What It’s Like to Fly the F-35B Lightning!

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025

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  • @SamEckholm
    @SamEckholm  4 месяца назад +255

    What other questions do you have about the F-35B? 👇🏼

    • @_mayank_kajal_gaming9109
      @_mayank_kajal_gaming9109 4 месяца назад +13

      Fuel consumption ?

    • @SaifGhost-ob1tm
      @SaifGhost-ob1tm 4 месяца назад +6

      How much power It had in dog fight

    • @kbx2.
      @kbx2. 4 месяца назад +23

      Can i have one, please

    • @Batman.Inside
      @Batman.Inside 4 месяца назад +5

      Want this piece of technology but you guys don't sell us...
      Think once again guys Modi Ji is already in US for next 3 days give us good deal we'll buy 12 for trial

    • @ANAa380avgeek
      @ANAa380avgeek 4 месяца назад +4

      How long it can hover in the air?

  • @nathanluker9889
    @nathanluker9889 4 месяца назад +292

    Thank you for interviewing a maintainer. I wrenched on Apache helicopters for 17 years. It’s nice to give us recognition. It’s a team effort to keep aircraft in the air safely.

    • @Ashcat935
      @Ashcat935 4 месяца назад +2

      Gunny weiss was my old ssgt at vmfa 211, and I used to send maj keegan off with a dab at vmfa 122. Haven't seen those guys in years

    • @paulallen-01
      @paulallen-01 Месяц назад

      Without you guys we would have no birds in the sky.
      Thank you for your 17 years of service 🫡

    • @mummamilk1
      @mummamilk1 10 дней назад

      Are you guys engineers?

  • @vennetaproductions323
    @vennetaproductions323 4 месяца назад +461

    Heyyy, I made the video 💪💪 Big Shoutout to Sam he was super cool dude and just chatted with all of us Plane Captains before recording.

    • @SamEckholm
      @SamEckholm  4 месяца назад +82

      It was great to meet you!

    • @vennetaproductions323
      @vennetaproductions323 4 месяца назад +39

      @@SamEckholm awesome to meet you too man I am the plane captain in the video shaking the pilots hand

    • @AB19998
      @AB19998 4 месяца назад +7

      Thank you for your service!❤❤❤

    • @alex_foster
      @alex_foster 4 месяца назад +6

      You guys are awesome!

    • @RohlatKapcak
      @RohlatKapcak 4 месяца назад +2

      @@vennetaproductions323is you for real?

  • @gianmalc
    @gianmalc 4 месяца назад +195

    Hey Sam, we met at the AFA conference over in Maryland. I'm the AFROTC cadet that grabbed a picture with you. Another great video dawg, keep killing it!

    • @SamEckholm
      @SamEckholm  4 месяца назад +41

      It was great to meet you!

    • @gavsplanecrazytutorials
      @gavsplanecrazytutorials Месяц назад

      Hey, I’m an AFJROTC cadet too! What rank and AS level are you?

  • @davidwolf226
    @davidwolf226 4 месяца назад +143

    Wow, I was surprised to hear about the "voice-recognition" feature. Thanks, Sam, for another fascinating review of this wonderful 5th-generation aircraft.

  • @LuckyShot_117
    @LuckyShot_117 4 месяца назад +28

    Can we just appreciate how awesome those landing signal officers are...5:44 that's insane

  • @PlaneAwesome747
    @PlaneAwesome747 4 месяца назад +64

    Let’s goo! Low country lightning finally getting the spotlight! ⚡️

  • @DarrenEdwardsAviation
    @DarrenEdwardsAviation 4 месяца назад +33

    Another awesome video Sam, amazing insight to the F-35B. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to video them, when the pilots complete their low level training in them, in the Mach Loop.

  • @B4S3B4LLF4N
    @B4S3B4LLF4N 4 месяца назад +10

    I worked on the F35's for 4 years and was on the first F35 combat deployment. Pretty amazing jet.

