I remember these flights….. my family was stationed at GFAFB ….. It was like a holiday for everyone on base, we were all so proud to be part of this !!!! The one thing I will always remember is the incredible ROAR of those afterburners !!!!! And seeing that beautiful beast climb to the heavens was just so magical… something I will never forget!!!! So AWESOME!
@@thethirdman225 The F3 was actually faster than the F6 as it had no gun and carried less fuel but some F6's had the Avon 302 engines of the F53 variant that were capable of Mach 3 and could certainly accelerate vertically.
I worked with a man who flew these in the AF. He described them as beyond imagination in performance. He never went into details as to what this video contains but I suspect that was more of a serious operational security concern at that time. Had had recently left service and I suspect he was under an NGA about its real abilities.
The F-15 is the best air superiority fighter to ever see combat. Its thrust to weight ratio is greater than one, its better than a Saturn V rocket at liftoff. And its radar and weapons were the best in their respective eras. The F-15 has over 100 aerial victories, confirmed shoot-downs of enemy aircraft for zero air to air losses. Even accounting for pilot training it shows the aircraft was "unbeatable" in the real world of air combat. The F-22 is the replacement to the F-15, it has better weapons and electronics, better specification in every area, and its said that the F-22 has greater than 100:1 kill/loss ratio against the F-15 in war-games. So, it beats the unbeatable by the same margin the F-15 historically beat the un-free world. What odds do the Migs and Sukhois have against the F-22? And this wounder-machine is a product of the 1990's its not even "modern" in the truest sense. The F-22 program actually ditched several innovations to save weight and cost. What do they have they option to build now?
Just read an article by Pratt & Whitney about this (they made the engines for the F-15, and were a big part of these time-to-climb records). At the end they mention that their newest version of the F100 engine going into F-15's today would smash these records :)
Not with just the newest one, but there was a much more powerful version of the F100PW100 at that time as well. The current or latest operational F100 version is the F100PW229 in the F-15E Strike Eagles (the first 133 ones not included) and the F-16C block 52 and it has around 13 tons of static thrust on the test pad, on max AB. Around 12 tons of thrust at seal level, zero speed, built in and around 15 tons at low altitude, dense, cold atmosphere, above Mach 0.95 to Mach 1.2. However, back in the mid-70's, the basic version F100PW100, which was the engine of the Streak Eagle as well. But at that time, there was another version as well, the F401PW400, designed for the F-14A originally. It was tested on the pad, built into the 7th prototype and actually flew in it. After the Navy saw the mishaps of the USAF F100PW100 in the F-15, they refuse the installation of the more powerful but maybe more riskier F401PW400, even if it has around 13 tons of thrust. By the way, that was the required level of power for the Tomcat. Ironically, the serial production F-14A Tomcats received the PW TF30, which was heavier, bigger, and far less powerful even than the USAF F100PW100! Later, the GE F110GE400 with the equal level of thrust, as the F401PW400 had, was chosen for the F-14B and F-14D. For the Streak Eagle project, the F401PW400 was also planned, but when they realized that even the gear up was hard for the hydraulic system, because of the so much acceleration with the basic engines, the application of the more powerful PW400 was immediately cancelled. Back to the current option, by the overall characteristic, the PW229 is not just slightly more powerful than the PW400 was, but it has significant better performance during the whole flight envelope. And we should not forget the F100PW232, which is directly based on the F100PW229, but it has further more power and an even better performance too! Tested only on the pad, never installed into any airplane...
His records were broken by the Russians 30-40 years ago, and his list of victories is the result of either attacking old fighters (MiG-21, MiG-23, Mirag F-1) or attacking team 3-4 F-15s with help of AWACS on 1 MiG-29 In the Golf war or Jugoslavia. *The F-15 never went 1 on 1 against a fourth-generation fighter, remember that* In addition, in the Persian Gulf, a MiG-25 shot down an American F-15 30.01.1991 and American propaganda concealed this by announcing the accident.
Don't know if you saw one of the older comments but they said we have more powerful engines in these same air frames, so I'm theory we are still getting better faster ect
F-15..just a sick display of raw power. This is a post Vietnam war aircraft that is still to this day one of the top 3 aircraft ever built. The pilots wore space suits for crying out loud because this bird could fly so high and so fast. The plane in the video was still climbing and accelerating well above 100k feet..awesome!
+Low Tech this aircraft had to accelerate first and then pull up. not so good. in addition it didnt climb tehre anymore it was just moving from its kinetic energy ala inertia
Whats ridiculous is how this plane was built back in the late 60's early 70's and still kicks newer gen aircraft's butt. One of the best fighters ever built.
