+Bountifull Sun So true, Today all shows on Discovery are Reality shows. Dumb shows on auctions or gold miners, when the program is about these dumb people's lives, on who said what to who, instead of professional knowledge. So pity.
i hate what the discovery channel has become. in the 90s it was pretty much all i watched and it was amazing. I cant believe that no one seems to be interested in these type of programming anymore.
to be honest, in my childhood i didnt watch cartoon network, nickelodeon etc, i watch Discovery channel ( this serie Wings Of The Red Star is one fo the reason why )
Kolo Mark posted: Isn't that the truth! We must get away from all this scripted and even most non-scripted reality trash that so many channels, Discovery included seem to feel the need to broadcast. They show useless junk instead of proper, informative programming most of the time.
Kolo Mark I watched Discovery Wings since early on in elementary school. I can certainly tell you it's better than most crap on the Military Channel now...
JGZulu Well, at least you have a military channel :( Here in germany there is nothing like that around for miles *haha* No Mail Call, no WIngs no nothing..... ohhh wait, i have youtube. That will work *hehe* ;)
I am tired of this "who's better bullshit". These were GREAT fighters ... for their time. AND if they ever engaged I don't think we would have lived long enough to ponder the "best".
Oh man I miss the Wings program. I LOVED this show, and especially the narrator. Also watching this re-confirms a theory I developed in the late 90s - that all of these programs, and even some later ones on the History channel, revolved around Francis Gary Powers and his U-2 flight. I feel like I got to know that mission intimately over the years.
magna4100 I prefer the calm and informative British style of documentaries over the "modern" American style, with their fast, flashy, often shaking and "sensationalist" yet repetitive editing.
I don't know if it's just me, but Peter Ustinovs narrative style is very similar to Laurence Olivier's in The World at War. On an aside, having the read comments I was expecting to hate this documentary. Actually it's very good. It's quite interesting seeing the different aircraft produced by the US and USSR. Given their resources, it is amazing how impressive some of the aircraft the Soviet Union produced are. The F15 may have been overkill for the Mig 25, but it wasn't for the Mig 29 or SU 27
I also loved that series. My wife bought me the dvd set for The World at war a few years ago. Great show, hard to believe it was made 50 years ago but time flies when you’re having fun.
Back when Discovery Channel and it's mates were actually good! Hasn't been worth much for several years now. I miss this channel! Ya'll have a great day!
Mig - 25s are rare to see these days... I would like to have one of the Iragi Mig-25s in a museum or airshow. I love the engines on them they are the ultimate big loud power maker!
The “self destruct” button the narrator mentions around 8:50 when he says “the g force was too much and Powers couldn’t hit the button so he had to eject” that does not mean the U-2 was equipped with a device that could destroy the entire plane. That would’ve been an immense system and added way too much unnecessary weight that Lockheed was already worried about which is why the early U2 planes weren’t even painted was to conserve weight. There was however a button to hit that would self destruct the camera and film when hit but Lockheed already knew when or if a U2 was ever downed it would remain largely intact & they were right bc Powers’s plane was largely intact & intact everything in the cockpit including all of his personal belongings, survival kit which included gold coins & watches for bartering release if ever downed behind enemy lines during a conflict & captured, along with Powers’s personal diary. Had Powers been able to hit the self destruct button for the camera & film it’s likely this wouldn’t of even been a noticeable incident as there would be literally nothing on the plane since it was never an armed plane & the camera was the only part that would indicate it as a spy plane so had he been able to hit that button it was believed by Kelly Johnson, the engineers at Skunk Works, The USAF brass, & Powers himself that the Soviets would’ve simply found an unarmed plane with zero weapons or attachments and Powers wouldn’t of been paraded as a prisoner and it wouldn’t of been an international incident. Although Powers was treated exceptionally well by the Soviets having never ever been abused, forced to talk about anything (he didn’t know anything) the Soviets had all they needed in the plane itself, & in fact he spent his time sewing Soviet era rugs, was fed great, treated great by soviet guards & in his own words “had some of the best damn vodka he’s ever had in his life” The Movie “Bridge of Spies” took parts of the story above & beyond as Hollywood always tends to do especially the “cyanide” capsules & the whole “you tell them nothing” part. They were given capsules but it was never told to them how the movie portrayed it. That capsule was a LAST RESORT of having been a prisoner and only to be used if the prisoner favored death over whatever means of interrogation or torture he was subject to. There was also a pin where they could scratch the skin & death would be caused by pufferfish toxin but they only made 1 I believe & Powers did not ever receive or carry one. This was not his “first flight” he was a very accomplished U2 pilot contrary to the myths. If you wanna know anything more about Powers feel free to ask I’m likely 1 of the best sources you’ll come across. How is that? FGP is my Great Uncle
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The west (USA mainly) over estimated mig 25 and we got an aircraft that controlled the skies for 30 years the f15 (if the government would worry quality over costs we would get more amazing military equipment like the f15)
Fenster Mayhew When you have designed an aircraft as old as the MiG25 is now that STILL holds world speed and altitude records, let us know Mr. "piece of shit."