  • @masterkiloren99
    @masterkiloren99 4 месяца назад +137

    I wish the sponsorship had a discount code. I’ve been shopping for a new fighter jet but I like getting them on sale

    • @enderchicken1
      @enderchicken1 4 месяца назад +3

      🤣

    • @TheOrangeFlash
      @TheOrangeFlash 4 месяца назад +18

      I was waiting for Honeywell to say that they also sell heat pumps or smart home systems or something. Nope, the ad’s just promoting components for the F-35! 😂

    • @oldcowbb
      @oldcowbb 4 месяца назад

      just wait for black friday dumbass

    • @Ross-v4h
      @Ross-v4h 21 день назад +1

      Temu has a pretty good option for way cheaper.

  • @MikeHarris1984
    @MikeHarris1984 4 месяца назад +11

    The F35's train out here in Phoenix area from Luke AFB and my house is under the flight path way out in the north desert near lake pleasent, they always fly in pairs... when the normal F16's fly or other jets, the noise isnt too bad. Then when an F22 flys over, its loud, buit when an F35 flys over, HOLY FFFFKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!! They are deafening!!!! they are SO loud (I know what plane it is by ADS-B transponders that I track and feed multiple sites) Sometimes they dont turn on transponders (FAA granted the military special exceptions), but when they do, seeing the F35 signature show up is awesome, and seeing it when they fly over, they are a BEAST of an aircraft!!!! A true marvel of engineering.

    • @MbisonBalrog
      @MbisonBalrog 3 месяца назад +1

      You should sue the govt for creating a noise nuisance.

  • @beaufortboy77
    @beaufortboy77 11 дней назад +2

    I work on MCAS Beaufort and it’s really cool to see it in a video! I don’t do anything with the aircraft but it never gets old seeing the f-35s fly. The noise can get loud on busy days but it’s still cool as hell to be able to see these planes up close

  • @Jazzzon777
    @Jazzzon777 4 месяца назад +7

    Idk if its the enthusiasm in your voice or the cool music or what, but your videos get me more excited than most things in life.

  • @BuddySpike101
    @BuddySpike101 4 месяца назад +24

    And to think it all started at a little airstrip at RAF Dunsfold in Surrey, England on the 21st of October 1960. Crazy how such important things can have such humble beginnings.

    • @JDR71326
      @JDR71326 4 месяца назад +3

      I got to see one hover at the RIAT airshow in fairford

    • @GudieveNing
      @GudieveNing 3 месяца назад

      Harrier?

    • @JDR71326
      @JDR71326 3 месяца назад

      @@GudieveNing yeah

    • @qc7zy
      @qc7zy 10 часов назад

      Crazy how Britain used to be such a great country. Now they don't make anything of value

  • @StufffTV
    @StufffTV 4 месяца назад +10

    Did it again Sam, kudos to you and your team. Love the 1 to 1 talks that you have, your personal touch to the conversations really get a little bit extra from these men and women. Keep it up!

  • @starjilk
    @starjilk 4 месяца назад +4

    Absolutely love the expressions of the pilot who answered the questions.

  • @saitamaaaa445
    @saitamaaaa445 Месяц назад +1

    In the speedround, the pilot proves himself he is worthy of piloting that plane, very smart

  • @armoredtomato
    @armoredtomato 4 месяца назад +11

    i love how well made the honeywell advert was. it's not like it was asking us to buy something (nor that we could), but hey! it's so cool to have companies like that work as sponsors :)

  • @joevaccaro6655
    @joevaccaro6655 3 месяца назад +3

    Thanks Sam for the video on the F35B, it’s astounding what the plane can do. And a big thanks to the flying leathernecks for the tour, the airshow, and your service 💯 🇺🇸

  • @joshschneider9766
    @joshschneider9766 4 месяца назад +11

    the gun pod cannon is pretty sweet and the fact that its easily put on and removed is cool too. flexibility and all that.

    • @Ashcat935
      @Ashcat935 4 месяца назад +1

      Ordnance guys would tell you otherwise. We once had a class A mishap because they didn't take the mounting hardware off of the gun pod before opening the weapon bay doors and crunched them.

  • @codergamer2000
    @codergamer2000 Месяц назад +1

    Got goosebumps watching the maneuverings..!

