F-15D down in Navada

[CAP1]

*Whooshing sound of the joke totally going over CAP's head*

quite maybe

it's still early........

[Maverick]

RIP Lt. Col. Thomas Bouley. Fair skies and tailwinds forever. 

[Dinan]

climb rate of 50,000 feet per second

 

they shouldn't be grounded.

Who is asking for them to be grounded?

[Dichotomy]

Lt. Col. Thomas Bouley 

[CAP1]

Who is asking for them to be grounded?

there were senators trying to ground the F15 fleet after the missori national guard eagle went down.

the 50k ft per minute climb rate is accurate too. it was the first fighter in the world to go wheels up, then verticle immediatly off the ground, and then accelerate past the speed of sound.

[Baitman]

the 50k ft per minute climb rate is accurate too. it was the first fighter in the world to go wheels up, then verticle immediatly off the ground, and then accelerate past the speed of sound.

I thought the F4 Phantom was the first.

[OOZ662]

the 50k ft per minute climb rate is accurate too.

50,000 feet per second

I believe that's what confused him.

The quote about the "F4 being proof that given big enough engines, a brick will fly" comes to mind.

[CAP1]

I thought the F4 Phantom was the first.

i don't believe so.

i would have to go out in the garage, and climb up in the rafters to find the book, but i recall reading that the eagle was the first with the power to weight ratio to allow it to go supersonic immediatly after leaving the ground.
 no wheels up, accelerate a little, then pull nose high. wheels up, point nose straight up, and continue to accelerate.

 it was built because the air force thought that the foxbat was intended as a fighter, whereas it was actually an interceptor.