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  • @GrowlingSidewinder
    @GrowlingSidewinder  3 года назад +50

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    • @logginggaming232
      @logginggaming232 3 года назад +4

      Sr-71 versus every American jet dogfighting

    • @steveshoemaker6347
      @steveshoemaker6347 3 года назад +1

      👍😀🖤💜

    • @mmtot
      @mmtot 3 года назад

      Cool video dude. I doubt the SR-71 could exceed much more than Mach 2 at 20 000ft in reality. What are your thoughts GS?

    • @mmtot
      @mmtot 3 года назад +1

      I would like to see some kind of aim-54 phoenix engagement against the SR at 85k M3.2

    • @steveshoemaker6347
      @steveshoemaker6347 3 года назад

      @@mmtot high altitude much faster

  • @TheMuro22
    @TheMuro22 3 года назад +1021

    Love the countermeasure systems of the SR-71, they basically work like:
    1. Go faster
    2. Go higher
    3. If that doesn't work, repeat steps 1 and 2

    • @DemonLordGamingAC0
      @DemonLordGamingAC0 3 года назад +63

      The SR-71 actually had a pretty powerful ECM

    • @Woody-nc1ru
      @Woody-nc1ru 3 года назад +19

      #3 should me make a coarse correction😉

    • @DaveYogs
      @DaveYogs 3 года назад +39

      The official accounts included turning left or right

    • @bruhbruh13968
      @bruhbruh13968 3 года назад +2

      @@DaveYogs heh 😃

    • @roijoi6963
      @roijoi6963 3 года назад +16

      Same counter-measures package as on the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito!

  • @MrWils25
    @MrWils25 3 года назад +943

    Sorry to inform you, we forgot to load the camera film in the blackbird. You’re going to have to fly the mission again.

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад +43

      The Colonel climbing into the Cockpit would never allow that to happen... people may make jokes about Chair Force today. But the Colonels and possibly Majors who flew Blackbirds would have been beating peoples asses back then had that ever happened... lol

    • @SquillagusNiggle
      @SquillagusNiggle 3 года назад +6

      Dr Krieger: I'm supposed to have film in this?

    • @zonzillamagnus5902
      @zonzillamagnus5902 2 года назад +2

      @@VonGoth Now they beat you if you forget your anti-whiteness training

    • @southpawmoose
      @southpawmoose 2 года назад +5

      Thats when you punch your crew chief

    • @georgeturner301
      @georgeturner301 2 года назад

      😂😂

  • @johnnyboy7002
    @johnnyboy7002 3 года назад +202

    Brings back a treasured memory from the lates 80’s when I actually saw an SR71 taking off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk. A truly awesome sight that I will never forget. I also got to see an A12 up close when I visited the USS Intrepid in New York few years ago.

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад +5

      Still the Most Beautiful Plane to ever Fly! This from a Navy Veteran.

    • @Guitarplayer22222
      @Guitarplayer22222 3 года назад +1

      In the mid 2000's I saw one flying over my house. I tried to take a picture of it with my phone but it didn't show up on camera, which I thought was quite funny considering it's a stealth aircraft.

    • @jeffery7281
      @jeffery7281 3 года назад +2

      ​@@Guitarplayer22222 The SR-71 is indeed consider of being design as an stealth aircraft, it just not stealth enough - about 10 square metres of RCS. It's a good number back in 1960s, but still not good enough to make it a real stealth aircraft.
      Whatever, if there's an aircraft which can be both super(even hyper)sonic and stealth... It will definitely be a totally nightmare to every existing air defense systems in the world.

    • @TheTeehee11111
      @TheTeehee11111 3 года назад

      @@Guitarplayer22222 they retired them before the mid 2000s if I'm not mistaken. What you saw wasn't a blackbird

  • @CShivery
    @CShivery 3 года назад +88

    As a kid in the late 80's/early 90's, the two coolest things at the airshows I went to were the F-14 and the SR-71. The Blackbird just looked terrifying, despite not carrying offensive weapons.