  • @Ian_Schneider
    @Ian_Schneider 4 месяца назад +95

    F-35 is the GOAT

    • @goated4092
      @goated4092 4 месяца назад +16

      F22 raptor is the real 🐐

    • @someguyoninternet7542
      @someguyoninternet7542 4 месяца назад +2

      raptor says hi

    • @Kxranaus
      @Kxranaus 4 месяца назад

      Messerschmitts Me 262 says hi

    • @TiggerLyOne
      @TiggerLyOne 4 месяца назад

      Same way LeBron is the goat?!😂

    • @Grogiiii
      @Grogiiii 4 месяца назад +1

      Ya that’s not true f22 on top

  • @deepanchatterjee1749
    @deepanchatterjee1749 Месяц назад +1

    That transition from almost supersonic speed to almost standtsill hover is UNREAL!

  • @ebajohn3175
    @ebajohn3175 4 месяца назад +5

    I've been waiting for a video on this particular f35. You're the man,Sam 💪💪💪

  • @leeshet.1937
    @leeshet.1937 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for getting many details about this fantastic aircraft. I’m new to learning about aviation and aircraft’s. I’m so impressed with this beast. Much love & respect to the pilots and maintenance teams for what you do. 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @vinodmandlekar
    @vinodmandlekar 4 месяца назад +6

    The f35 is an absolute beast

  • @AlphaGatorDCS
    @AlphaGatorDCS 4 месяца назад +2

    I've seen the F-35 twice at airshows. It is BY FAR the loudest jet I've ever heard. THE SOUND OF FREEDOM!

    • @jensonhartmann3630
      @jensonhartmann3630 4 месяца назад

      I live about 23-24 miles away from Luke AFB in phoenix, and on a good day, i can hear them taking off. it sounds like thunder and it fills the sky, it's amazing.

    • @NancyElizabeth-n9n
      @NancyElizabeth-n9n 4 месяца назад

      @@jensonhartmann3630 I lived on Luke AFB and the F15s would rattle the windows and yes it was loud as hell. This is going back to the 90s so I don’t know what planes they have there now. Sounds like they have the F35. Is it still an F15 training squadron?

    • @jensonhartmann3630
      @jensonhartmann3630 4 месяца назад

      @@NancyElizabeth-n9n oh very cool! F15's arent based there anymore, BUT other F15 flight squadrons will visit Luke for training. I know Malaysia was just here for a few weeks for their 15 program. I'm not sure of who else comes through though

  • @duchenne_md6736
    @duchenne_md6736 4 месяца назад +3

    I saw this at eaa this past year! I got to see it flying at max speed, incredible witnessing a plane I knew nothing about!

  • @swimminlikeapig
    @swimminlikeapig 4 месяца назад +1

    I paused 1 sec in just to say this is one of the coolest jet designs ever. Both versions. Maybe not the most dangerous, but the coolest

  • @ZacharyHarpel
    @ZacharyHarpel 4 месяца назад +3

    What an awesome jet. Absolutely legendary.

  • @photonpilot__
    @photonpilot__ Месяц назад +2

    14:45 So you're telling me I can go "hey F-35, change my waypoint" just like I can go "Hey BMW take me home" or "Ok Google, play Free Bird starting at the guitar solo"

  • @Parawingdelta2
    @Parawingdelta2 4 месяца назад +10

    An amazing thing to see a fighter hover. The wonders of modern aviation. I have actually seen one do the same thing, except it was a Royal Air Force Harrier fifty-five years ago.

  • @BeakerHoneydew_MuppetLabs
    @BeakerHoneydew_MuppetLabs 4 месяца назад +2

    This was a great video Sam! We are proud to have helped design each of the variants 20 years ago and still working on them! Keep up the great work!!

  • @T.Y.B.o.d.
    @T.Y.B.o.d. 4 месяца назад +8

    Awesome video Sam, I’ve been waiting for this one for a while.😊

    • @T.Y.B.o.d.
      @T.Y.B.o.d. 4 месяца назад +3

      Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort SC is awesome too. I was born there and my dad use to be in the flight squadron Bengals.

  • @imarioiv
    @imarioiv 4 месяца назад +5

    Awesome video as always Sam! I start Flight School (USMC) in 2 weeks and watching this just ignites the realization that I'm about to earn a chance to fly this in the fleet. I do wanna shout out the maintainers mentioned at 10:25, cannot do this job without them. Semper Fi!

    • @joevaccaro6655
      @joevaccaro6655 3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

  • @thymos6575
    @thymos6575 4 месяца назад +1

    I really love that all the people here are so friendly and yet so professional in their feild.