The Air Force Now video we watched during one of our Commander's Calls at Davis Monthan in I think, 1974, didn't have the hokey music and had much better graphics as well as an inset of the altimeter that was easy to see. The only record I remember them showing us was the zero to 103,000 feet, during which, according to my memory of the narrator, the engines died a bit about 80,000 feet and he set the record coasting over the top in a giant free fall trajectory. The engines were re-lit on the way back down for control and landing. I'm a bit more than half way through this and getting really irritated by the music. Have to keep the sound on if I want to hear the narrator though. Grrrr.
I saw that same Video. It used to be on UA-cam, but now I can't locate it. Lots of interviews with the pilot, how they planned the flight, tested it in the simulator, how they demonstrated proof of concept, etc. Much better video
If the US had known that the Foxbat had many limitations (unmaneuvrable, primitive avionics, limited endurance, high maintenance), the F-15 would not have been built in the 70s.
Sure it would. It was all part of the plan to drive the soviet union into bankruptcy. It worked quite well. And now our own politicians are doing it to us.
Not true. The F-15 has always been a medium altitude air superiority fighter. The MiG-25 was a high altitude interceptor. They fulfil different purposes.
@@thethirdman225 The point is not that they fulfill the same role, but that the US thought the Foxbat was a med-alt air superiority fighter, and designed the Eagle appropriately to counter. Of course then the Foxbat proved to be anything but, but by then the Eagle was already on its way to legendary status
@@Sturmovik1946 Hmm, let me go back and read his comment again. Nope, still stupid and wrong. Contrails indicate the presence of water vapor in the air. That’s it. Moving on.
30,000 meters is 100,000 feet and those pratt&whitney F-100-220 turbo fan engines performed marvelously that's American 👌 engineering for u right straight of the u.s.a.
quickly get to the sweet spot at 35k where the engines will produce max thrust, build up as much kinetic energy as possible, then trade that for the remaining 80,000 feet
While flying from North Dakota in the middle of winter in super cold temperatures in order to maximize the engine performance even at the low altitudes.
Max thrust is at sea level. The 35k altitudes was the best place to interrupt the climb to punch through the high-drag regime around Mach 1, and then build up energy for the final pull-up.
I wish the video had gone into more detail on how they prepared the aircraft. IIRC, for the first flights, (or maybe all of them), they cabled it down and ran up to full thrust and used explosives to start the flight. That's why it took off so fast. They also stripped all the paint off and used the minimum amount of fuel. I think they let it flame out on the high altitude attempts and restarted it on the way down. It's about time someone should break these records again!
They changed the plane down to the runway at the tail hook. Pilot would go full burner and wait until just the right amount of fuel was left (7100lbs for the 30km fight), then an explosive bolt was used to separate the chain from the airplane. The acceleration was all the engines by themselves. Pilots were briefed to rotate (pull up to take off) and pick the gear up as soon as they saw movement on the airspeed indicator (around 35kts), if the gear wasn't up by 350kts, fight would be aborted. This thing was a rocket!
Aviation records The Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau soon realized that the performance of the new aircraft gave it great potential to set new flight records. In addition to their normal duties, the prototypes Ye-155-P1, Ye-155-R1, Ye-155-R3 were made lighter by removing some unneeded equipment and were used for these attempts. Under Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) classification, the Ye-155 type belonged to class C1 (III), which specifies jet-powered land planes with unlimited maximum take-off weight. Records set included: The first claim was for world speed records with no payload and payloads of 1,000 and 2,000 kilograms. MiG OKB Chief Test Pilot Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov reached an average speed of 2,319.12 km/h over a 1,000 km circuit on 16 March 1965.[16] For pure speed, with no payload, test pilot Mikhail M. Komarov averaged 2,981.5 km/h over a 500 km closed circuit on 5 October 1967.[16] On the same day, Fedotov reached an altitude of 29,977 metres (98,350 ft) with a 1,000 kilogram payload.[19] The MiG eventually became the first aircraft to go higher than 35,000 metres (115,000 ft).[19] Time to height records were recorded on 4 June 1973 when Boris A. Orlov climbed to 20,000 m in 2 min 49.8 s. The same day, Pyotr M. Ostapenko reached 25,000 m in 3 min 12.6 s and 30,000 m in 4 min 3.86 s.[19] On 25 July 1973, Fedotov reached 35,230 m with 1,000 kg payload and 36,240 m (118,900 feet) with no load (an absolute world record).[19] In the thin air, the engines flamed out, and the aircraft coasted in a ballistic trajectory by inertia alone. At the apex the speed had dropped to 75 km/h. On 31 August 1977, Ye-266M again flown by Fedotov, set the recognized absolute altitude record for a jet aircraft under its own power.[20] He reached 37,650 metres (123,520 ft) at Podmoskovnoye, USSR in zoom climb (the absolute altitude record is different from the record for sustained altitude in horizontal flight). The aircraft was actually a MiG-25RB re-engined with the powerful R15BF2-300. It had earlier been part of the program to improve the aircraft's top speed that resulted in the MiG-25M prototype.[11] In all, 29 records were claimed, of which seven were all-time world records for time to height, altitudes of 20,000 m and higher, and speed. Several records still stand.[11]
Lol the Mig 25 can't hold a candle to the F15. It was a paper tiger. Ripped its own engines apart and horrible life span of air frame. Meanwhile the F15 is still undefeated in combat with 100 air to air kills.