Fenster Mayhew Nope, I'm afraid the MiG25 still holds the world altitude record, and it was fast enough to intercept an SR - which would have been much slower had, like the MiG25, it actually carried any drag-inducing ordnance. Sorry if the facts offend your staggering immaturity level.
Accelerate the Mach 3.2 and disappear? Ye, the pilots were recommended not to fly past 2.83, 3.2 was possible but it meant you would damage the engines quite a lot.
You can damage 'any' aircraft if you fly too fast...every aircraft has a 'do not exceed' speed. In most cases, however, atmospheric resistant sheers your wings off before your engines burn out.
Two MiG-25 recon birds overflew Israel in 67 at Mach 3.5. According to Viktor Belenko, the defector, the engines would accelerate out of control at Mach 3 or more. He said both pilots were lucky to be alive. Pilots were restricted not to go over 2.8 mach, according to his biography.
I got my time line mixed up. The Soviet Union knew nothing of the SR-71 until it went operational. The MIG-25 was an interceptor designed to shoot down supersonic bombers. What the Soviets feared most.
true, and what's not widely known is what actually knocked him down wasn't the missile, it was the fighter sent to intercept him exploding. Powers had suffered an engine burnout, which brought him to 55,000ft, within range of both. The Russians didn't take chances, so they threw both at him.
I got to meet Major Bielenko that flew a mig 25 to japan. He died in a yak 9 corkscrewed into the ground in Oregon with one of my best friends Mike Warren. Hes the pilot that put a Cessna into power lines and hung upside down in 18,000 volt lines near the airport. This plane was taken apart and crated and sent back in tool boxes. Amazing amount of steel in the Mig25 that was rusty.
Wrong. All actual evidence and testimony from people who actually examined the aircraft states that it was brand-new - among their newest production aircraft. Even if so ill-maintained, its steel would have had no time to rust.
"There is still argument between American and Russian authorities about the extent to which MiG used the Vigilante as a starting point to their design." I'm not saying that it's the case, but the A-5 Vigilante held the world altitude record for 13 years until the record was broken by the Soviets. Namely, a *MiG-25* broke the record.
best line in the whole documentary "an Israeli F4-Phantom attempted to intercept one of the Mig 25's, it simply excelerated to mach 3.2 and disappeared"... fucking awesome
Notice the wingtip fins, which were later deleted? It took a looooooooonnnnngggg runway. And it doesn't resemble the B-70 at all. It actually resembles the F-15 Eagle the most. Soviets didn't allow independent pilot action. All was ground controlled. Interception and permission to launch weapons. Though Western pilots are still mostly restricted to permission to launch, except during combat.
39:03 Woah, woah, woah there Peter Ustinov.. The F-14 had the Link 4C fighter-to-fighter datalink. Almost exactly what is described here. It allowed them to cooperate and coordinate attacks with their Phoenix missiles and the maximum detection range of the AWG-9 radar wasn't even attainable unless they had more than one aircraft working together over Link 4C. And I'm also pretty sure by the time the MiG-31 was around in numbers Link 16 was at least on the horizon, so I call bullshit in the most strenuous terms.
The radar and missiles of the Foxhound were the downfall of the Blackbird. The plane couldn't do much better than the MiG-25, but it was more maneuverable, plus the radar was much more capable, and it's missiles were basically copies of the Phoenix carried by the F-14, and could have taken out a Blackbird. They did numerous intercepts of Blackbirds over the years, and basically caused the SR-71 to be taken out of service. The Foxhound couldn't catch a Blackbird, but it's missiles could. It was kind of an F-15 with F-14 missiles... Have a great day!
The section on the radar was removed. I have it on my VHS recording. The section is about how the radar was the first phased array radar in a fighter aircraft. That it had longer range then the F-14 radar. And that the F-14 Radar was not fully electronically scanned.
That is the MiG-31's radar. This video is a shortened version of: "Wings of Russia. MiG-25 and MiG-31. Best In Class (1 of 2)" "Wings of Russia. MiG-25 and MiG-31. Best In Class (2 of 2)"
Wings of the Red Star. I have episodes on VHS. I have this episode on VHS. It sticks when it plays due to the tape having degraded. It's Sir Peter Ustinov narrating. Look when he died. Made in 1993. However, both programmes did use some of the same stock soviet film footage.