  • @TTOS69
    @TTOS69 3 месяца назад +3

    18:10 that was fkn cool going super slow like he's riding a wheelie!

  • @kainigwon5433
    @kainigwon5433 3 месяца назад +1

    American military videos are always facinating!

  • @fanBladeOne
    @fanBladeOne 4 месяца назад +3

    Great work, Sam!

  • @timozhang6276
    @timozhang6276 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you Sam for making this great video. My favorite part of the video is Speed Round. It's always interesting to know some "secrets" about the F-35 from the pilot. Can't wait for the next video.

  • @peterhaan501
    @peterhaan501 4 месяца назад +6

    Sam, Very imformative video and professionalism of everyone involved!!
    thanks so much! Peter Haan

  • @robertpalmer3166
    @robertpalmer3166 4 месяца назад +2

    My son in law was based at MCAS Beaufort. He once took me deep into the base and I got a close up view of the beauties in action. Pretty mind blowing.

  • @SPOITZZDUSTED
    @SPOITZZDUSTED 4 месяца назад +16

    lets gooo! people who love the f35
    👇

  • @RandyRydberg
    @RandyRydberg 4 месяца назад +2

    Good video! I liked the rapid questions that covered things we are all thinking and wanted to ask.

  • @StayCuriouss.s
    @StayCuriouss.s 4 месяца назад +3

    What a beauty

  • @JawsFan27
    @JawsFan27 4 месяца назад +1

    Seeing these take-off and land at sea is a sight to behold, I'll never forget it.

  • @austinmcknuggets458
    @austinmcknuggets458 4 месяца назад +3

    All I could think about is if this is the crazy cool tech the military is comfortable with sharing, imagine what’s behind closed doors

  • @belushipumpkin
    @belushipumpkin 3 месяца назад +2

    These guys so so knowledgeable and articulate. Makes me proud to be an American.

  • @cheriefsadeksadek2108
    @cheriefsadeksadek2108 4 месяца назад +3

    Flying The F22 or F35 Is a Dream

  • @devynhale1623
    @devynhale1623 2 месяца назад +1

    That's absolutely amazing getting a whole Air Show by the military just for yourself

  • @Fighterpilot5358
    @Fighterpilot5358 4 месяца назад +48

    Bro we're waiting for the f15 video

  • @desertodavid
    @desertodavid 3 месяца назад +1

    Awesome. Great job Sam! Semper Fidelis!

  • @lambo88
    @lambo88 3 месяца назад +4

    I worked with an F35 maintenance crew for 6 years. There are many other "special features" of this amazing fighter that they can't reveal to you

    • @1Wado.
      @1Wado. 3 месяца назад

      Tell me these features

  • @almcg4425
    @almcg4425 4 месяца назад +2

    Hey Sam, you guys nailed it 💪. Awesome video presentation and interview with the pilots. This was over the top Fantastic 💪. Thanks to you and your crew for another Great video. As always looking forward to your next video 👍. Al

  • @eshanarshadnayaz5098
    @eshanarshadnayaz5098 4 месяца назад +3

    Bro ur vids are 🔥🔥

  • @lisaw7633
    @lisaw7633 4 месяца назад +1

    F35'S are so awesome. Just like Sam's hair 😊. GO MARINES!

  • @christopherandrade7785
    @christopherandrade7785 4 месяца назад +3

    I deployed with Maj Keegan. Good guy

  • @DJofSparta
    @DJofSparta 4 месяца назад +1

    I remember hearing about the X-Prize "Joint Strike Fighter" program between Lockheed Martin and Boeing and the X-35 being the winner. Wild to see all 3 variants in service now.

  • @mayer14474
    @mayer14474 4 месяца назад +3

    Absolutely stunning!

  • @robert-wr9xt
    @robert-wr9xt 3 месяца назад +3

    Gunnery Sergeant Weiss is a respected mentor. Be well good teacher.

  • @Bluelagoonstudios
    @Bluelagoonstudios Месяц назад

    Last summer, I was working, and the backdoor was open, and I see a lot of F16s passing by. But at the time, something was sounding different, and there she was, an F35A from the Dutch air force. It was flying up north. We got our first F35A delivered this month. So I'm probably going to see these more often. Delivery times are way too long, that's why we cannot transfer our F16s to Ukraine yet.

