THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST EVER F-35 UNRESTRICTED CLIMB EVER SEEN FROM RAF LAKENHEATH
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- It is Quick Climb Friday at RAF Lakenheath and the F-35's taxi via Sierra. The pilot requests an 'Unrestricted Climb' which not only was it cleared, but a term that we don't always hear as it is usually 'Quick Climb'. We had a funny feeling something different was about to happen with this quick climb...well, here it is!
The F-35A's are flown by two combat-ready squadrons at RAF Lakenheath, the 493d Fighter Squadron 'Grim Reapers' and the 495th Fighter Squadron 'Valkyries'.
So what is a Quick Climb/Unrestricted Climb?
Unlike the Typhoon which accelerates vertically after 9 seconds from brakes to take off, aircraft such as the F15E or F35A will usually clear the whole runway maintaining an altitude anywhere between 40-100ft with speeds of around 320mph and then pull the aircraft vertically or near vertical to quickly climb to the aircraft's cruising altitude. It is more commonly requested by the pilot as a "quick climb" more usual.
Why do they do Unrestricted climbs/PTOs/Quick climbs
There are many reasons such as clearing airspace barriers, short runways, to burn fuel before air-to-air refuelling or just to get to a destination quicker. But these are just a few reasons, one also could be to impress the Ted Coningsby Squadron...oooohhhh yeahhhhh!
What is a 'local climb'?
This is your standard departure, just a simple take-off
The F-35A is the U.S. Air Force’s latest fifth-generation fighter. It will replace the U.S. Air Force’s aging fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons and A-10 Thunderbolt II’s, which have been the primary fighter aircraft for more than 20 years, and bring with it an enhanced capability to survive in the advanced threat environment in which it was designed to operate. With its aerodynamic performance and advanced integrated avionics, the F-35A will provide next-generation stealth, enhanced situational awareness, and reduced vulnerability for the United States and allied nations.
F35A SPECS
Primary Function: Multirole fighter
Prime Contractor: Lockheed Martin
Power Plant: One Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 turbofan engine
Thrust: 43,000 pounds
Wingspan: 35 feet (10.7 meters)
Length: 51 feet (15.7 meters)
Height: 14 feet (4.38 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 70,000 pound class
Fuel Capacity: Internal: 18,498 pounds
Payload: 18,000 pounds (8,160 kilograms)
Speed: Mach 1.6 (~1,200 mph)
Range: More than 1,350 miles with internal fuel (1,200+ nautical miles), unlimited with aerial refueling
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Armament: Internal and external capability. Munitions carried vary based on mission requirements
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The inversion followed by a 180° roll at the top of the climb is a commonly used technique to level out the aircraft without pushing into high negative g, which is quite uncomfortable to experience. It is also better for the airframe.
It’s called Immelman Turn. Closest to a rocket launch an aircraft can get
@@marioschmitt4435 An Immelman turn is a half loop with a half roll at the end used to changed direction. That was an aileron roll.
@@marioschmitt4435 That is not an Immelman. And nothing to do with rockets. Time to get back to class.
@2whl4re -The F-35 did go ballistic all lift was supplied by the the engine not the lifting surfaces.
The F35 is the noisiest jet fighter I have ever heard, and I've been to several air shows, stretching back to the 1970s. Only a single engine, but the roar and sense of power from it is awesome. Reminds me a bit of an AC Cobra sports car climbing up a hill, probably the most impressive sound I've heard from a car engine.
The loudest military aircraft I ever heard was the Sea Vixen.
Never heard the Vulcan then?
@@deang5622 I was referring to jet fighters, not bombers. The Vulcan's brief runway howl was impressive, but still doesn't match the thunderous roar of an F35. And the Vulcan wasn't very noisy once airborne. One startled me, back in the '60s, by suddenly and silently swooping up from below some cliffs near Margate. It was like some massive bat with wings spread out. Didn't hear the engines until it was above me.
Superb climb and the roll out at the top he / she was certainly inverted at one spot
Yep. The aircrew rolls 180 degrees at the top of the vertical climb then pulls back on the stick bringing the aircraft to inverted level flight, then rolls 180 degrees again to right the aircraft, maintaining acceleration and positive G the entire time.
