A fully fueled SR-71 takes off from Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, CA with a T-38 chase plane. SR-71 pilot: B C Thomas, RSO: J T Vida; T-38 crew: Tom Tilden, Phil Soucy, October 1987, photographed by Mike Relja.
I kept the airplane close to the runway to attain airborne single-engine minimum control speed as rapidly as possible. Single-engine control speed for a fully fueled SR-71 was around 260 knots, whereas the liftoff speed was 210 knots and maximum tire speed was 239 knots. The safest takeoff technique was to establish a level acceleration (speed increase) after main-wheel liftoff to exceed the single-engine minimum control speed quickly. After the minimum control speed was attained, then it was safe to pull up and accelerate away from the ground, finally reaching the climb speed of 450 knots (520 mph) shortly after the pull-up at time 0:21. The SR-71's airspeed at pull-up was 460 mph (400 knots). Everything happened very quickly as the video is only 1 minute, 4 seconds long, from lift-off to climb speed at an altitude of about 8,000 feet.
The SR-71 aircraft is #972 which now resides in The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport.
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By: Stratofreighter - 15th December 2015 at 23:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNw4Dg1luIA
An oldie but a goodie... ;)
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By: archangelski - 31st December 2015 at 13:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: Stratofreighter - 4th January 2016 at 21:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfq8M-feVuU
...and also see the "2016-thread" at
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?137484-How-Low-Can-You-Go-(2016) ;)
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By: archangelski - 16th January 2016 at 17:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 10th February 2016 at 10:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: WP840 - 10th February 2016 at 20:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Awesome! :eagerness:
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By: Stratofreighter - 19th February 2016 at 10:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtNoY5lABnE
More low level videos/photos?
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?137484-How-Low-Can-You-Go-(2016)/page2 :eagerness:
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By: Stratofreighter - 29th February 2016 at 21:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A rather recent very low Polish Mig-29 filmed from inside a vehicle:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-extremely-low-level-flyby-by-a-polish-mig-29-is-ju-1760308293
More low flying clips?
Try
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?137484-How-Low-Can-You-Go-(2016)/page2 ;)
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By: arquebus - 1st March 2016 at 11:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb1tdCz1vJ0&ebc=ANyPxKp8tm0x9sfjS8rS1EmIOWNibdkmEkFEcp7cPhmxVOeKd5jdjHDc6SzYr2bvTElYeSJUd162
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By: archangelski - 6th March 2016 at 13:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 25th March 2016 at 12:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 3rd April 2016 at 12:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: Stratofreighter - 19th April 2016 at 23:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePeE0jDj2ec
...a VERY low Sukhoi Su-33 ... :D
More low flyers?
See
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?137484-How-Low-Can-You-Go-(2016)/page4
elsewhere on the Key Publishing forum... :eagerness:
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By: Jō Asakura - 27th April 2016 at 23:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
F-22s doing the 'Mach Loop', NW England:
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By: archangelski - 29th April 2016 at 10:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 7th May 2016 at 14:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 13th May 2016 at 13:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 23rd May 2016 at 09:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 30th May 2016 at 08:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: archangelski - 12th June 2016 at 09:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00