I don't get how it's top speed is so close to SR-71 when the SR had about 18,000 more pounds of thrust and less drag. Plus the adjustable intakes were more advanced.
B-1a was cancelled due to the then top secret F-117 which made the B-1 obsolete. Didn't help that the terrain following radar of the B-1 could be detected 100 miles out.
I met someone who left Russia after the Soviet Union fell apart, and he told me the MIG-25 was nicknamed "the flying lunch" at his airbase because of the alcohol it carried.
B-58 was a single purpose aircraft for nuclear weapon delivery... Nuke and pave was discussed for Vietnam, but not pursued, so the B-58 didn't have a job in SE Asia.
Politics and all th international moronics aside, I gotta say it seems like an awesome plane. And I really like the sound of it.. "Alcohol carrier". I heard him say it was pronounced "spjotovors" in Russian but I guess I got that wrong.. Anyways what a awesome piece of work this MiG-25 is/was.
I LOVE WATCHING THESE! IM SO FASCINATED BY WHAT THE SOVIETS WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE! WHEN THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO SOMTHING ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS! THEY DONT TAKE "NO" AS AN OPTION AND "FAILURE" IS A DEATH SENTENCE! BUT I GOTTA SAY I REALLY ADMIRE THEIR WORK ETHIC AND THEM BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. ALSO THEY ALWAYS OVER ENGINEER FOR 💪 STRENGTH AND BUILT THEM "ON TIME" & "UNDER BUDGET" UNLIKE US HEAR IN THE USA 🇺🇸 WE TEND TO BUILT OUR PLANES LIKE SWISS WATCHES THAT MAKES THEM SENSITIVE AND TOO MANY COMPUTERS THAT CAN FAIL OR TAKE THEM OFF THE READINESS LIST. THE RUSSIANS ONLY NEED A SLEDGEHAMMER AND SCREWDRIVER TO WORK ON THEIR PLANES ....AND US WE NEED MAGNIFYING GLASS THERMOMETER'S & A "FINE TOOTH" COMB AND MAYBE YOU'LL FIX IT OR MAYBE NOT AND ONLY IF YOU HAVE "50" JET AIRCRAFT MECHANICS TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM!
From the jungles of Vietnam, to the Bekea Valley in Syria, Soviet fighters no matter what varients, Mig 21 to Mig 25, the wreckeg of these Soviet wonder weapons are strewn across the land, American fighter were superior in every aspect.
You get that this was an analog TV broadcast from the early 90s, right? I'll bet you find Tintypes of Abe Lincoln have really poor video compression, too ;-)
When the Soviet Pilot, Viktor Belenko, flew his Mig-25 into our hands we almost thought it was a ruse. The patch work of "duct tape and machine screws" that held the Foxbat together made it a Joke in the West. Shoddy repairs should have been expected because the USSR was almost bankrupt and did what they had to do on a very limited budget. The West didn't prevail over the USSR and their Bloc because we were superior, but prevailed because our Defense Budgets were just an impossible dream to the sickly Economy of the Soviets and their allies. We simply outspent them at every turn. The US Defense Budget wasted more money than the entire USSR Defense Budget had in total. I sort of felt bad for them even though I worked for the DoD for over 35 years. Their attempt to equal the US Military on a shoestring budget was an embarrassment to the whole "Communist Dream". It always comes down to MONEY in this World. The Mig-25 truly was a World Class plane IF you can afford to maintain and fly the darned thing as intended.
+randy109 The story was a bit different. Due to the superb flight performance, the west expected the Mig-25 to be a super expensive and complex aircraft. When they got their hands on it, they were shocked of the simplicity. Because they did not think would be possible to construct such an aircraft that simple and capable to be mass produced. Soviet engineers simply outclassed the west in that regard.
+randy109 Wo are you serious? People in Soviet Union were fed propaganda, but I wasn't aware people in the U.S, especially working for DoD were fed even more shallow BS stories.
+randy109 They weren't quite on a shoestring budget. That's why the civilian population suffered, as there was no priority for building a mass consumption economy. Their economy would peak at ~50% the GDP per capita vs. the USA/west and at about 1/3 at its worst (excluding the end of WWII) And the regime made absolutely no difference, be it feudalism, agro-capitalism, centralized planned economy, putin-ist resource economy,. Russia's been trying to catch up since Peter the Great.
Peter Ustinov was a terrific narrator for this series. I miss this tv show and Mr. U ❤
Rest in peace
Thanks for taking me back to falling asleep on the couch listening to this when I was seven. This is incredible
Love it, thank you very much for sharing, just love these documentaries.
Peter Ustinov makes everything sound important.
+john james
Peter Ustinov was an awesome human being
agreed!
true...