  • @rarityadf11f
    @rarityadf11f 4 месяца назад +35

    this is my favorite F-35 variant, since it can do VTOL

    • @Jake-uc8mb
      @Jake-uc8mb 4 месяца назад +8

      No it's short take off vertical landing. It can't take out vertically. STOVL

    • @Jake-uc8mb
      @Jake-uc8mb 4 месяца назад +7

      It can't. It's short take off vertical landing. STOVL it can't take off vertically
      Edit: technically it can take off vertically but with little or no load out so it can't do much once it's in the air if it does take off vertically

    • @Nicalobocinator
      @Nicalobocinator 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Jake-uc8mbthey can takeoff vertically but due to the heat it generates it often burns the ground below so they usually stick to stovl

    • @Jake-uc8mb
      @Jake-uc8mb 4 месяца назад

      @Nicalobocinator oh I never knew that part of it I thought it was just about how little fuel and few of weapons on board it required to get off the ground vertically

    • @therobloxroleplayguy
      @therobloxroleplayguy 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Nicalobocinator on amphibious assault ships there is a specific reinforced area for the f35b to take off vertically to avoid damaging the flight deck

  • @robert-wr9xt
    @robert-wr9xt 3 месяца назад +2

    Mad respect to our War Lords. Fly, deliver and return.

  • @houstonbrice12
    @houstonbrice12 4 месяца назад +3

    These marines you interviewed are awesome 😂😂

  • @muttpvppy1457
    @muttpvppy1457 4 месяца назад +2

    Such an awesome aircraft, and awesome video as always!

  • @maxim.68
    @maxim.68 4 месяца назад +11

    Bro just casually has a military sponsor

  • @kram0113
    @kram0113 4 месяца назад +2

    Aloha Sam! 🤙 Always awesome vids you put out! ✨️ Since you've done the F-35A & F-35B variants, now you need to do one about the F-35C if it will be a possible. Keep on keeping on with what you do! 😁🙌

  • @rip_knifeguy5485
    @rip_knifeguy5485 4 месяца назад +7

    I recently saw the A variant in my home country of Austria 🇦🇹 at the Airpower24, an absolute beast!

  • @someonewholovesbacon1142
    @someonewholovesbacon1142 4 месяца назад +2

    i love these vids. i finaly get info i didnt knew about plus its fun to see the f35 fly instead of pictures

  • @insanereindeer4081
    @insanereindeer4081 4 месяца назад +1

    Been in the Rolls Royce lift fan facilities in Indy a few times. Pretty cool seeing those things on the stands.

  • @bc-guy852
    @bc-guy852 4 месяца назад +1

    Incredible. You're one lucky guy Sam!
    Thanks for providing this fabulous episode!

  • @_mayank_kajal_gaming9109
    @_mayank_kajal_gaming9109 4 месяца назад +3

    Hatts off to the pilot ❤

  • @realityconcepts4584
    @realityconcepts4584 4 месяца назад +2

    What an engineering marvel wow! Your channel I think is the best in modern aviation. Keep up the good work. I even like the sponsors of the channel

  • @bytmo
    @bytmo 4 месяца назад +5

    YO SAM I WAS LEGIT THERE EARLIER! I got to see inside of the radar station thingy and I got to see all of their screens. They also let me in one of their hangars to see the F35s but we cant have phones also did you see the F5s they had there? And confirmation that I was there is I saw the wear and tear behind their engines because they are used for training and if there is lightning nearby an alarm will go off (i love ur vids btw)

  • @gudmegill
    @gudmegill 4 месяца назад

    I live next to an airport in Akureyri, Iceland and we had 3 RAF F-35Bs doing touch and gos the other day while on NATO air patrols in Iceland. Amazing machine.