If pushed over would result in negative G and that's hard on the eyes and brain, (can cause retina damage/brain bleed) as well as loss of consciousness at 2-3 (negative) Gs.
The method used is better, smoother and "natural" feeling.
@@trunkmonkey9417 Airframes don't like negative G either.
@@hb1338 No, they do not. 🤓
(Retired USAF Aircraft Maintenance, Flying Aircrew Member, Aero Repair, Engines, Hydraulics and some other bits...)
Wow!! Words fail me. Cheers for that! BTW, ever thought of pinning Ted's beret on? It keeps toppling off his little bonce 😅
What? Pinned on? Noooooo! 😁The self-ejecting beret is a design feature!
Oiii oiii thank you so much. No, we can’t pin it, it would hurt 🤙🏼
holy moly that is so awesome
The best "unrestricted climb?" Three syllables: F-15.
Read the title please, never said it was better than the F-15.
Best I ever saw was an English Electric Lightning, mid runway from 10ft went vertical punching a hole in the clouds, the noise was tremendous.
Yes indeed, I also remember seeing an F15 doing a similar…… off the deck, wheels up , go vertical, far more impressive than the F35. The F15 was at waddington a good few years back.
Back in Kent Raf Manston in the 80s 1 Jaguar and a lightning doing short and ballistic take off.
My father flew some of the last Electric Lightnings in service. The variant that had finally become an effective fighter rather than a short range interceptor. So much is still classified about its performance. Awesome aircraft.
@@Cheeky-fingerswould that have been RAF Binbrook by any chance
@@andrewsmith7395 I had in my head Leconfield, but was quite young at that time so could have been Binbrook. The air show was all lightnings and spectacular it was too.
I love how after all this time and experience watching takeoffs, you still show full excitement like its your first time.... Speed/power NEVER gets old.
Thank you very much. Nikos’ enthusiasm is natural and is unlimited. He won’t ever stop getting excited.
I was very lucky to work as a contractor one day on the air force base, we got very very close to the planes while they taxied and take off, the noise and vibrations made the hairs on your arms stand up and gave me goose bumps all over, it was amazing
Was stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the mid-60's. Crew chief on F-100F, the two seater version. Had a ride in the back seat during weapons delivery training while TDY to Wheelus AFB in Libya. No unrestricted climbs in those old birds.
Than you could appreciate the clime of the Avro Arrow and it's 68,500 clime rate without the Orunda engines that were classified
Thanks for serving
I went to Lakenheath with the Air Training Corps in about 1960. It was occupied by the USAF at the time, so the food in the mess was unbelievable. Lots of thundering jets around, it was brilliant.
Nice
In what way was the food unbelievable?
@@BeyondLimits3D The air force has the best food in the armed services, with the Navy in a close second place.
@@xThrawn Awesome
@@xThrawn and then the army-- not stew again!!!
Never seen better than the English Electric Lightning for this trick.
Yeah...the Brits had a fighter that could go STRAIGHT UP from takeoff in the Fifties. It was called the English Electric Lightning!
i watched the dancing diamonds from the afterburner as the pilot piled on the throttle on the EE lightning, Made your lungs vibrate sitting on my chopper bike at the fence. So loud and powerful it made you nervous as it went vertical from the get go.
Another super unrestricted climb video/stream. Super duper that was by the Aircrews. Well done on capturing that Ted & Nikos.
Oiii oiii Margo 🤙🏼❤️ thank you very much
Awesome! I remember when i was in the RN FAA being on detachment at RAF Lossiemouth (way back) we used to watch the Lightnings take off. Just a few feet off the runway the wheels came up, the nose came up and it was straight up, like a missile and the noise was deafening! What an awesome sight!
Ooohhh yeah
Exactly ... rather more impressive than the delayed vertical shown in this video.
Back in the late 1960's I remember watching English Electric Lightning's do this, but going into a vertical climb much faster, pretty well just after take-off. However, that plane did have 2 engines, stacked vertically in the fuselage! In fact I saw this spectacle many times at the annual RAF Finningley Battle of Britain air displays.
The EE Lightning’s 2 RR Avons put out 16,360 lbs thrust each with afterburner, the F-35A’s single F135 puts out 43,000 lbs.