@@smithnwesson990 Lol, F-15 is a 4th generation fighter, it shot down only old planes, or it shot down several MiG-29s, having attacked one plane with a command with help AWACS. He never fought one-on-one against a 4th generation fighter. It is reliably known that in the Persian Gulf on January 30, 1991 the MiG-25 shot down an F-15, but the Americans called it an “accident”. 3 Israeli F-15s were shot down by MiG-23ML aircraft (these are third-generation aircraft)
If an aircraft is designed properly with active compression intakes, this level of performance is easily achieved. The USAF dreamed big in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. If the aviation science did not support it, it was not attempted. Static compression intakes cannot achieve such performance levels. The F-15 is still the finest war plane ever made. It was actually a slide ruler design with extensive wind tunnel analysis (think non dimensionalization and PI grouping idiot). Perhaps it can actually achieve full design speed and range someday with proper heat management. This aircraft will be around for probably several million years, if one wants to avoid a massive debt pile.
it's amazing to think that if stealth was not a priority in today's fighters we would probably have several craft capable of supercruise...think of a modern f-15 successor with twin pratt and Whitney f135s
Imagine if they had the engines of today with better performance higher thrust and fuel management it would have done even better by a significant margin.Then comes the airframe concerning saving weight with modern components.
I'm curious if anyone actually knows if this took place = the SR-71 Blackbird ever been put to this test... I've never thought about it until now, and I doubt there is much in the way of info if they did.... I realize time to climb starts from brake release, and the SR isn't nearly as light fully loaded, but when it would come to time to climb to the max limit, I'd think it would have blown past the Strike Eagle.. Regardless... I remember as a young learning about this S Eagle and being amazed! P.S. I'm surprised the Foxbat's engines lasted long enough to have ever claimed those upper altitude records... Talk about propaganda we believed until the defection and studying that russian junk...
+bmwnasher Not that we know of, aerodynamically the Eagles built more like a rocket ship, where as the Raptor design is more for agility and stealth, all that ram and internal weapons would probably add to the weight.
John Doe Just checked out the weight F15 empty 12700kg, F22 empty 19700kg, indeed that`s a lot of extra weight, the Eagle is a fantastic plane probably the last great manned plane.
The Streak Eagle was not combat capable and was stripped of a everything they possibly could, they even chained the aircraft to the deck and released it with explosive bolts. Fully combat capable EEL's wiped the floor with the early F15's and would still give the new ones a good run today if they were ever allowed to.
With a pathetic two poorly performing missiles and a loiter time of 5 minutes, short of fuel from take off and a third were lost mostly to engine fires due to the poor engine installation, the EEL was a great plane for pilots but not a capable war machine able to do its job.
@@billpugh58 The Doctrine at the time was that the EEL's would initially engage the enemy and be followed by Hunters. In exercises the EEL's would often engage, Return To Base and engage a second time before the Hunters arrived. The EEL was part of an effective defence and was vastly superior to any adversary it would likely have met.
I always thought the eagle would continue accelerating in a straight vertical climb. Could somebody explain to me why this sequence of a climbing loop, followed by a horizontal, then a 55° to 60° climb.
It could, but it was a slow acceleration (wouldn't ever hit Mach 2 going vertical), and the higher you go the thinner the air and less power the engines make. Think of it as trying to run straight up a mountain vs running up the switchbacks.
And those engines have a sweet spot around 30-35k depending on temp and density, where they can develop max thrust to accelerate for the rest of the climb. That's why he doesn't waste time going any faster than 450-500 kt just off the deck.
Don't think the raptor can get that high that fast i don't think it has the thrust to weight ratio of the eagle and these were stripped down eagles i think thet even left the paint off to save weight
Miguel Rodriguez the F-22 could probably break those records at full afterburner, but I’m sure that the Pentagon probably wants to keep the F-22’s true performance figures secret.