    • @davispeterson1876
      @davispeterson1876 3 года назад +6

      YF-12A has entered the chat

    • @richardangelromero
      @richardangelromero 2 года назад

      I was about 10 years old around 1985 playing outside on the playground at Sunnymead elementary and I heard the low hum of the ramjets on a turn and final descent into March AFB right before the weekend. Turns out my parent took me to the air show that weekend and I lost my mind because saw it land just days before. So beautiful almost silent cutting overhead landing I’ll never forget that. 😭

  • @Tigerhawk30
    @Tigerhawk30 3 года назад +1

    GS' next mission: Recon the moon to find that base Marvin The Martian built to blow up the Earth. Ya know...because we obstruct his view of Venus.

  • @williampeek7943
    @williampeek7943 3 года назад +29

    Ok, now I'm starting to question the reality simulation of DCS. I don't think you can get an SR-71 to Mach 3.1 in the dense atmosphere of 20,000 let alone handle the dynamic pressure and temperatures the friction would develop.
    Those Mach numbers were only attainable up high in rarified thin air.

  • @aaronking8694
    @aaronking8694 5 месяцев назад

    Awesome. Kelly Johnson and the team at Skunkworks were once in a lifetime.

  • @ethankovatsh5036
    @ethankovatsh5036 3 года назад +6

    This is an absolute gorgeous homage to this plane.

  • @magiscichoam
    @magiscichoam 3 года назад

    John Gillespie Mcgee Jr is the author of this brilliant, stunning poem titled “High Flight”. Mcgee was an 18 year old Anglo American who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during the early days of WW2. After earning his wings he was assigned to the Royal Air Force. He was killed in an RAF training accident shortly after posting this poem to his parents. Beginning in the 1960s, “High Flight” was used to sign off TV stations (at 12:00 Midnight) in the Metro Detroit Area. In the 1960s a stunningly beautiful flight mission of a “F-105 Star Fighter” was used to accompany the narration. I don’t know the name of the original narrator.

  • @thedemocrat73
    @thedemocrat73 2 месяца назад +1

    _That's one badass plane. The way my mouth dropped._

  • @willytheekid
    @willytheekid 3 года назад

    Designed in the 60's!!...first flight 1966!
    ...and she's still one of the most beautiful speed machines ever built!
    Kia kaha Growler...great vid

  • @sierrabravo.
    @sierrabravo. 3 года назад +8

    I’d love to see ED bring the F-111 into DCS

    • @badgermcbadger1968
      @badgermcbadger1968 3 года назад

      Don't worry, it will never happen

    • @sierrabravo.
      @sierrabravo. 3 года назад

      @@badgermcbadger1968 why is that?

    • @badgermcbadger1968
      @badgermcbadger1968 3 года назад

      @@sierrabravo. it's too complicated, and not enough people will want to play it. Not to mention you need a friend to use it too

  • @abdurraheemsaeed5820
    @abdurraheemsaeed5820 3 года назад +3

    Id rather watch movies like this than actual movies, thats how geed these are, big up Growling Sidewinder

  • @outlandonish3480
    @outlandonish3480 3 года назад +5

    Not what I was expecting but I guess more entertaining than standard SR-71 tactic of fly over so high and fast nothing interesting happens

    • @bigpebble
      @bigpebble 3 года назад +1

      Agreed. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't enter hostile airspace at FL20, more like FL60 to 70.

    • @outlandonish3480
      @outlandonish3480 3 года назад +1

      @@bigpebble I thought it was 80 minimum

    • @bigpebble
      @bigpebble 3 года назад +1

      During aerial reconnaissance missions, the SR-71 operated at Mach 3.2 and 85,000 feet to allow it to outrace threats

  • @SimonWallwork
    @SimonWallwork 2 года назад

    Just to give you a chuckle, all aircraft have limitations, and on the SR the Vlo speed- the speed limit for dropping the gear, is 300 knots. An SR pilot, was cruising at Mach 3, very high up, he needed to come down. His IAS was less than 300, sio he dropped the gear at Mach 3.....