@@nigelclinning2448 The EE Lightning must have been a lighter plane. I seem to recall it had an insanely good power to weight ratio.
Aircraft in the UK cannot break the sound barrier over land unless it’s a QRA.
@@gdok6088
The EE is 1.03 thrust to weight empty.
The F35 is 1.07 so is marginally better.
The really impressive stat is that the two aircraft are separated by 50 years in aircraft development.
Makes you wonder where we'd be if the TSR2 project had gone to export and we'd continued developing from there.
@@digitalradiohacker Thanks for the info. That's very close, thrust to weight and as you say 50 years apart. Seeing an EE stand on its tail was always incredible. Yes, so sad they cancelled the TSR2 - the usual political short-sightedness.
Oooohhh Yeah!!!!! o7
Oiii oiii Richard thanks man ooohhhh yeah
Pilot: Tower please dorect me to the nearest refueller.
Tower: You had a full load on take off.
Pilot: Did you see my climb tower?
The F-15 Eagle can go supersonic in a vertical climb. My favorite jet fighter ever.
And still loved by pilots and the us air force. Although most F15c squads are getting moved to F35s, some are getting the new F15ex. They tweaked some things with the wings and rest of the airframe to make it more stable and faster, along with electronics to allow for a new 'hypersonic' 1000 mile missile that only they'll have for a while.
I was at an air show at RAF Finningley circa 1968/9 when an English Electric Lightning from take off, went vertical through the sound barrier…awesome.
😂
😱😱..wow!!!..now that was a take-off!!!👌....I am a keen aircraft photographer and always enjoy watching these F35s at displays. I have some fabulous photos of them taking off with that afterburner glowing!!..made for some awesome photos! .!!!... Great video, and thanks for sharing it, mate!👍😁 cheers
Goosebumps to anyone who has experienced a unrestricted climb.
Ooohhh yeah
I'm in love with f35 especially US upgraded version, can somebody hook us up please anybody,,
Keep in mind these aren't even the upgraded F-135 ECU engines, these are the original ones that were already very powerful. After Pratt & Whitney completes the Engine Core Upgrade to all variants of the F-35, not only will they be significantly louder💪it will also increase thrust by at least 10%, reduce fuel burn by 7%, increase range by 8% & increase electrical & systems cooling by more than 50%. The same engines the F-35 uses is also being used in the B-21 & the 6th Gen NGAD is using it as a base starting point with the goal being an engine that produces a minimum of 45,000 pounds of thrust. For those that may not know, the F-135 engine was developed directly from the F-119 engine used in the F-22.
😄. Elevator going Up,😅
Wat floor would you like 😂
Not enough power to go vert from take off but impressive
i love the teddy bear in the end!
Oii Oii thank you
Ooohhh yeahhh, full send Valkyries
Oii oiii Davey 🤙🏼❤️ ooohh yeah proper ‘Til Valhalla’ SENT!
Was at an air show in 1977 at RAF St Mawgan and saw an EE Lightning take off and go nose up, but a lot sooner than the F35 here.....WOW! Never forget that...
In the spring of 2006 at The Yankee Springs Air Museum at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, I saw a jet fighter (I never did get which one it was) do a climb like this F-35 in this video. Incredibly loud, but straight up. Wow.
Ooohhh yeah
They have nothing on Beowulf. She is a us Air Force major. Check her out
In fairness, these pilots are not qualified for demonstration flights, like the magnicificent "Beo" Wolfe gives, nor allowed to do such manoeuvres
Thrust:weight ratios >1 are truly a wonderful thing!
During Typhoon development, the test pilots at Warton were banned from showing off one of its party tricks (pulling up to a vertical climb as soon as the tail would clear the ground) due to concerns about tail strikes and (the bit that really impressed me) heat damage to the runway from the efflux.
I have heard that from more than one engineer who worked at Warton in the early-2000s, and given what we see Typhoon do at airshows I'd say it's plausible!
These F-35 pilots took off rather sedately and then waited until gear up at maybe a couple of hundred feet to pull up for the unrestricted climb. No danger of tail strike.
@@i-love-space390 Bunch of wimps, that's why 😉
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if you need to enter a special trials mode to attempt a "Typhoon test pilot" take-off in an F-35, a (fully-functional) F-35 is impressively good at keeping the pilot from hurting himself by doing something stupid.
