Have you Ever Seen a Takeoff as Steep as This?

Rumble ^

[Lazamataz]

Not seeing how he didn't stall.

Have you Ever Seen a Takeoff as Steep as This?

[Lazamataz]

I’d want my money back after that flight. I didn’t sign up for no circus ride.

Hell, I'd sign up to do it again.

[ThunderSleeps]

What a lot of people don't realize is that airliners are actually very capable aircraft. Just because they are usually flown with all the aggressiveness of an 80 year old in an electric mobility scooter doesn't mean they can't perform very well. Sure, you're not going to go out and start pulling serious Gs in them, doing hammerheads and such for kicks, but they can surprise you.

Unloaded - no passengers, no cargo, minimal fuel for a quick spin around the airshow - they have a lot of excess lift and "command authority" from the control surfaces. What the pilot apparently did was build up some extra energy by rolling past typical Vr speed, then traded that kinetic energy for potential energy in a short steep ascent.

[dinodino]

Very cool!

[Lazamataz]

There is no perspective.

My perspective is HOLY FECES.

[Lazamataz]

Pure crap. The watermark on this video clearly says “April 12, 1876.”

[GMMC0987]

Yes, the U-2. Also a hell of a lot louder as well.

[Lazamataz]

Light load, fast speed..

That's what I tell the girls.

[Jane Long]

The Dreamliner is a thing of dreams/beauty.

[saleman]

It doesn’t look like the plane had enough speed on take off for the wings to generate any lift. Obviously did, I guess. Looked like the engines worked more like rockets, if that’s even possible.

[Lazamataz]

Yabut that was forever ago.

[nevergore]

I’m sure that is just one of many lines.....

[Lazamataz]

I knew a guy who’s main line was just “Let’s ****.”

I was stunned at his success rate. Over 25%!

[Lazamataz]

I want a Dreamliner and I would hire Harrison Ford as my pilot.

[D Rider]

Yes, an F-15 going ballistic.

[AndyJackson]

The bending of the wings during the maneuvers shows that these are much higher-g maneuvers than passengers are generally subject to. And of course, that kind of wing-flexure is only possible with very careful engineering and modern materials.

[Delta 21]

Can the 787 reach 15000 ft in less than 30 seconds?

[Rome2000]

Sure, that’s an SOP takeoff for Spirit Airlines.

Seriously, that was scary.

I saw the Concorde take off like that at Kennedy years go, but it had some serious burners, from ground level looked like a rocket blasting off.

[real saxophonist]

I was on an MD-88 or -90 out of Newark, and we must have hit about 45 degrees. Scary cool.

[tomkat]

Very cool .. some seriously serious turbines !

[noiseman]

"Can the 787 reach 15000 ft in less than 30 seconds?"

Of course it can...If it starts out at 16,000 feet.