@@theDudeOfDudes The engines in the F22 put out more thrust dry than the Streak Eagles engines do at FULL afterburner. The Streak Eagles F100 engines make 25,??? pounds of thrust at full a/b, the F22 Raptors F119 make 26,000 pounds thrust dry and around 35,000 pounds thrust each. The F119 destroys the F100 engines.
Yes, but it doesn't make sense anymore. The F-15 records were broken by Flanker in the 80s, and it is very problematic for the F-22 to break Russian records. They are still standing.
All the records up to 15000 meters were broken in 1986 by a modified su-27 (37s to 6000, 47s to 9000 and 55s to 12000, don’t remember the 3000 m and 15000m times)
first man too break the speed of sound Barrier Chuck Yeager said he was frowned upon by his superiors in world war 2 .. he was shot down by a German fock wolf one ninety coming head on at his one o'clock...lol lov uuu chuck...he made it back 2 weeks after
I remember these flights….. my family was stationed at GFAFB ….. It was like a holiday for everyone on base, we were all so proud to be part of this !!!! The one thing I will always remember is the incredible ROAR of those afterburners !!!!! And seeing that beautiful beast climb to the heavens was just so magical… something I will never forget!!!! So AWESOME!
Holy shit! - The Eagle can go Supersonic whilst going UP at a 90 degree angle!!!!
So can the typhoon
A service jet wouldn’t do that.
@@thethirdman225 The EEL F6 could.
@@sichere Not with a load on.
@@thethirdman225 The F3 was actually faster than the F6 as it had no gun and carried less fuel but some F6's had the Avon 302 engines of the F53 variant that were capable of Mach 3 and could certainly accelerate vertically.
The music track at 1:50 is Protoype by Simon Haseley (1972). Track at 5:10 is Snatch by Nick Ingham (1973)
Haha, popped up on my feed. I was lucky enough to fly the eagle (F-15C) for almost 10 years. Great memories.
My right ear really enjoyed this video.
Underrated
its just the altitude ...lol
My left ear enjoyed 4:51
I worked with a man who flew these in the AF. He described them as beyond imagination in performance. He never went into details as to what this video contains but I suspect that was more of a serious operational security concern at that time. Had had recently left service and I suspect he was under an NGA about its real abilities.
The F-15 is the best air superiority fighter to ever see combat. Its thrust to weight ratio is greater than one, its better than a Saturn V rocket at liftoff. And its radar and weapons were the best in their respective eras.
The F-15 has over 100 aerial victories, confirmed shoot-downs of enemy aircraft for zero air to air losses. Even accounting for pilot training it shows the aircraft was "unbeatable" in the real world of air combat.
The F-22 is the replacement to the F-15, it has better weapons and electronics, better specification in every area, and its said that the F-22 has greater than 100:1 kill/loss ratio against the F-15 in war-games.
So, it beats the unbeatable by the same margin the F-15 historically beat the un-free world. What odds do the Migs and Sukhois have against the F-22? And this wounder-machine is a product of the 1990's its not even "modern" in the truest sense. The F-22 program actually ditched several innovations to save weight and cost. What do they have they option to build now?
I’m here for the music
Just read an article by Pratt & Whitney about this (they made the engines for the F-15, and were a big part of these time-to-climb records). At the end they mention that their newest version of the F100 engine going into F-15's today would smash these records :)
Not with just the newest one, but there was a much more powerful version of the F100PW100 at that time as well. The current or latest operational F100 version is the F100PW229 in the F-15E Strike Eagles (the first 133 ones not included) and the F-16C block 52 and it has around 13 tons of static thrust on the test pad, on max AB. Around 12 tons of thrust at seal level, zero speed, built in and around 15 tons at low altitude, dense, cold atmosphere, above Mach 0.95 to Mach 1.2. However, back in the mid-70's, the basic version F100PW100, which was the engine of the Streak Eagle as well. But at that time, there was another version as well, the F401PW400, designed for the F-14A originally. It was tested on the pad, built into the 7th prototype and actually flew in it. After the Navy saw the mishaps of the USAF F100PW100 in the F-15, they refuse the installation of the more powerful but maybe more riskier F401PW400, even if it has around 13 tons of thrust. By the way, that was the required level of power for the Tomcat. Ironically, the serial production F-14A Tomcats received the PW TF30, which was heavier, bigger, and far less powerful even than the USAF F100PW100! Later, the GE F110GE400 with the equal level of thrust, as the F401PW400 had, was chosen for the F-14B and F-14D. For the Streak Eagle project, the F401PW400 was also planned, but when they realized that even the gear up was hard for the hydraulic system, because of the so much acceleration with the basic engines, the application of the more powerful PW400 was immediately cancelled. Back to the current option, by the overall characteristic, the PW229 is not just slightly more powerful than the PW400 was, but it has significant better performance during the whole flight envelope. And we should not forget the F100PW232, which is directly based on the F100PW229, but it has further more power and an even better performance too! Tested only on the pad, never installed into any airplane...