Haha!Especially at 33:00"The MiG-25 had been designed to counter the high altitude, mach 3, B-70, Valkyrie." I love how he words that! XD
Peter Ustinov was an awesome human being........... I AGREE
Old discovery channel will be missed.
A tip : you can watch series on kaldrostream. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.
@Dallas Chandler Definitely, been watching on KaldroStream for years myself =)
@Dallas Chandler yup, I've been watching on kaldrostream for since november myself =)
@Dallas Chandler Definitely, have been using kaldrostream for since december myself :)
Back when there was a discovery channel.
I haven't watched Discovery Channel in years, I assume it's depressing reality shows now?
+Bountifull Sun So true, Today all shows on Discovery are Reality shows. Dumb shows on auctions or gold miners, when the program is about these dumb people's lives, on who said what to who, instead of professional knowledge. So pity.
True brother..true
Mike Manners
Mike Manners. exactly. True. our generation is long dead.
i hate what the discovery channel has become. in the 90s it was pretty much all i watched and it was amazing. I cant believe that no one seems to be interested in these type of programming anymore.
We are interested but they are not producing it. They Carter to losers with little to no tension span.
@@smithwerber414 you're right. well at least we have the great left overs here on youtube.
I ate this shit up growing up😅
to be honest, in my childhood i didnt watch cartoon network, nickelodeon etc, i watch Discovery channel ( this serie Wings Of The Red Star is one fo the reason why )
Goof for you. You're a better thinker and well informed for it.
oh man...back when Discovery Channel was good
Kolo Mark posted:
Isn't that the truth! We must get away from all this scripted and even most non-scripted reality trash that so many channels, Discovery included seem to feel the need to broadcast. They show useless junk instead of proper, informative programming most of the time.
Kolo Mark I watched Discovery Wings since early on in elementary school. I can certainly tell you it's better than most crap on the Military Channel now...
JGZulu Well, at least you have a military channel :( Here in germany there is nothing like that around for miles *haha* No Mail Call, no WIngs no nothing..... ohhh wait, i have youtube. That will work *hehe* ;)
Scoobz187 you have October fest that's better than the discovery Channel
Ain't that the Truth ! ! !
Peter Ustinov was a superb narrator
He was a superb human being overall.
Read his books if you get a chance.
James Fitzgerald : Sir Peter Ustinov pls!!!
Cold War was the glorious days of Aviation
It's amazing how technology advances when two superpowers are both scared and trying to one-up one another. Competition is good for advancement.
@@ZC.AndrewActually, it's terrible that a nation's basis for existence is war.
I am tired of this "who's better bullshit". These were GREAT fighters ... for their time. AND if they ever engaged I don't think we would have lived long enough to ponder the "best".
Then don't read them. This is for enthusiasts who enjoy the exchanges.
yes true.the best is the pilot whos on his game that day ...not the equipment ,it helps but the human is driving the thing
@@miint588 Its just the same Yanks over and over again
Nice to see some Discovery, when it still was discovery
Its 2019 and its drama crap now.
Aaaaah, back when History Channel, Discovery et al gave us good informative yet highly entertaining programming. I suppose it couldn't last forever.
Oh man I miss the Wings program. I LOVED this show, and especially the narrator. Also watching this re-confirms a theory I developed in the late 90s - that all of these programs, and even some later ones on the History channel, revolved around Francis Gary Powers and his U-2 flight. I feel like I got to know that mission intimately over the years.
Peter Ustinov is long dead by now, may he rest in Peace, miss his voice too. Especially on the BBC.
Excellent documentary. Superb aircraft. Also, impressive commentary/commentator.
magna4100 Primitive and crude aircraft.
magna4100 I prefer the calm and informative British style of documentaries over the "modern" American style, with their fast, flashy, often shaking and "sensationalist" yet repetitive editing.
Asbjørn Grandt I can agree with that
Asbjørn Grandt It sounds like Peter Ustinov.
+Guy Wood And it says so in the credits.
Superb narration, in terms of the text, as well as the delivery and the mellifluous voice of Peter Ustinov.
The Mig 25 may not have been the aircraft the West thought it was.. But, It was still a great & formidable looking bird!
They had such cool aircraft back then. U2, SR-71, XB-70, B-58, MiG-25, MiG-31, so cool!
Excellent documentary! Thanks for posting. Another great aircraft in the spirit of Artyom Mikoyan!!!!
I don't know if it's just me, but Peter Ustinovs narrative style is very similar to Laurence Olivier's in The World at War. On an aside, having the read comments I was expecting to hate this documentary. Actually it's very good. It's quite interesting seeing the different aircraft produced by the US and USSR. Given their resources, it is amazing how impressive some of the aircraft the Soviet Union produced are. The F15 may have been overkill for the Mig 25, but it wasn't for the Mig 29 or SU 27
I also loved that series. My wife bought me the dvd set for The World at war a few years ago. Great show, hard to believe it was made 50 years ago but time flies when you’re having fun.