Would love to see a vertical drag race between a Lightning and a Lightning II, despite it probably being a walkover for the former!
@@phillipbanes5484 no competition, by the time the lighting ll‘s computer had warmed up, the lighting F6 would be at 40 000 ft!
@@harriergr7728 Exactly! 👍🏼
@@harriergr7728 definetly & twin RR Avons no contest
@@phillipbanes5484funny you mention this. I would like see an F-35 equipped with external tanks. I think it would look awesome.
The old EEL could be off the ground in 10 - 12 seconds from a standing start and is a lot quicker in the air than the F35. From mach 0.9 the F35 can only get to mach 1.4 by the time an EEL is hitting mach 1.8
Hi Ted, first time chatter here. I just watched your F35 mass take off video from 2 month ago. Do they release a schedule of any sort or were you just lucky to view this spectacular event?
No public schedules are released. However, they do know when we are there so perhaps find out where we are 😎
Best I saw up close was an F-15 back before stealth…in 1978. Vertical after a short run, full afterburner take off. Unforgettable. 😊
Fat Amy can climb
Anyone who says the new gen aircraft are rubbish need to see this. Slam the throttles forward, stick hard back and smash the vertical air speed number off the top of the screen. Beautiful sight. And that little bum wiggle they always do about 5 seconds after brakes off on the LN tarmac ripples is super cute. Thank you once again TCS for bringing the scenes. Aahhh yeeeaaahhh.
The F35 is rubbish - but not in this area. Its a relatively small plane with 43k lb thrust. With that thrust level it should out perform anything.
English electric lightning, still better!
Oiii oiiii thank you. We are a military aviation channel and embrace the old with the present. We also appreciate feats in engineering, the F35 is a remarkable aircraft. Ooohhh yeah
It’s not about thrust, it’s not about speed as we are not talking about racing cars. It’s a combat aircraft, a fighter. It’s BVR is phenomenal which is more important than thrust. Over 100 miles to lock on targets, now this is performance. No external fuel tanks with a healthy range of 1200 miles, get in.
@@TedConingsby One of the reasons the plane is frankly garbage is that for all the hype, it simply doesn't match up well, and its fan boys love falling on their face. Its certified for Aim9x, Asraam, Amraam - so you have at best 40Mile range.
Block 4 requires a new engine, as the program falls on its face yet again, and that block 4 is now never likely to be achieved on the B model.
It's quotes as being a mach 1.6 aircraft - which given its thrust is pretty lame. But that 1.6 rating isn't one the plane can live with. Its got substantial limitations in place and thats before covering its terrible avail rates.
None the less, on take off, a moderately small plane with 43k lbs thrust is bound to be impressive.
Great share, @TedConingsby. As I suspected, July 7th 2023 was a Friday, which was when these types of flights were done back when I was a new F-111 guy at Lakenheath from '82-'84. As for the difference between the Typhoon (and other RAF jets) vertical climb profile and the USAF jets, common practice for the latter is to barrel down the runway first, then pull vertical near the end. I prefer the RAF version.
So here's a snappy 1:00 video of a USAF version (in an F-16): th-cam.com/video/gaUPd3dxnG4/w-d-xo.html
And a far more aggressive F-16 vertical takeoff (approx nine seconds after brake release): th-cam.com/video/h2U85x26KeU/w-d-xo.html
Were you there on thursday? 8 F15s, 7 took off, 9 F-35s and 2 of the top aces Alpha Jets
Here we go, into the wild blue yonder, here we go, into the sun! 👍
Ooohh yeah
AV climbs are based on the plane by that I mean I use to fly F-4 it is usually done at the speed of 250 knots but there was one Iranian pilot by the name of Eskandary he would preform the move at 480 knots and relative to the fighter jet that was the fastest in the world
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that coool nice F-35...
but need to add twin jetmotors in the F-35...
not single jetmotor...
F-16 falcon is a more fasttery speedy than F-35
FCF.. Functional Check Flight.
On F-16s after 30 days broke, or after certain maintenance a FCF was required before the plane was returned to service.
They were gassed up, and stripped down.