Made In St Louis Missouri The Most successful fighter of all time 100+ kills to 0 loses. Along with these records that they still hold now 2018
His records were broken by the Russians 30-40 years ago, and his list of victories is the result of either attacking old fighters (MiG-21, MiG-23, Mirag F-1) or attacking team 3-4 F-15s with help of AWACS on 1 MiG-29 In the Golf war or Jugoslavia. *The F-15 never went 1 on 1 against a fourth-generation fighter, remember that* In addition, in the Persian Gulf, a MiG-25 shot down an American F-15 30.01.1991 and American propaganda concealed this by announcing the accident.
@@TT1ak Where is the data on the F-15 lost on 30 January 1991? There is no record of an "accident" on that date.
@@TT1akyou need to slow down on the commie vodka.
I miss the glory days of American exceptionalism. 😔
Gone now. Just history.
Don't know if you saw one of the older comments but they said we have more powerful engines in these same air frames, so I'm theory we are still getting better faster ect
Thanks for posting this. I remember reading the account of one of the pilots in AirForce magazine as a kid.
This is the coolest video I've ever seen
yup in the guinness book of world records //// .theres a phrase used in the War Room...Send The Fifteens::::
F-15..just a sick display of raw power. This is a post Vietnam war aircraft that is still to this day one of the top 3 aircraft ever built. The pilots wore space suits for crying out loud because this bird could fly so high and so fast. The plane in the video was still climbing and accelerating well above 100k feet..awesome!
+Low Tech this aircraft had to accelerate first and then pull up. not so good. in addition it didnt climb tehre anymore it was just moving from its kinetic energy ala inertia
+Low Tech even more ridicolous what u say when watching the video and see they even mentioned it
Whats ridiculous is how this plane was built back in the late 60's early 70's and still kicks newer gen aircraft's butt. One of the best fighters ever built.
Proud to say I took care of the Eagle from 1981 till 2012 at Robins Depot. Sort of grew up and old with the great fighter.
You are one lucky SOB!!! This one of the top 3 aircraft ever built. Just sick how long it's been doing what it' done! One of my fav videos.
When I'm breaking records, I throw on my favorite elevator music. Heck yeahhh
I would love to do this......talk about an express elevator ride. Amazing how fast the altimeter on the instrument panel is unwinding!
Can't be 100, so must be 1000,each rotation? Anyone Anyone😁
The Air Force Now video we watched during one of our Commander's Calls at Davis Monthan in I think, 1974, didn't have the hokey music and had much better graphics as well as an inset of the altimeter that was easy to see. The only record I remember them showing us was the zero to 103,000 feet, during which, according to my memory of the narrator, the engines died a bit about 80,000 feet and he set the record coasting over the top in a giant free fall trajectory. The engines were re-lit on the way back down for control and landing. I'm a bit more than half way through this and getting really irritated by the music. Have to keep the sound on if I want to hear the narrator though. Grrrr.
I was there on the days of these flights. First winter at GFAFB 74-79. DMAFB 80-84. The winters were a lot nicer at DM !
I saw that same Video. It used to be on UA-cam, but now I can't locate it. Lots of interviews with the pilot, how they planned the flight, tested it in the simulator, how they demonstrated proof of concept, etc. Much better video
If the US had known that the Foxbat had many limitations (unmaneuvrable, primitive avionics, limited endurance, high maintenance), the F-15 would not have been built in the 70s.
Sure it would. It was all part of the plan to drive the soviet union into bankruptcy. It worked quite well.
And now our own politicians are doing it to us.
@@chrisbaker2903 Load of rubbish. “We WoN tHe CoLd WaR bY oUtSpEnDiNg ThE rUsSkIeS” was a 1990s Republican campaign slogan FFS.
Not true. The F-15 has always been a medium altitude air superiority fighter. The MiG-25 was a high altitude interceptor. They fulfil different purposes.
@@thethirdman225 The point is not that they fulfill the same role, but that the US thought the Foxbat was a med-alt air superiority fighter, and designed the Eagle appropriately to counter. Of course then the Foxbat proved to be anything but, but by then the Eagle was already on its way to legendary status
What do the 70s and 90s have to do with each other?
The contrails illustrates the speed and maneuverability of the aircraft… fantastic engineering.
Contrails illustrate water vapor in the atmosphere and nothing more. They are in no way an indication of performance.