Vintage Discovery Channel, cannot beat it!!!!!!
I miss this show
Back when Discovery Channel and it's mates were actually good! Hasn't been worth much for several years now. I miss this channel! Ya'll have a great day!
This is how you make documentaries, where you LEARN something. Are you watching Discovery/NetGeo?
Mig - 25s are rare to see these days... I would like to have one of the Iragi Mig-25s in a museum or airshow. I love the engines on them they are the ultimate big loud power maker!
Foxbat is a cool old plane. Built for speed!
If Anyone know the Piano piece at minute 19:05 please share your knowledge.
I would really love to learn the name of the piece.
Great Documentary.
Mig 25 was the king of the cold war.
The “self destruct” button the narrator mentions around 8:50 when he says “the g force was too much and Powers couldn’t hit the button so he had to eject” that does not mean the U-2 was equipped with a device that could destroy the entire plane. That would’ve been an immense system and added way too much unnecessary weight that Lockheed was already worried about which is why the early U2 planes weren’t even painted was to conserve weight. There was however a button to hit that would self destruct the camera and film when hit but Lockheed already knew when or if a U2 was ever downed it would remain largely intact & they were right bc Powers’s plane was largely intact & intact everything in the cockpit including all of his personal belongings, survival kit which included gold coins & watches for bartering release if ever downed behind enemy lines during a conflict & captured, along with Powers’s personal diary. Had Powers been able to hit the self destruct button for the camera & film it’s likely this wouldn’t of even been a noticeable incident as there would be literally nothing on the plane since it was never an armed plane & the camera was the only part that would indicate it as a spy plane so had he been able to hit that button it was believed by Kelly Johnson, the engineers at Skunk Works, The USAF brass, & Powers himself that the Soviets would’ve simply found an unarmed plane with zero weapons or attachments and Powers wouldn’t of been paraded as a prisoner and it wouldn’t of been an international incident. Although Powers was treated exceptionally well by the Soviets having never ever been abused, forced to talk about anything (he didn’t know anything) the Soviets had all they needed in the plane itself, & in fact he spent his time sewing Soviet era rugs, was fed great, treated great by soviet guards & in his own words “had some of the best damn vodka he’s ever had in his life” The Movie “Bridge of Spies” took parts of the story above & beyond as Hollywood always tends to do especially the “cyanide” capsules & the whole “you tell them nothing” part. They were given capsules but it was never told to them how the movie portrayed it. That capsule was a LAST RESORT of having been a prisoner and only to be used if the prisoner favored death over whatever means of interrogation or torture he was subject to. There was also a pin where they could scratch the skin & death would be caused by pufferfish toxin but they only made 1 I believe & Powers did not ever receive or carry one. This was not his “first flight” he was a very accomplished U2 pilot contrary to the myths. If you wanna know anything more about Powers feel free to ask I’m likely 1 of the best sources you’ll come across. How is that? FGP is my Great Uncle
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New drinking game: take a shot every time the narrator says "extremely"
Thank you for uploading this episode in its entirety. Been looking for this episode since the one uploaded by BitnikGr was wrongfully taken down.
Who is the narrator for this video? Probably the best documentary voice ever.
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
Sir Peter Ustinov.
Nobby Styles.
I wish this guy could narrate my day to day life.
Peter Ustinov won two oscar's and spoke fluent Russian
I have flown a Foxbat. Back in the 80s there was a company in Moscow that would hook you up. Not cheap, but worth every penny.
The west (USA mainly) over estimated mig 25 and we got an aircraft that controlled the skies for 30 years the f15 (if the government would worry quality over costs we would get more amazing military equipment like the f15)
This is what Discovery used to be. Informative educational programs. Present time.. its a joke. "Reality crap".
Спасибо за все, что ты сделала в этом году.
Basically adding the most power they could without making the frame better
Made of steel, arc welded and runs on coal, like most soviet vehicles.
Joe Stalin catching fire when using full throttle?
24:34 parked in front of the MiG-25 just to the left facing the camera is the MiG-105 Spiral space plane test vehicle.
i believe that's Monino aircraft museum. Been there, nice place, but underfunded. Holds on the shoulders of volunteers. Sad.
5:05 That background music, doesn't it reminded you of the Borat fake Kazakhstan national anthem?
Really want this beautiful plane in DCS !