  • @gurukn
    @gurukn 3 года назад +1

    Oh man.. that was oddly peaceful, and honestly, I loved it. WOW!

  • @Orca19904
    @Orca19904 2 года назад

    That Blackbird was almost halfway to getting Astronaut wings.

  • @jasondessin8962
    @jasondessin8962 Год назад

    Crazy thing is the stories I have heard from pilots is they out ran the Sam's that were shot at them. They say top speed is 3.4 but true top speed is still classified.

  • @whirlwindeddie2124
    @whirlwindeddie2124 2 года назад

    Holy shit, the SR-71's doin some Darkstar moves in the beginnning

  • @satvikkrishna145
    @satvikkrishna145 3 года назад

    It was more of Agent 47 than the Blackbird. No loss!

  • @Mako-sz4qr
    @Mako-sz4qr 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful moment at 3:30 ! Amazing !

  • @Charles_Bro-son
    @Charles_Bro-son 3 года назад +3

    The Blackbird is certainly one of the most exciting planes ever.

  • @samwalker1691
    @samwalker1691 3 года назад

    I spent many years working with this magnificent aircraft. Targeting has always been the Achilles Heel of any weapons system against the SR-71. For those not aware, SR-71 and U-2 pilots carry astronaut certifications because of the altitudes they can fly

    • @red94mr28
      @red94mr28 3 года назад

      The pilots had to pass the astronaut physical but they don't qualify for astronaut wings. That requires surpassing 264,000 ft. The maximum altitude of the SR-71 was ~88,000 ft. in sustained flight and the U2 max is about 75,000 ft.

    • @n111254789
      @n111254789 2 года назад

      That would be the x18 not the sr71.

  • @johnelliott7850
    @johnelliott7850 3 года назад

    That Blackbird aircraft is so stuffed full of superlatives... one of which is the second most advanced aeroplane to come out of the 1960s.

  • @rustysglass
    @rustysglass 3 года назад +1

    That was an epic shot!!!!!!! Thank you for this!!!!

  • @Three-LeggedCat
    @Three-LeggedCat 2 года назад

    It's really interesting to consider these somewhat of an experiment, comparing the technologies,

  • @alienbutcher666
    @alienbutcher666 3 года назад

    This plane is a engineering feat of technology for its time,once seen a documentary on it where the the pilot said they could see the missals coming up and pushed the throttle forward and it was see u later!

  • @denismalowa9452
    @denismalowa9452 3 года назад

    Hmmm... It appears that area denial has taken place, a win for the defenders

  • @juryfilatov4520
    @juryfilatov4520 3 года назад +1

    Here you need one S-500 or MiG-31

  • @mistysowards7365
    @mistysowards7365 3 года назад

    My fav machine of all time. SR71 ....

  • @старшийсержант-л7ш
    @старшийсержант-л7ш 3 года назад +2

    wich S300 system and wich type of missile is used. normaly the S300 should be able to intercept an SR71.

  • @spocker22
    @spocker22 3 года назад +3

    The greatest plane to ever fly

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад

      No one. Not even the Russians... would argue with you on that point.

  • @ScotsmanDougal
    @ScotsmanDougal 9 месяцев назад

    Good video but a vertical climb in an SR-71 would be pointless due to how the engines worked at high speeds.

  • @anneallison6402
    @anneallison6402 3 года назад

    Ah yes, he climbed to spacefire altitude

  • @chrisblanton1087
    @chrisblanton1087 3 года назад

    Amazing before modern technology we created this masterpiece. My favorite aircraft I never got to see fly.

  • @grndiesel
    @grndiesel 2 года назад

    SA-10: I'm helping!

  • @edcew8236
    @edcew8236 3 года назад

    I find it hard to believe that the SR-71 engines would run over that range of altitude and Mach numbers...

  • @tomsaviationfirearms3568
    @tomsaviationfirearms3568 3 года назад

    Interesting video. Flight manual shows max q (ias) of 525 kts supersonic, at 20000 ft mach would be 1.09, max altitude 85000 feet.