@@rapid13 he's saying you can use them to visually see how fast it's going. Not in a scientific sense.
@@Sturmovik1946 Hmm, let me go back and read his comment again.
Nope, still stupid and wrong. Contrails indicate the presence of water vapor in the air. That’s it. Moving on.
🔥🔥🙏🤲🤌🤌🦅🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲 thank you for the upload
30,000 meters is 100,000 feet and those pratt&whitney F-100-220 turbo fan engines performed marvelously that's American 👌 engineering for u right straight of the u.s.a.
I'm thinking about the forces the F15 SE was made to withstand at 103,000ft. Amazing..
Beat the Mig 25 by 36 seconds! Fucking smoked it.
Makes the MiG look like a fat fuck by comparison
quickly get to the sweet spot at 35k where the engines will produce max thrust, build up as much kinetic energy as possible, then trade that for the remaining 80,000 feet
zoom
While flying from North Dakota in the middle of winter in super cold temperatures in order to maximize the engine performance even at the low altitudes.
Max thrust is at sea level. The 35k altitudes was the best place to interrupt the climb to punch through the high-drag regime around Mach 1, and then build up energy for the final pull-up.
lord he was of the runway and pulling up the gear in online a few seconds!!! WOW!!
14:24 if you look closely you can see the blackness of space out of the cockpit!
I wish the video had gone into more detail on how they prepared the aircraft. IIRC, for the first flights, (or maybe all of them), they cabled it down and ran up to full thrust and used explosives to start the flight. That's why it took off so fast.
They also stripped all the paint off and used the minimum amount of fuel. I think they let it flame out on the high altitude attempts and restarted it on the way down.
It's about time someone should break these records again!
They changed the plane down to the runway at the tail hook. Pilot would go full burner and wait until just the right amount of fuel was left (7100lbs for the 30km fight), then an explosive bolt was used to separate the chain from the airplane. The acceleration was all the engines by themselves. Pilots were briefed to rotate (pull up to take off) and pick the gear up as soon as they saw movement on the airspeed indicator (around 35kts), if the gear wasn't up by 350kts, fight would be aborted. This thing was a rocket!
Very interesting to watch!
I work on the pratt&whitney F-100-220 turbo fan engines out of the F-15C
STLs finest
Thanks for this 👍✈️
They need to bring these back. Decades in the making. F22.
Aviation records
The Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau soon realized that the performance of the new aircraft gave it great potential to set new flight records. In addition to their normal duties, the prototypes Ye-155-P1, Ye-155-R1, Ye-155-R3 were made lighter by removing some unneeded equipment and were used for these attempts. Under Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) classification, the Ye-155 type belonged to class C1 (III), which specifies jet-powered land planes with unlimited maximum take-off weight. Records set included:
The first claim was for world speed records with no payload and payloads of 1,000 and 2,000 kilograms. MiG OKB Chief Test Pilot Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov reached an average speed of 2,319.12 km/h over a 1,000 km circuit on 16 March 1965.[16]
For pure speed, with no payload, test pilot Mikhail M. Komarov averaged 2,981.5 km/h over a 500 km closed circuit on 5 October 1967.[16] On the same day, Fedotov reached an altitude of 29,977 metres (98,350 ft) with a 1,000 kilogram payload.[19] The MiG eventually became the first aircraft to go higher than 35,000 metres (115,000 ft).[19]
Time to height records were recorded on 4 June 1973 when Boris A. Orlov climbed to 20,000 m in 2 min 49.8 s. The same day, Pyotr M. Ostapenko reached 25,000 m in 3 min 12.6 s and 30,000 m in 4 min 3.86 s.[19]
On 25 July 1973, Fedotov reached 35,230 m with 1,000 kg payload and 36,240 m (118,900 feet) with no load (an absolute world record).[19] In the thin air, the engines flamed out, and the aircraft coasted in a ballistic trajectory by inertia alone. At the apex the speed had dropped to 75 km/h.
On 31 August 1977, Ye-266M again flown by Fedotov, set the recognized absolute altitude record for a jet aircraft under its own power.[20] He reached 37,650 metres (123,520 ft) at Podmoskovnoye, USSR in zoom climb (the absolute altitude record is different from the record for sustained altitude in horizontal flight). The aircraft was actually a MiG-25RB re-engined with the powerful R15BF2-300. It had earlier been part of the program to improve the aircraft's top speed that resulted in the MiG-25M prototype.[11]
In all, 29 records were claimed, of which seven were all-time world records for time to height, altitudes of 20,000 m and higher, and speed. Several records still stand.[11]
Lol the Mig 25 can't hold a candle to the F15. It was a paper tiger. Ripped its own engines apart and horrible life span of air frame. Meanwhile the F15 is still undefeated in combat with 100 air to air kills.