  • @specc_s1452
    @specc_s1452 4 месяца назад +14

    Thank the brits for their contribution to this beautiful machine❤

  • @williamfraser5593
    @williamfraser5593 Месяц назад +1

    Great stuff ! Remember Colonel Sam Martin USMC, Beaufort, SC

  • @Nightsd01
    @Nightsd01 4 месяца назад +3

    Awesome video! But the fact that the F-35 cannot utilize short range heat seeking missiles internally is ridiculous. If you look at the kinds of real adversaries we'd face in Asia, they have stealth fighters there as well. The probability of coming to the "merge" is way higher there, and that's where you need these heat seeker type missiles. This seems like the "no need for a gun" moment of the 21st century, like the Phantom had in Vietnam
    Given the F-35's advanced sensor suite, including IR, there's just no excuse for it not being able to include the AIM-9X internally. The fact that we spend ~$1T on defense makes it even harder to understand. They are over-relying on stealth without accounting for the fact that our adversaries will have stealth too

    • @Olliekay
      @Olliekay 4 месяца назад

      I think you'll find they've probably considered this, and they've felt that a merge is still unlikely enough to not justify wasting radar guided missile slots with a heatseeker that might never get used

    • @zachb1706
      @zachb1706 4 месяца назад

      Stealth fighters aren’t invisible, just less visible. BVR/long range missiles would still be able to engage a J20 far outside any short range missile, so the Air Force didn’t see any reason to pursue short range internal missiles.

  • @urbanstrencan
    @urbanstrencan 4 месяца назад +1

    Just amazing fighter jet, tech and capabilities are just amazing ❤❤❤
    Great video keep it 4

  • @jamesthegames4259
    @jamesthegames4259 4 месяца назад +5

    The Fighter Jet That Hovers | Hawker Siddeley Harrier 😎

  • @vinny2242
    @vinny2242 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video we have these at a base near me in the UK and they are awesome 🤟🤟🤟

  • @0-7Ghost
    @0-7Ghost 4 месяца назад +18

    The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
    In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
    The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

  • @christhedoc8689
    @christhedoc8689 4 месяца назад +2

    Bro, these American pilots are the smartest people on earth!!

  • @robu6300
    @robu6300 4 месяца назад +9

    Saw a F35 Lightning II at pacific Airshow and been impressed. This thing is overpowered as f*ck and sounds absolutely insane. I was really impressed and happy to experience such a display live.

    • @JuniorJunison
      @JuniorJunison 4 месяца назад

      The f35 is loudest fighter plane I've heard, it is loud as f**k.

    • @xris5697
      @xris5697 4 месяца назад +1

      It’s louder than f22

    • @JuniorJunison
      @JuniorJunison 4 месяца назад +1

      @@xris5697 louder than f16, f18, f15, and f22, the f35 is the loudest out of all of them. It's because the single jet engine on the f35 is a behemoth.

    • @xris5697
      @xris5697 4 месяца назад +1

      @@JuniorJunison agree 👍, on a side note I worked on the development of the lift fan gears to full production. Very proud of my accomplishment as part of the team.

    • @JuniorJunison
      @JuniorJunison 4 месяца назад

      @xris5697 oh cool, my dad helped with flight testing of the f35, I was lucky enough to be near the runway when an f35 was either hovering or doing short take-offs, and it was so loud that my dad had to roll up the windows on the car, when they were down, even being I don't know, maybe close to 100-200 feet away from the runway the sound of the big roaring jet engine is all you could hear, and I remember at the time it scared me a little because it was just so loud and you felt the sound all the way in your chest. Quite a magnificent beast of a machine.

  • @CarsWatches
    @CarsWatches 4 месяца назад +2

    Those visuals, that edit! ❤ Bravo

  • @jaymac7203
    @jaymac7203 4 месяца назад +4

    Why do people put music over flight demos? The sound of the aircraft is all you need!

  • @AviationPhotog
    @AviationPhotog 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow, some nice info i didn't know about. Another fantastic video Sam

  • @Rares_edits
    @Rares_edits 4 месяца назад +774

    The russians watching this video🌚

  • @MechArenaEno
    @MechArenaEno 4 месяца назад +2

    Good wholesome Americans flying our aircraft. ❤

  • @Haseeb99331
    @Haseeb99331 4 месяца назад

    Hey Sam sir love and respect from Pakistan
    I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your videos! Your passion for fighter jets and American technology is infectious. The way you present the information is so captivating. Please don't keep us waiting too long for new content. You're amazing💙💚! Keep up the great work.🤙

  • @orangewarm1
    @orangewarm1 4 месяца назад +5

    What about the British Harrier?