The foxbat was an important advance for the russians and earned its place in aviation history. It has a unique brutally aggressive appearance.
lol its a peace of shit but at least it looks good rite
Fenster Mayhew When you have designed an aircraft as old as the MiG25 is now that STILL holds world speed and altitude records, let us know Mr. "piece of shit."
Grand Inquisitor Well said!
Fenster Mayhew
Nope, I'm afraid the MiG25 still holds the world altitude record, and it was fast enough to intercept an SR - which would have been much slower had, like the MiG25, it actually carried any drag-inducing ordnance. Sorry if the facts offend your staggering immaturity level.
Grand Inquisitor if the mig-25 wasnt such a piece of shit maybe it would have had internal weapons bays like the YF-12 lol idiots ;-)
A very beautiful aircraft and fast as well
a brutally powerful aeroplane. stainless steel. zoom climb into space !
Accelerate the Mach 3.2 and disappear? Ye, the pilots were recommended not to fly past 2.83, 3.2 was possible but it meant you would damage the engines quite a lot.
I heard that running the afterburner just destroyed those engines
Mike Lit Ye, the limit was Mach 2.83 but it could run Mach 3.2 but it would seriously damage the engines.
+Zava laughing till the soviet union dissolves from upkeep costs :P
+Zava it's 19 trillion I'll have you know!
You can damage 'any' aircraft if you fly too fast...every aircraft has a 'do not exceed' speed. In most cases, however, atmospheric resistant sheers your wings off before your engines burn out.
Here’s to hoping some one restores all this footage and these episodes and publishes it on HD optical media. I’d be the first in line. TAKE MY MONEY.
anyone know what song in the background at 21:37 is based on? is that a show original?
Two MiG-25 recon birds overflew Israel in 67 at Mach 3.5. According to Viktor Belenko, the defector, the engines would accelerate out of control at Mach 3 or more. He said both pilots were lucky to be alive. Pilots were restricted not to go over 2.8 mach, according to his biography.
MIG 25 is a Mach 3 interceptor. Built to counter the then threat of the USAF XB-70 Valkyrie as well as SR-71 "Blackbird"
Charles Harris the SR-71 was never nor will ever be a threat to the Soviet air force
beeroosterm well yeah
I got my time line mixed up. The Soviet Union knew nothing of the SR-71 until it went operational. The MIG-25 was an interceptor designed to shoot down supersonic bombers.
What the Soviets feared most.
+Charles Harris No Mig-25 nor Mig-31 ever got close to an SR-71 probably because the SR-71 avoided Mig-25 and 31 bases :P
Pablo Jay Mig 25's tried to intercept the SR-71 but were unable to keep up with it. She simply outran them.
I miss discovery wings. It was a good channel.
Powers climbed out of the jet and jumped with a chute because the "eject" button was in fact the jet detonation button.
true, and what's not widely known is what actually knocked him down wasn't the missile, it was the fighter sent to intercept him exploding. Powers had suffered an engine burnout, which brought him to 55,000ft, within range of both. The Russians didn't take chances, so they threw both at him.
Wrong..there was no ejection seat on early model U-2's. They were rejected by Kelly Johnson on the basis of weght
I got to meet Major Bielenko that flew a mig 25 to japan. He died in a yak 9 corkscrewed into the ground in Oregon with one of my best friends Mike Warren. Hes the pilot that put a Cessna into power lines and hung upside down in 18,000 volt lines near the airport. This plane was taken apart and crated and sent back in tool boxes. Amazing amount of steel in the Mig25 that was rusty.
Stop making things up. Belenko is still alive, you are referencing Alexander Zuyev
hellman9655
He died with my best friend on board, Mike Warren he did die and I wouldnt lie about a friends death.
Wrong. All actual evidence and testimony from people who actually examined the aircraft states that it was brand-new - among their newest production aircraft. Even if so ill-maintained, its steel would have had no time to rust.
maintainance is impossible in the conditions that this aircraft operated out no hangers at all.
Anyone know where I can find that 8bit version of the Cossacks Song they use in the background? I can't find it and it is stuck in my head.
"There is still argument between American and Russian authorities about the extent to which MiG used the Vigilante as a starting point to their design."
I'm not saying that it's the case, but the A-5 Vigilante held the world altitude record for 13 years until the record was broken by the Soviets. Namely, a *MiG-25* broke the record.
best line in the whole documentary "an Israeli F4-Phantom attempted to intercept one of the Mig 25's, it simply excelerated to mach 3.2 and disappeared"... fucking awesome
I would like to speak to death's Manager about returning Ustinov to us
Notice the wingtip fins, which were later deleted? It took a looooooooonnnnngggg runway. And it doesn't resemble the B-70 at all. It actually resembles the F-15 Eagle the most. Soviets didn't allow independent pilot action. All was ground controlled. Interception and permission to launch weapons. Though Western pilots are still mostly restricted to permission to launch, except during combat.
