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The US Government does it stupid (also: airplanes are fucking awesome)
supersheep:
That's a maneouvre known as Pugachev's Cobra. It's increasing the angle of attack (the difference between the orientation of the plane and the direction of travel) sharply for a brief period in order to bleed speed. In fact, every plane can fly at angles which are not the direction of flight, just nowhere near as extremely as this. It's how landings are made, often - the plane is moving in a straight line, but the nose might be pointing ten or fifteen degrees off to the right or left.
Even more impressive is the ability of one of the later model Su-27 variants to perform a 360 degree flip inside its own length in level flight. I wish I could find video...
Disclaimer: the bits and pieces I know about flying do not come from much real piloting experience, so the details may not be entirely accurate. Do not attempt to use this information to engage in aerial combat, or land a plane.
Reed:
I don't know if they still do this, but the Russian air force used to actually sell rides in their high performance fighters (I think it was something like $25,000US for 1 hr). I always thought that would be a really awesome experience.
LTK:
--- Quote from: Dire bacterium on 04 May 2009, 08:44 ---I don't know if they still do this, but the Russian air force used to actually sell rides in their high performance fighters (I think it was something like $25,000US for 1 hr). I always thought that would be a really awesome experience.
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It actually would, if the average person were able to keep from fainting during the ride. Wasn't that because of the blood flow to your brain stopping?
Patrick:
This place is in my hometown, and it's got something very close to being as awesome as that. When I turned 13, my dad rented out this exact airplane:
We did a maximum of 6 positive Gs and 4 negative Gs, and it was fucking exhilarating, and nowhere near as expensive as a ride in a MiG 29 would be. Also, the Extra 200 comes with a barf bag. Can't promise that in a MiG since you have a full-head helmet and 100% oxy mask on.
negative creep:
I've always been a fan of the Albatros D series:
But the best airplane ever is, of course, the Tupolev Tu-95:
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