They would rotate the aircraft but not lift too far off the runway. Pull the gear up and you could get this cushion of air between the plane and the ground. Then at EOR, pull back on the stick and let the wave pop you up.
seems a huge debate over diff planes climb rate i will add this the last flying ee lightnings were in south africa they put an f18 hornet up against a lightning the lightning out climbed the f18 to 18000 ft .a fantastic beast of a plane in its day .as for the f35 in nikos video amazing climb and roll out the pilots at lakenheath all have amazing skills ! very good capture ted and nikos !!
What percentage of fuel is used in full afterburner climbs like that? I'm just curious. Thanks!
What a shame that this had to be shot against a clear blue, cloudless sky. Add in some cumulus clouds, and it would look even more amazing. Still... It's cool as poopies to witness! Thank you.
Imagine I huge veridical clime to the edge of space and then launching a missal and blowing up a satellite in orbit. They have used the F15 to do that very task almost 40 years ago back in 1985.
That was a great roll out of the top of the climb. 😎
America 💪🏻🇺🇸☝️👍
If I could only ride in a fighter one time, I’d request the aircraft’s max performance unrestricted climb from takeoff.
U ain't seen nutin till U see an SR-71 supersonic flyby - Edwards AFB . I thought my stomach was gonna EXPLODE ! Also , took a ride in an F-106B ! Now member of the 10 mile high club . Long live the USAF !!!
We would have loved to have seen an SR-71
It's not like older planes, it's a bit unassuming, then it climbs like a an Englsh Electric Lightning wow.
Full after burner take off and climb ,that would have used 60% of its fuel lucky to have 20 min of flight time left
Can I fit one of the F35 engines into my Toyota corolla and if so what fuel consumption can I expect in urban areas?
A narrator on another page stated that the SU35 is comparable to the F35😅
Both have 35 and both are airplanes. Thats it. 😅
Going outbound for his $100,000 hamburger and chips stop off.
Had two of these down at Culdrose recently. drew quite a crowd, noise was immense .....seriously impressive aircraft.
They look like a stupid shopping buggy until the wheels are up. LOL.
Wife and I stationed at the Heath, both of us ATC, 83 to 86. Got a ride in a 111 up over the Wash. Just so quiet inside, so deserving of the Electric Jet moniker. Kinda miss seeing our squat control tower over next to the fence and radar antenna.
Awesome, a thank you to you and your wife for serving 🤙🏼
I watched a b1 lancer complete a mock bombing run and pull up in a afterburner climb 😮
GE high Quality engines can perform much better
Commander: send it high altitude
Pilot: saynoemow
F-15 Eagles 🦅 do it better.
Ted videos are Amazing love you guys. Alan 🏴🏴🏴🏴
Oiii oiii Alan 🤙🏼🏴 thanks for joining us ooohhh yeah 🤙🏼
oi oi! great use of my taxes and beautifully filmed thanks Ted xx
A friend of mine.lives very near RAF Marham. They fly over daily noisy nooooo
Careful not to go near the air intake Ted! Hear it's expensive.
Awesome stuff! Ted you better get your anti G fur in tiptop condition for your ride with the Valkyries (cue music from Wagner!)
Hehe, I do indeed. Gotta get the special coating in tip top condition as I know how they fly. Can’t wait
It has a new engine, second to none in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When you absolutely positively have to be there before noon!!
That spin @2:35 is beautiful =]
Ooohhh yeah
You should attend OSH you get to see that every day several times a day.
I believe that roll, as he levelled out at the top of the climb, was so that the g-force on the pilot would be positive. You can withstand more positive gs than negative.
Possibly
Feels so weird not seeing F-15Cs at Lakenheath.
There are F-15E Strike Eagles there
@@TedConingsby just not the same. Air Superiority Eagles are the only true and pure Eagles.
@@ironroad18 F15E Strike Eagles have an advantage having a WSO, this is very effective
Watch out!! The training wheels are off!!
Does the F16 still hold the climb to altitude record ?
What was that? Looked like an Immelmann to me. Cool vid!
My state just banned my gas lawnmower...
Thank you Lakenheath for bringing us the F-35!
Oii oiii David 🤙🏼 ooohhh yeah
Courtesy of the American taxpayer.
2000 to 2004 for me at Lakenheath, good times.
ZoooommM!!!
Oohh yeah
No trails left behind on the accent?
