

[khemorex]

@cnknguyen -it's raining dude-thats surface water running off the wings-if it were fuel, the fireball behind the plane would be awesome!

[nalgaproductions]

@cnknguyen maybe is just watter

[CumbyOnThePiss]

@cnknguyen it looks like maybe the fuel dump valve was open

[rkan2]

@cnknguyen The fuel would probably have ignited if it really was fuel..

[djstupido]

Makes you think how well those German roads are built. Fighter jets like these are not very heavy, but the beating they take from the heat of the engine must be immense.

[nuttex]

Good video.

P.S. MrMW2Gamer is silly if he writes "first!!".

[Flightkid9]

what's this from? an airshow?

[MrMW2Gamer]

first!!