  • @viriatusportucalensis7642
    @viriatusportucalensis7642 3 года назад +1

    MIG 31 and S300 vs SR 71.

  • @abymathew295
    @abymathew295 2 года назад

    This is really good..should do more videos on S400 vs Fighter jets...😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @ace7843
    @ace7843 3 года назад +5

    Wasn’t the blackbird supposed to operate at 70,000ft to minimise the risk of it being shot down?

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  3 года назад +2

      Something like that yes, I Believe it’s record for level flight was 85000 feet

    • @ace7843
      @ace7843 3 года назад

      @@GrowlingSidewinder Jesus I guess I was thinking of the U2 thanks!

  • @janloncaric3621
    @janloncaric3621 3 года назад

    Near Sochi you say...What...CIA wanted to watch F1???

  • @papasaurusrex832
    @papasaurusrex832 3 года назад

    I like the vid. Interesting experiment. I wonder if the blackbird could just outrun the missiles if it was flying a more normal (for it) flight.

  • @Sithman1776
    @Sithman1776 2 года назад

    Please do SR-71 vs A-10….that would be funny/interesting….or possibly just ridiculous.

  • @LtColDavenport
    @LtColDavenport 3 года назад +1

    I don't get it...
    The missiles had plenty of energy left, was past mach 3, why they all exploded?
    Lost track? Battery depleted? Some kind of limitation in DCS?

    • @Mike_Romeo
      @Mike_Romeo 3 года назад

      All missiles have a timer that will destroy the missile after a certain time to prevent damages on the ground.

  • @knighttemplar4058
    @knighttemplar4058 3 года назад

    .Αt this altitude ... it is harmless..everything that will be launched will be demolished,at this altitude ... there are also the S-400

  • @lucahofman445
    @lucahofman445 3 года назад +1

    what is that song called at 3:05?

  • @earlwheelock7844
    @earlwheelock7844 Год назад

    Does the SR71 have maneuvering rockets on wing tips and forend and aft, and if not how does it maneuver at 100,000 ft and above??

  • @jedibusiness789
    @jedibusiness789 Год назад

    So the solution is an area weapon i.e. tactical nuclear missile

  • @optikid0373
    @optikid0373 2 года назад

    What is the name of the piano piece during the tack view de brief

  • @yuriynazarov9383
    @yuriynazarov9383 3 года назад

    Lets see mig31+rockets vs sr71 on crossing courses, top high

  • @berkytmax9460
    @berkytmax9460 3 года назад

    and then he flew to the moon

  • @grunt167
    @grunt167 3 года назад

    Wow, I was positive the Blackbird would be hit multiple times...

  • @christianm1533
    @christianm1533 3 года назад

    Did the SR-71 ever reach above 100kft in the real world?
    I wonder how they modeled it's high altitude capability.

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  3 года назад +1

      it set a record for horizontal flight at 85000 feet

    • @penguin9725
      @penguin9725 3 года назад

      @@GrowlingSidewinder Has Fedotov's record been broken?)))

    • @christianm1533
      @christianm1533 3 года назад

      @@GrowlingSidewinder : Amazing feat either way.

  • @arctictiger8690
    @arctictiger8690 3 года назад

    Ever heard of the A-12? Even faster than the SR-71. And the X-15 holds an unofficial record of mach 6.7

    • @ASJC27
      @ASJC27 3 года назад +1

      The A-12 isn't faster than the SR-71. The top speed of both is limited by the compressor inlet temperature, with the same limit of 427 C. At the coldest possible ambient temperatures at the stratosphere this is reached at Mach 3.6. On more normal ambient temperatures, it is reached at Mach 3.3.
      Also the X-15 is recognized as the official maned aircraft speed record holder.

  • @victorzvyagintsev1325
    @victorzvyagintsev1325 3 года назад

    Which version of S-300 is in the game? There is litterally dozens of them.