@@smithnwesson990 Lol, F-15 is a 4th generation fighter, it shot down only old planes, or it shot down several MiG-29s, having attacked one plane with a command with help AWACS. He never fought one-on-one against a 4th generation fighter. It is reliably known that in the Persian Gulf on January 30, 1991 the MiG-25 shot down an F-15, but the Americans called it an “accident”. 3 Israeli F-15s were shot down by MiG-23ML aircraft (these are third-generation aircraft)
103,000 feet.. well we know what to use when those pesky aliens breach our atmosphere.
If an aircraft is designed properly with active compression intakes, this level of performance is easily achieved. The USAF dreamed big in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. If the aviation science did not support it, it was not attempted. Static compression intakes cannot achieve such performance levels. The F-15 is still the finest war plane ever made. It was actually a slide ruler design with extensive wind tunnel analysis (think non dimensionalization and PI grouping idiot). Perhaps it can actually achieve full design speed and range someday with proper heat management. This aircraft will be around for probably several million years, if one wants to avoid a massive debt pile.
it's amazing to think that if stealth was not a priority in today's fighters we would probably have several craft capable of supercruise...think of a modern f-15 successor with twin pratt and Whitney f135s
For the 20km climb, why does he do an Immelmann turn first? Why not just go directly up?
I wonder what this thing could do with the -229 motors...
Might beat the P-42!
Imagine if they had the engines of today with better performance higher thrust and fuel management it would have done even better by a significant margin.Then comes the airframe concerning saving weight with modern components.
Would have been cool to have the F15 or other equal aircraft act as chase to the space shuttle launch.. a drag race 😄
Attention USAF... you can break all these records with an F-15EX, so why not go for it? Give us something new to cheer!
F-15 is perfection
This plane is ancient and still rules the world!
OH SHITS! MULTIPLE SHITS!!! I'M DEAF FROM MY LEFT HEAR!!!!
I'm curious if anyone actually knows if this took place = the SR-71 Blackbird ever been put to this test... I've never thought about it until now, and I doubt there is much in the way of info if they did.... I realize time to climb starts from brake release, and the SR isn't nearly as light fully loaded, but when it would come to time to climb to the max limit, I'd think it would have blown past the Strike Eagle.. Regardless... I remember as a young learning about this S Eagle and being amazed! P.S. I'm surprised the Foxbat's engines lasted long enough to have ever claimed those upper altitude records... Talk about propaganda we believed until the defection and studying that russian junk...
The really deadliest F-15 is the F-15 X and is said to be the ultimate combat fighter of this century 2019-20.The F-15 is a workhouse to behold today.
IIRC the Streak Eagles were stripped of anything that it didn't need to fly. Avionics, radar, sensors, wiring, weapons pylons etc...
...paint
Indeed, and a reduced fuel load was calculated very accurately.
I see they didnt try to break the recotd at Homestead AFB....
have these records been beaten?
With the introduction of the Raptor, haven`t these records been broken, or is it top secret?.
+bmwnasher Not that we know of, aerodynamically the Eagles built more like a rocket ship, where as the Raptor design is more for agility and stealth, all that ram and internal weapons would probably add to the weight.
John Doe Just checked out the weight F15 empty 12700kg, F22 empty 19700kg, indeed that`s a lot of extra weight, the Eagle is a fantastic plane probably the last great manned plane.
they were broken by Su-27 P-42
MMMMMilash How many F15s have been lost in real! combat?.
Answer is zero in air to air combat to date. Ground fire and accidents training or otherwise, I'm not to sure of.
A ground roll of .......400 FEET ????
Streaking was a thing in the 70's who knew fighter jets got in on the fad too.
10 seconds faster than the Apollo V to 50k... ho-ly sheet...
SU27 said git sum
Over 12 years later...
@@383mazda Waters wet
These F-15 were built like tanks. Love the story of the israel one wing f-15 flight back to base, due to a mid air collision. F-15=Balls of steel!
They'd have got better times if 'tubs' had lost some of the excess weight he was carrying?
Why did they Immelmann out on most of them. That seems slower than just doing a straight climb out.
+Gigs Taggart They executed a 'zoom climb' - trading kinetic energy for potential (climb) energy - thus not relying totally on mechanic engine thrust.
+JustifyJustin I'm saying why not step up to 32k then step again after getting speed instead of rolling over to 32
+Gigs Taggart to avoid negative G's
pretty sure the engineers thought of that, did the calculations and chose the most efficient maneuvers... They didn't just do what "seemed" best
ullage?