Interesting that the engines were conceived to power a drone. I didn't realize drone technology was in application back then.
Awesome aircraft. : )
19:11 narrator Peter Ustinov almost seems to chuckle in his narration at this bizarre image of Mikoyan walking with his hand in his vest...
39:03 Woah, woah, woah there Peter Ustinov.. The F-14 had the Link 4C fighter-to-fighter datalink. Almost exactly what is described here. It allowed them to cooperate and coordinate attacks with their Phoenix missiles and the maximum detection range of the AWG-9 radar wasn't even attainable unless they had more than one aircraft working together over Link 4C. And I'm also pretty sure by the time the MiG-31 was around in numbers Link 16 was at least on the horizon, so I call bullshit in the most strenuous terms.
Yeah, when the F-14 flew it was common that not all radars worked, so they had to have datalink to function.
The mig31 had some pretty teambased computercontrol and seperate multi targeting.
The radar and missiles of the Foxhound were the downfall of the Blackbird. The plane couldn't do much better than the MiG-25, but it was more maneuverable, plus the radar was much more capable, and it's missiles were basically copies of the Phoenix carried by the F-14, and could have taken out a Blackbird. They did numerous intercepts of Blackbirds over the years, and basically caused the SR-71 to be taken out of service. The Foxhound couldn't catch a Blackbird, but it's missiles could. It was kind of an F-15 with F-14 missiles... Have a great day!
The section on the radar was removed. I have it on my VHS recording. The section is about how the radar was the first phased array radar in a fighter aircraft. That it had longer range then the F-14 radar. And that the F-14 Radar was not fully electronically scanned.
That is the MiG-31's radar. This video is a shortened version of:
"Wings of Russia. MiG-25 and MiG-31. Best In Class (1 of 2)"
"Wings of Russia. MiG-25 and MiG-31. Best In Class (2 of 2)"
Wings of the Red Star. I have episodes on VHS. I have this episode on VHS. It sticks when it plays due to the tape having degraded. It's Sir Peter Ustinov narrating. Look when he died. Made in 1993. However, both programmes did use some of the same stock soviet film footage.
Wings of the Red Star was made after Wings of the Luftwaffe in 1992. I am older than I would like to be. ;)
I know the feeling, although I'm still young, only 37... s**t :D
at the start what music is that called?
Why do crews use afterburner on take off, when it is not needed? Seems like a tremendous waste of fuel.
I don't get how it's top speed is so close to SR-71 when the SR had about 18,000 more pounds of thrust and less drag. Plus the adjustable intakes were more advanced.
A monster of an Aircraft those Engines are humongous
Bring back this discovery Channel. Get rid of all the dam reality shows .
Geez, look at those 2 huge engines. They probably tried to figure out a way to just strap a pilot to the engine and launch it into the air
B-1a was cancelled due to the then top secret F-117 which made the B-1 obsolete. Didn't help that the terrain following radar of the B-1 could be detected 100 miles out.
Too bad the f117 doesn't work
THE BEST
It seems there's a discovery channel for everything, I'm sure there's a "Discovery:1000° Knife" coming soon
The engineers and these planes are amazing. Too bad I can’t get on a 737 these days without feeling a bit skeptical of it’s airworthiness…
This comment's aged like wine 😬
I saw a Mig25 in Finland where it was apparently pushed across the border for some 5-6 thousand dollars.
I met someone who left Russia after the Soviet Union fell apart, and he told me the MIG-25 was nicknamed "the flying lunch" at his airbase because of the alcohol it carried.
How quaint - the Blackbird is a derivative of the YF-12. Not wrong, but Oxcart was probably classified then.
The B-58 Hustler came into service in 1960, why werent any used during the Vietnam War?
B-58 was a single purpose aircraft for nuclear weapon delivery... Nuke and pave was discussed for Vietnam, but not pursued, so the B-58 didn't have a job in SE Asia.
So after spending all that money you would've thought they could or would have converted some for conventional payload, but guess not.
TheLeadSled
It was basically useless after the introduction of effective SAMs, so it was a lost cause.
Song at 32:05 ?
Don’t you just love all the aeronautical engineers and Armchair Generals that leave comments on theses military videos? I know I do.
"The B-52 could fly at 650mph"
excuse the fuck out of me, but what? Ive never seen a Slug move that fast! that sounds like breakapart speeds to me!
They both look like they got their starting point from the Avro Arrow.
i heard the defector was a KGB agent who had "hijacked" a dummy? true?
Musa Khan , He died flying a Russian plane here in Washington, State. rip.