  • @SAMX4949
    @SAMX4949 3 года назад

    ohhh yea baby this ones gonna be a good one

  • @PatrickRich
    @PatrickRich 3 года назад +1

    I know this is just for funsies and the models aren't perfect but it would be cool to repeat this under more realistic conditions. i.e. enter the area at 85,000 feet with a predetermined turn at a given distance that you can't turn before, and climb at the 500 or so feet/sec rate they say is mission typical. These planes weren't at all maneuverable, all they could do was climb and pin the throttle. for one thing, the g limit was only 3 g, so as soon as you pull up doing 9g...you ded. It would be fun to see how it would really (kinda) play out.

  • @stinkyfungus
    @stinkyfungus 3 года назад +1

    What altitude did it ultimately attain when it finally tipped over?
    My monitor isnt good enough to read the tacview.

  • @debbiestimac5175
    @debbiestimac5175 3 года назад +5

    Where is the tanking after take off with a Q model KC? No immersion without it. (MxR reference)
    Edit : The TacView was pure poetry in motion... tears were shed. Niiice.

  • @mitchconner403
    @mitchconner403 2 года назад

    XD
    GS only gives relevant information.
    Just look at the subtitles
    He gives a lot of analysis while making the subtitles
    Btw when a content creator makes their own subtitles.
    They are very good at their job

  • @Cybetrexs
    @Cybetrexs 3 года назад

    NASA wants to know your location.

  • @viralsheddingzombie5324
    @viralsheddingzombie5324 8 месяцев назад

    How long will the pilot's oxygen last from the time it is needed?

  • @ronnycalloway6937
    @ronnycalloway6937 2 года назад

    Russian titanium flying back over it's homeland for a visit.

  • @blackbirdmobiledetailing2411
    @blackbirdmobiledetailing2411 2 года назад

    Where's the landing chute????

  • @tofighmazrae5259
    @tofighmazrae5259 3 года назад +1

    What about mig31 or s400

  • @GalaxyCat001
    @GalaxyCat001 3 года назад

    How close could the SR-71 get to the SAM sites and still outrun them by turning and flying more or less horizontally ??

  • @will8083
    @will8083 2 года назад

    but S300 in DCS is much less efficient than IRL S300...

  • @riotdrone
    @riotdrone 3 года назад +1

    no way can the sr-71 actually maneuver like that, it's a flying dinner plate

  • @WRPierre2
    @WRPierre2 Год назад

    You made it home after that!?

  • @Flakbait100
    @Flakbait100 2 года назад

    Is there no drag chute in the model?

  • @GustavoCebo
    @GustavoCebo 3 года назад +1

    jebediah kerman in the SR-71?

  • @baronhelmut2701
    @baronhelmut2701 2 года назад

    Russians: "BLYAAAAAAAT!"

  • @FalconMasters
    @FalconMasters 3 года назад +456

    That is not an SR-71 that is a freaking Space Shuttle!

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад +41

      Every Blackbird Air Force Pilot was an Astronaut because the YA-12 and SR-71 could fly out of Earths Atmosphere, and into Space as this one did at over 120,000 feet. They even wore Astronauts Suits, not typical A.F. Flight Suits.

    • @willperez84
      @willperez84 3 года назад +3

      @@robleyusuf2566 yes way

    • @felipe69420
      @felipe69420 3 года назад +20

      @@VonGoth You have litterally no idea what you are talking about. SR71 pilots didn’t get astronauts wings, because to get astronaut wings you must fly, at a minimum, 264,000 feet known as the Karman line.

    • @tropicthndr
      @tropicthndr 3 года назад +14

      Don’t know why they even do comparison videos with this slap together blackbird. Performance is way off from real bird, doesn’t even makes sense to waste time trying to convince anyone what it could compare to in this sim.ugh.

    • @skyrask1948
      @skyrask1948 3 года назад +6

      @@felipe69420 You are correct with altitude of astronaut wings in USA, but that is not Karman line that is arbitrary 50miles that USA uses to demarcate space. Karman line is around 100 km.