The Streak Eagle was not combat capable and was stripped of a everything they possibly could, they even chained the aircraft to the deck and released it with explosive bolts.
Fully combat capable EEL's wiped the floor with the early F15's and would still give the new ones a good run today if they were ever allowed to.
Riiiiiight...
With a pathetic two poorly performing missiles and a loiter time of 5 minutes, short of fuel from take off and a third were lost mostly to engine fires due to the poor engine installation, the EEL was a great plane for pilots but not a capable war machine able to do its job.
@@billpugh58 The Doctrine at the time was that the EEL's would initially engage the enemy and be followed by Hunters. In exercises the EEL's would often engage, Return To Base and engage a second time before the Hunters arrived. The EEL was part of an effective defence and was vastly superior to any adversary it would likely have met.
I always thought the eagle would continue accelerating in a straight vertical climb. Could somebody explain to me why this sequence of a climbing loop, followed by a horizontal, then a 55° to 60° climb.
It could, but it was a slow acceleration (wouldn't ever hit Mach 2 going vertical), and the higher you go the thinner the air and less power the engines make. Think of it as trying to run straight up a mountain vs running up the switchbacks.
383mazda thanks!
And those engines have a sweet spot around 30-35k depending on temp and density, where they can develop max thrust to accelerate for the rest of the climb. That's why he doesn't waste time going any faster than 450-500 kt just off the deck.
Groovy
This is not the Strike Eagle
The P-42 ( modified SU-27 )didn't break these records until 1986.
@Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj ,by your logic, what where the records f15 did beat ? Not another russian ? Ignorants.
Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj look it up, it’s on the internet. The Russians got those records in 1986
It’s amazing what us boys will do with our toys and are men any different because their toys are real and much faster
Hmm? I have a hard time believing this can out climb a mig 25. I think the F15 is the superior aircraft but the mig 25 was a fuckin rocketship.
I love the f15, but I want the goons in the Pentagon to let the F22 have a go at it. I bet the raptor would smash these records.
Miguel Rodriguez Its not as fast. The F15 is just raw power the F 22 is a stealth badass with super cruise
Don't think the raptor can get that high that fast i don't think it has the thrust to weight ratio of the eagle and these were stripped down eagles i think thet even left the paint off to save weight
Miguel Rodriguez the F-22 could probably break those records at full afterburner, but I’m sure that the Pentagon probably wants to keep the F-22’s true performance figures secret.
@@thebigitchy it weighs more and has less power. The f22 engines are nowhere near the size of the f15s.
@@theDudeOfDudes The engines in the F22 put out more thrust dry than the Streak Eagles engines do at FULL afterburner. The Streak Eagles F100 engines make 25,??? pounds of thrust at full a/b, the F22 Raptors F119 make 26,000 pounds thrust dry and around 35,000 pounds thrust each. The F119 destroys the F100 engines.
Did they carry Oxygen onboard? How else would they burn that fuel on 20Km altitude?
I think they shut the engines off / pulled them to idle around 80k ft.
why the maneuver? f-22 should be able to best this.
Yes, but it doesn't make sense anymore. The F-15 records were broken by Flanker in the 80s, and it is very problematic for the F-22 to break Russian records. They are still standing.
f15 rules
Stop sending me plane videos, Baasil!
Update: 7 months later, you sent it to me again! What is going on with you?
i have a cold and my chest hurts
I knew a dude who jammed with the band doing background music. He smoked lots of heroin and died on a toilet. Oh cool jet bros.
More cowbell.
A big deal for us. -- Data Automation GFAFB
Record broken by Russian SU-27.
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how many years later? lol
@JK JK1 Gonna need a source on that.
Do these records still stand? A person would think the F-22 could smash these records
The f15 is still insanely powerful(even moreso now with modern engineers) and is faster and outperforms the f22 in pure speed.
@@theDudeOfDudes F-22 has super cruise
All the records up to 15000 meters were broken in 1986 by a modified su-27 (37s to 6000, 47s to 9000 and 55s to 12000, don’t remember the 3000 m and 15000m times)
JK JK1 that’s what I wrote man!
first man too break the speed of sound Barrier Chuck Yeager said he was frowned upon by his superiors in world war 2 .. he was shot down by a German fock wolf one ninety coming head on at his one o'clock...lol lov uuu chuck...he made it back 2 weeks after
f-22 can best this doubling down on numbers. the ram coating not important, and idiots aside
There's some sort of rocket mounted and you can see the trail.
Why didn't the F-14 ever attempt climb records?
LMFAO
Not to understandably be outdone, Oprah went out the following week piloting her own jet and shattered all these records.
This would be perfect without that lame music.
Just to piss the Russians off 😂
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