Kevin's MiG 25 Flight in Russia

In this flight, we achieved Mach 2.8 and 90,000 feet. Notice the leaking fuel igniting before take-off. The earth rumbled during a full after burner take-off.

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[ToonandBBfan]

Damn, those turbines are huge!

Is there a height limit for the pilot?

I'm 6 feet 4 and I suspect if I ever won the lottery, I'd be too tall to be allowed a flight in a Foxbat!

[klbloom]

@ToonandBBfan I'm 6'3" and I had no problem mate

[klbloom]

I do have cockpit cam...on YouTube...but it is too long for googles liking

[XStarss]

90.000 feet is not limit, this plane can go up to 38 km (125,000 feet) (that is world record made on MIG-25)

[klbloom]

@XStarss All I know is that I had to wear a space suit outside my G suit and when we leveled off at 90,000 feet...I came off the seat due to the weightlessness (thank you seat belt). We only spent a few moments at that altitude before heading down in a cork screw like fashion. The canopy was frosting over as well...which was unsettling. The acceleration from Mach 0.99 (at 10,000 meters) to Mach 2.8 was nuts...it made the thrust of my Ferrari seem pitiful.

[toady230uk]

Great vid! So jealous! I love the big Russian warbirds. I've had a back seater in a RAF tornado gr4, I bet the mig pisses over that. Thank you very much for sharing, and for your time served as a marine.

[klbloom]

@toady230uk Thanks mate...you're clearly a class act. It was a fantastic opportunity...10 days in Russia by myself...hanging out at the Metropol on Red Square for 5 days...and 5 days up in St Petersburg at The Grand Hotel Europe...treated like a rock star the entire time. All the best

[klbloom]

@rcvideoshooter And whether or not the Foxbat was designed as an SR-71 interceptor, whether it failed or succeeded to ever shoot one down, whether the 29 was one of the first fighters to have true lookdown-shootdown radar capability is irrelevant. I've been to the edge of space and back and I operated the MiG29 for 22 minutes. The scariest part of this entire thread is that you're possibly a voter.

[soyounoat]

What a badass machine. Thanks for sharing. And so good that the former cold war enemies can now engage in friendly adventures. Ignore the losers like rcvideoshooter. Chances are he has no toys that compare to a MiG-25. Just another screeching weasel.

[ToonandBBfan]

@klbloom

Thanks, the MiG 25 is quite some machine!

[YouTheory]

DUDE WHY NO VIDEO CAMERA ON BOARD????

[2010butchd]

nice vid lucky you i would have loved to have done that when i was in russia but not rich enough but i see a beautiful country