  • @OddElephantLTU
    @OddElephantLTU 3 года назад +499

    I didn't know ED let you go that high up let alone made it look like space. Good job ED and GS for showin' me this.

    • @shepherdlavellen3301
      @shepherdlavellen3301 3 года назад +68

      They probably did that just to trigger the flat earthers

    • @ltcuddles685
      @ltcuddles685 3 года назад +47

      @@akiara8491 they called flat earthers stupid.
      Which is true.

    • @simulatedpilot3441
      @simulatedpilot3441 3 года назад +1

      With all your server nubs got above 10 ft of altitude you would know that

    • @kainhall
      @kainhall 3 года назад +16

      ive taken the F15 up to 84,000 feet and mach 2.3..... and shot missiles at people (back in the 1.5 days.... where 120s only went 12 miles MAX!!)
      and i was getting kills from 23 miles
      .
      also got the mig 21 up to 95,000 feet.... but the EMG / 2nd after burner was "glitched" and would stay on above 5000 meters

    • @tinkertailor7385
      @tinkertailor7385 3 года назад +3

      @@ltcuddles685 No such thing as "Flat Earthers". It's a meme.

  • @ZephrusPrime
    @ZephrusPrime 3 года назад +117

    Totally would have loved the cockpit view when you were on the edge of space.

  • @mrsheev9131
    @mrsheev9131 3 года назад +116

    SR-71 be like: "I've evaded the SAMs...but at what cost? It's rather cold and lonely up here in space."

    • @TQsilva96k
      @TQsilva96k 3 года назад +6

      There's something beautiful about this comment.

    • @venomsnakeYGBSM
      @venomsnakeYGBSM 3 года назад +1

      @@TQsilva96k You noticed it too right
      🙏

    • @shengyi1701
      @shengyi1701 3 года назад +6

      I miss the earth so much, i miss my wife, its lonely out in space. So such a timeless flight … I’m a rocket man! Will the Grumbles catch me? I think its gonna be a long long time!

  • @GlitchyGamers18
    @GlitchyGamers18 3 года назад +355

    The SR71 is such a majestic plane. Sad they don’t use them anymore.

    • @camsteremail
      @camsteremail 3 года назад +72

      That we know of 😉

    • @NabiL_Lam
      @NabiL_Lam 3 года назад +13

      Maybe they do but secretly 🤐

    • @tyrantfox7801
      @tyrantfox7801 3 года назад +8

      Why would they use it ?

    • @camsteremail
      @camsteremail 3 года назад +31

      @@tyrantfox7801 why would they need to tell us if they were using it?

    • @boiiifuaintcare8629
      @boiiifuaintcare8629 3 года назад +9

      @@tyrantfox7801 why wouldnt they...one of the best if not the best spy and reconnaissance aircraft ever built what other aircraft has the ability to pass 100k ft? They hardly have service ceilign of 60k ft

  • @1KDave
    @1KDave 3 года назад +193

    A former SR and U-2 pilot once said… “it is very hard to be shot down when you are accelerating and the missile is DECelerating

    • @antimedic4441
      @antimedic4441 3 года назад +16

      Except the blackbird is decelerating, and the missle is accelerating for most of the flight

    • @nagantm441
      @nagantm441 3 года назад +8

      This pilot might not know how intercepts work

    • @1KDave
      @1KDave 3 года назад +11

      @@nagantm441 he was a Cold War pilot…. Pretty sure he he knows

    • @1KDave
      @1KDave 3 года назад +24

      @@antimedic4441 the only time a black bird is decelerating is when it is needing gas or going to land. All other times it was cursing at Mach something with a lot more speed left in it. When they got a missile launch warning they would just click the throttle a notch or two forward and accelerate.

    • @nagantm441
      @nagantm441 3 года назад +2

      @@1KDave sounds like he doesn't know how interception works if he actually said that

  • @TORMotorsports
    @TORMotorsports 3 года назад +87

    Shouldn't the SR have been up at 70-80k already before penetrating hostile airspace?

