Mig at 80,000 Feet

Just reaching the peak of the flight, slightly more than 15 miles up.

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• Mig
• 25
• Moscow
• Russia
• Space

[Wmatthies]

Mig 25

[thephoenix4ever]

Wow I'd love to see the world from that height...

Do you have to wear any special gear? Is it scary going that high? I go on commercial aircraft a lot but theres no comparison, and my dad was just talking about it (he used to be in the airforce) even though he has never done that.

How high do you have to be to see the Earth's curvature and space?

[Wmatthies]

A Russian "G" flight suit, helmet and jacket but other than than that, nothing special.

I don't know the minimum height necessary to see the earth's curve but expect it is around 70,000, at least that's when I began to notice it.

Some day you may do much more than this. I too never would have expected to do something like this but it happened.

[001OMEGA100]

The MiG-25 was capable of high performance, including a maximum speed of Mach 3.2 and a ceiling of 90,000 ft (27,000 m), although on Aug. 31, 1977, an E-266M, a specially modified Foxbat, flown by MiG OKB Chief Test Pilot Alexander Fedotov, set the recognized absolute altitude record for a jet aircraft under its own power, reaching 123,523.58 ft (37,650 m) at Podmoskovnoye, USSR in a brief zoom climb. The record is the only recognized absolute record not held by a pilot from the United States

[ibaga]

its like a space shuttle with guns.  this jet is the coolest.

[sovietweapons]

@001OMEGA100 $200 you copied and pasted that from another website.

[sovietweapons]

@ibaga Actually the MiG-25 didn't carry any guns.

[Rivannous]

May the force be with you, Luke

[motorguzzi100]

English electric 1959 designed plane LOOKS DOWN on u2 spy plane and gave Americans a shock they did not believe another plane especially of 1959 design could fly above their spy plane and then the Brits had tsr2 but america shut it down lend lease they call it

[TheTemest]

Typical Russian back in the day. Not much to look out, but...........

[sizemosport]

The single-seat F15A on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, nicknamed "Streak Eagle," broke eight time-to-climb world records between Jan. 16 and Feb. 1, 1975. In setting the last of the eight records, it reached an altitude of 98,425 feet just 3 minutes, 27.8 seconds from brake release at takeoff and "coasted" to nearly 103,000 feet before descending.

The F-15 has never been defeated in air to air combat. 104-0

[JibbyQ]

I would love to be up there! Not so much without a pressure suit though...

[DarkstarNovembr]

why are russian aircraft cockpits that blue colour?

[BenGaut]

@Wmatthies You can start to see it around 40,000. Though, obviously, the higher you go, the more pronounced it becomes.