    • @T-Dawg123a
      @T-Dawg123a 4 месяца назад +1

      It isn't a video about the British harrier although the American version was mentioned. Unfortunately the harrier is on its way out. Although the harrier proved what a STOVL aircraft could do even with the limits of had. The F-35b is the next step though, is lift fan system is way more efficient than the harriers vectored thrust nozzles. The F-35 is supersonic, stealthy, carries about double the ordinance and fuel. Quite literally the harrier walked so the F-35b could run. Unfortunately I think the harrier had already got it's last airshows in, the A-10 isn't doing anymore after this year either, and the Kc-10 just recently had it's last flight

    • @kyledabearsfan
      @kyledabearsfan 4 месяца назад +1

      Man, find someone who won't forget you like the Brits won't forget about the Harrier 😂 US makes the most sophisticated plane ever to fly and the Brits are like "bruh, it has one capability we developed 6 decades ago" (seal clap noises). The Harrier is incredible surely, but every single F35 video has 10 people like you 😂

  • @Timmyfromphilly1994
    @Timmyfromphilly1994 4 месяца назад +2

    5:48 that’s gotta feel so bad ass standing on the edge of an aircraft carrier while F35’s are launching themselves nearly at you.

  • @Thewhitelivehorse
    @Thewhitelivehorse 4 месяца назад +5

    Thank you for showing us your skills. These pilots are top guns from the Marine court. Once again very informative video.

  • @pcparts2u
    @pcparts2u 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video... my father used to install the ejector seats and weapons on the Harrier

  • @jamesj97370
    @jamesj97370 4 месяца назад +8

    It's crazy how the Harrier was the only jet in the world to do this for over 50 years!

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 4 месяца назад +2

      The YAK-38 was the only other VTOL to enter service, but it was definitively inferior to the Harrier.

    • @CaraVerde
      @CaraVerde 4 месяца назад +2

      It shows that planes with VTOL capability doesn't offer much compared to its price or differences.

  • @mccloud4886
    @mccloud4886 4 месяца назад +1

    The water vapor near the edges of the plane during high-speed maneuvers looks bad ass!

  • @J-20_Weilong
    @J-20_Weilong 4 месяца назад +5

    The F-35 is my favourite VTOL aircraft

    • @Evnut2
      @Evnut2 4 месяца назад

      Same

    • @therobloxroleplayguy
      @therobloxroleplayguy 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Evnut2 STOVL*

    • @maleprincess62
      @maleprincess62 4 месяца назад

      ​@@therobloxroleplayguyclean and not full of fuel the thing can take off vertically, in fact in demonstrated that ability for the first time in 2013.

    • @therobloxroleplayguy
      @therobloxroleplayguy 4 месяца назад

      @@maleprincess62 in fact, you should improve your English

    • @therobloxroleplayguy
      @therobloxroleplayguy 4 месяца назад

      @@maleprincess62 yes but conventionally it cannot take off vertically

  • @RaptorRidge223
    @RaptorRidge223 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for doing this one Sam, close friend was stationed at Beaufort and an old friend was an engineer on the earliest helmet HUD

  • @jamesyonkers9101
    @jamesyonkers9101 4 месяца назад +24

    Do the F-15 Strike Eagle sometime! That is the best fighter, aside from the F-14. One of my family members that I never met, he worked a little bit on the F-15 in the 80s when it started. He was Richard Stockton Rush III who died on the Ocean Gate submarine

    • @APerson-fj6yx
      @APerson-fj6yx 4 месяца назад +4

      The EX could be cool as well

    • @CaptainBiggles.
      @CaptainBiggles. 4 месяца назад +3

      Strike Eagle is a really bad dogfighter compared with the C

    • @sankyu3950
      @sankyu3950 4 месяца назад +1

      You mean the guy whos the ceo of oceangate is one of your relatives?!

    • @jamesyonkers9101
      @jamesyonkers9101 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes

    • @Jake-uc8mb
      @Jake-uc8mb 4 месяца назад

      ​@@jamesyonkers9101neat but why bring that up here?

  • @houstontexas4658
    @houstontexas4658 4 месяца назад +2

    Very cool, Sam! Thanks for this!