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VIDEO - F-22 Raptor’s power and agility displayed at airshow [Langley AFB]
Flight ^ | June 1, 2007 | Graham Warwick

Posted on 06/07/2007 12:58:08 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough

Here is a video showcasing the capability of the US Air Force’s first F-22A flight demonstration routine, now wowing audiences at North American air shows and challenging perceptions of the Raptor.

This fighter best known for stealth, speed and sensors, has been designed to evade radar, supercruise above Mach 1.5 and fly at 65,000ft.

With its two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines vectoring their 35,000lb of afterburning thrust through +/-20º as an integral part of the flight-control system, the F-22 proves itself to be surprisingly agile, performing helicopter turns, tailsides and backflips.

(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: airshow; fighter; jet
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To: LurkedLongEnough

WOW!!! This thing could take on a Colonial Viper and win!!!


21 posted on 06/07/2007 1:36:46 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: American_Centurion

You all ever notice how Russian aircraft doing similar manuevers look so sloppy by comparison. The Raptor seems far more stable to me.


22 posted on 06/07/2007 1:37:37 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Snoopers-868th

I am with you Snoopers. If only we could untie the hands of our forces to fight to win. And this video video is jaw droppingly stunning.


23 posted on 06/07/2007 1:38:06 PM PDT by toeknee32
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To: toeknee32

Now see this thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1846608/posts


24 posted on 06/07/2007 1:39:38 PM PDT by Snoopers-868th
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To: LurkedLongEnough

ping


25 posted on 06/07/2007 1:40:53 PM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: Squidpup

ping2self for sweet aerobatics


26 posted on 06/07/2007 1:43:47 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Magnificent!


27 posted on 06/07/2007 1:48:48 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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Self ping for later viewing


28 posted on 06/07/2007 1:51:30 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: LurkedLongEnough

bump for later viewing.


29 posted on 06/07/2007 1:53:59 PM PDT by MissouriConservative (We accommodate other cultures at the expense of ours.)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

I lived in Williamsburg, Va for a while and was headed south until I came to a roadblock...”Testing at Langley Today”. Those little jets were all over the place. I just sat and watched the whole show. “Magnificent”.


30 posted on 06/07/2007 1:54:18 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Very cool, but cmon, is an air superiority fighter ever going to do vertical cimb/hovers or backflips like this in combat? I rather see video of the Raptor pulling tight turns at speed, yanking and banking.

In real combat the Raptor will be firing AMRAAMs from 30 miles away, and the enemy never sees it coming.


31 posted on 06/07/2007 1:55:50 PM PDT by finnman69 (May Paris Hilton’s plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Sweet mother that is CRAZY!!! Just imagine if another jet was on your tail. Pull up, stall, back flip, go to guns and nail the sucker.

That is one crazy plane. I bet it as a pilot it makes your head swim...


32 posted on 06/07/2007 1:55:55 PM PDT by Syntyr (Freepers - In the top %5 of informed Americans!)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

ping for later.


33 posted on 06/07/2007 1:58:47 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: ASA Vet

“Hey boss, stop blocking these patriotic videos. What are you, some kind of Commie?”;))


34 posted on 06/07/2007 2:02:53 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: LurkedLongEnough

So bookmarked for later.


35 posted on 06/07/2007 2:07:32 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: LurkedLongEnough
WOW! Impossible to stall, it seems. I bet it's even better away from the airshow....

Mike

36 posted on 06/07/2007 2:07:43 PM PDT by MichaelP (Gotta be a cracker to know about peckerwoods)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

The F-15 and F-16 pilots who have flown against the F-22 are unanimous: it’s just not fair. This is a great airframe.

Colonel, USAFR


37 posted on 06/07/2007 2:15:45 PM PDT by jagusafr (The proof that we are rightly related to God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not")
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To: LurkedLongEnough
We get a lot of playful pilots from Dobbins over our house (playful or training, hard to tell). I wonder if I will ever get to see a Raptor.
39 posted on 06/07/2007 2:29:50 PM PDT by elizabetty (Perpetual Candidate using campaign donations for your salary - Its a good gig if you can get it.)
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To: jagusafr

It’s awesome we have this type of air power... but where will we use these jets? I’m impressed by their capabilities... I just have my doubts they’ll ever be used to their fullest potential. Any thoughts out there?


40 posted on 06/07/2007 2:31:30 PM PDT by PureSolace (God save us all)
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