Politics and all th international moronics aside, I gotta say it seems like an awesome plane. And I really like the sound of it.. "Alcohol carrier". I heard him say it was pronounced "spjotovors" in Russian but I guess I got that wrong.. Anyways what a awesome piece of work this MiG-25 is/was.
spirtovoz ([speertovoz]). spirt means spirit or alcohol.
Ok. Thats sounds intersting. Thanks !
I think the best translation is liquor wagon
Faxbot... Fatbox?
Many thanks to Mister Viktor Belenko ;)
The MiG-25 created a lot of concern in the west until we managed to get our hands on one and realized just how primitive it really was.
Nothing could touch it from about 1970 until the F15 became operational about 8 years later.
Mig-25 Foxbat turned out to be Mig-25 Dingbat.
would still look awesome on your front lawn
I LOVE WATCHING THESE! IM SO FASCINATED BY WHAT THE SOVIETS WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE!
WHEN THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO SOMTHING ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS! THEY DONT TAKE "NO" AS AN OPTION AND "FAILURE" IS A DEATH SENTENCE!
BUT I GOTTA SAY I REALLY ADMIRE THEIR WORK ETHIC AND THEM BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
ALSO THEY ALWAYS OVER ENGINEER FOR 💪 STRENGTH AND BUILT THEM "ON TIME" & "UNDER BUDGET" UNLIKE US HEAR IN THE USA 🇺🇸 WE TEND TO BUILT OUR PLANES LIKE SWISS WATCHES THAT MAKES THEM SENSITIVE AND TOO MANY COMPUTERS THAT CAN FAIL OR TAKE THEM OFF THE READINESS LIST.
THE RUSSIANS ONLY NEED A SLEDGEHAMMER AND SCREWDRIVER TO WORK ON THEIR PLANES ....AND US WE NEED MAGNIFYING GLASS THERMOMETER'S & A "FINE TOOTH" COMB AND MAYBE YOU'LL FIX IT OR MAYBE NOT AND ONLY IF YOU HAVE "50" JET AIRCRAFT MECHANICS TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM!
From the jungles of Vietnam, to the Bekea Valley in Syria, Soviet fighters no matter what varients, Mig 21 to Mig 25, the wreckeg of these Soviet wonder weapons are strewn across the land, American fighter were superior in every aspect.
anyone notice katyusha playing at 5:30?
Look at the aveonics experts below
All four pixels looked great.
You get that this was an analog TV broadcast from the early 90s, right? I'll bet you find Tintypes of Abe Lincoln have really poor video compression, too ;-)
mezsh yea but the quality of the documentary more than makes up for it.
21:20 "Got my stunna shades on..."
240p? seriously?
What if female pilots wear pressure suits with helmets with oxygen masks and long gloves?
19:19 showing the hidden hand
When the Soviet Pilot, Viktor Belenko, flew his Mig-25 into our hands we almost thought it was a ruse. The patch work of "duct tape and machine screws" that held the Foxbat together made it a Joke in the West. Shoddy repairs should have been expected because the USSR was almost bankrupt and did what they had to do on a very limited budget. The West didn't prevail over the USSR and their Bloc because we were superior, but prevailed because our Defense Budgets were just an impossible dream to the sickly Economy of the Soviets and their allies. We simply outspent them at every turn. The US Defense Budget wasted more money than the entire USSR Defense Budget had in total. I sort of felt bad for them even though I worked for the DoD for over 35 years. Their attempt to equal the US Military on a shoestring budget was an embarrassment to the whole "Communist Dream". It always comes down to MONEY in this World. The Mig-25 truly was a World Class plane IF you can afford to maintain and fly the darned thing as intended.
you mean 19 trillion of debt
+randy109
The story was a bit different. Due to the superb flight performance, the west expected the Mig-25 to be a super expensive and complex aircraft. When they got their hands on it, they were shocked of the simplicity. Because they did not think would be possible to construct such an aircraft that simple and capable to be mass produced.
Soviet engineers simply outclassed the west in that regard.
+natsplit Read "MIG Pilot", then post. Your very, very mistaken.
+randy109 Wo are you serious? People in Soviet Union were fed propaganda, but I wasn't aware people in the U.S, especially working for DoD were fed even more shallow BS stories.
+randy109 They weren't quite on a shoestring budget. That's why the civilian population suffered, as there was no priority for building a mass consumption economy.
Their economy would peak at ~50% the GDP per capita vs. the USA/west and at about 1/3 at its worst (excluding the end of WWII)
And the regime made absolutely no difference, be it feudalism, agro-capitalism, centralized planned economy, putin-ist resource economy,. Russia's been trying to catch up since Peter the Great.
Lol, 19:03, I fell like I'm watching a Roman Polanski movie