I like the F-35. But don’t find it nearly as exciting as the F-22 in an air a show. Truthfully my favorite “Air Force” of all time… I’ve been flying since 1986, is grew up next I Holloman AFB just to the east in the Sacramento Mountains….. is the F-15.
I ended up in the Navy in carrier aviation 1988 and was completely won over by the F-14. If I could change anything in Navy Aviation it would have been to continue developing more advanced F-14’s with a single engine light attack a craft replacing the A-7 OR delaying the F-18 until it was as capable as the 95% completely new Super Hornet.
I believe the Super Hornet is one of the best attack aircraft of all time but the Hornets range as a dismal failure.
All aircraft are different in many ways, all pilots find a way 🤙🏼
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Ooohhh yeah
And that appears to be with a tailwind too!
At 2:02 he comes out of afterburner, then a couple of seconds later puts it back on, I noticed F-15Es doing the same thing when taking off from here, anyone know why?
We think it’s to not overspeed which can cause a few issues on the landing gear sometimes. Then it’s whacked back on
Not an unrestricted climb. That was a very obvious climb to an assigned altitude. The roll, pull, roll was the level off at the assigned altitude. Jet pilots do that to avoid negative G that would result from a push to level out. Negative G is to be avoided at all cost because it greatly reduces your G tolerance to a subsequent positive G pull which could result in GLOC (G Induced Loss of Consciousness). Studies have shown that a pilot can black out from as little as 2G following a -1G push. It can be deadly because you can go night night at a G load that you would normally have no concern over. Also the young, tall, fit males that most people picture when they think "fighter pilot" on average have the worst G tolerance. Short, old, slightly rounded types have much better G tolerance due to generally higher blood pressure and less distance between the heart and the head.
This was an unrestricted climb, this is my job. Thank you
I fully expected this video to be lame click bait but watched anyway. DUDE! Those guys were headed for outerspace in a hurry. The average person doesn't understand that those planes, full of fuel, weigh about as much as a concrete truck, full of concrete.
Welcome to the TCS 🤙🏼 we aim to please
Way back sometime in the late 1960’s I witnessed a Marine F-4 Phantom do an unrestricted, full after burner climb directly over me as I sat in my boat on the Beaufort River during the Beaufort Water Festival. The announcer told everyone on the loudspeaker that they better pay attention because what they were going to see wouldn’t last very long at all. The pilot did a low level pass and turned the plane directly vertical. Those two fiery holes disappeared into the sky in just a matter of a few seconds. The sound was incredibly loud and then it was gone just as fast as those two fiery holes were gone. I was then, and remain to this day amazed!
F-4s are very loud!
@@fiveyorks and smokey!
Perspective is everything. Zoom-ins miss much action. Nice video!
F-106 and EE lightning like - meh 😒 lol 😆
Super content. The F-35 is growing on me…
Thank you very much
We make such amazing technological wonders for war. Are we not smart enough to direct our skills towards peace and prosperity 100% ??
You’ve missed the point. The aircraft are a sign of peace 🤙🏼
Straight up and accelerating, and accelerating, and still going.
How far can they climb before they have to level out?
They can climb to what flight level they have been cleared to. Usually FL100-170 but I’ve heard on rare occasions higher
You need reference points like clouds to truly appreciate the climb rate.
Exactly right!....the image in the centre of the screen tells nothing without a reference. The aircraft could be traveling at 50 knots and you would never know.
No. You need a camera that is not panning and is zoomed out.
Airplane ? More like Airrocket !
The 35 is a slug compared to f16 and 15 but it's sensor suite and avionics it's superior in every respect.
It’s a very versatile aircraft and it is very quick too, but it’s not about racing or cars, it’s about combat
That was ghetto .....Now you wanna watch something watch the F-22 Raptor. 😂
We’ve seen F-22s. We have videos of them and one impressive quick climb 🤙🏼
Very enjoyable vid, thanks. My major observation, as a very humble PPL holder, is @1.23 I notice the pilot is taking off 'down wind'.......... however, I suppose with that much horse power/thrust in a F-35 you really don't give a flying fig!!!! I certainly couldn't go vertical in my, vne 100mph, MT-03 autogyro!!!!!
That was awesome love it ❤from 🏴
Ooohh yeah