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  3 года назад +82

      Ya but then the s300 wouldn’t have even fired and then what is this video at that point lol plus this makes it a little spicier

    • @CWRules
      @CWRules 3 года назад +5

      Probably, but then the video wouldn't be as exciting. Wouldn't be surprised if he tried a couple different altitudes and found the lowest he could go while still escaping.

    • @TORMotorsports
      @TORMotorsports 3 года назад +1

      @@CWRules this would be cool

    • @michaelspiker2094
      @michaelspiker2094 3 года назад +34

      @@GrowlingSidewinder there's your next feature video- "2 Morons Play Russian SR-71 Limbo: How Low Can You Go?" 😀

    • @nagantm441
      @nagantm441 3 года назад +7

      @@GrowlingSidewinder poor modeling of the s-300 then

  • @luckyno888
    @luckyno888 3 года назад +56

    Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
    And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
    Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
    Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things
    You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
    High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
    I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
    My eager craft through footless halls of air…
    Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
    I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
    Where never lark, or ever eagle flew -
    And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
    The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
    Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

    • @EdD-ym6le
      @EdD-ym6le 3 года назад +9

      " Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. "
      From a Book : When an active SR71 pilot was asked by another active military pilot how high do you fly he asked the pilot if he was familiar with the above poem and quote then replied
      " We have to descend to do that . " LOL

    • @MrRugbylane
      @MrRugbylane 3 года назад +3

      Not many 19 year olds around can write like that any more.

    • @magiscichoam
      @magiscichoam 3 года назад +4

      @@rapid13 John Gillespie Mcgee Jr is the author of this brilliant, stunning poem titled “High Flight”. Mcgee was an 18 year old Anglo American who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2. After earning his wings he was assigned to the Royal Air Force. He was killed in an RAF training accident shortly after posting this poem to his parents. Beginning in the 1960s, “High Flight” was used to sign off TV stations (at 12:00 Midnight) in the Metro Detroit Area. In the 1960s a stunningly beautiful flight mission of a “F-104 Star Fighter” was used to accompany the narration. I don’t know the name of the original narrator.

    • @Ironhandjohn
      @Ironhandjohn 3 года назад +2

      Low Flight: Ode to Helicopter Pilots
      "Oh, I've slipped the surly bonds of earth
      And hovered out of ground effect on semi-rigid blades;
      Earthward I've auto'ed and met the rising brush of non-paved terrain
      And done a thousand things you would never care to
      Skidded and dropped and flared
      Low in the heat soaked roar.
      Confined there, I've chased the earthbound traffic
      And lost the race to insignificant headwinds;
      Forward and up a little in ground effect
      I've topped the General's hedge with drooping turns
      Where never Skyhawk or even Phantom flew.
      Shaking and pulling collective,
      I've lumbered The low untresspassed halls of victor airways,
      Put out my hand and touched... a tree."

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад +1

      @@magiscichoam I fell asleep many a night to this poem before the Channel signed off for the night.

  • @romeovictor6223
    @romeovictor6223 3 года назад +37

    Yeesh. Even if it had gotten hit, you wouldn't want to eject up there.

    • @y2kcobrar
      @y2kcobrar 3 года назад +6

      Mach 3 ejections at altitude have happened. Not always survived, but like you said... 'want to'

    • @DemonLordGamingAC0
      @DemonLordGamingAC0 3 года назад +8

      Lets be real, no one would ever want to eject at any point or altitude. But here's the question: You rather Eject or die?

    • @Hornbowman
      @Hornbowman 3 года назад +8

      They call it the YEET of faith

  • @wisuwatbhosri9971
    @wisuwatbhosri9971 3 года назад +11

    General: So colonel, what intelligence have you gathered for us?
    Pilot: The Sun is bright and shiny in space sir.

  • @FlyingWithSpurts
    @FlyingWithSpurts 3 года назад +59

    That was cool! I was wondering what the top altitude was. Lo and behold you point it out in the TacView. I was wondering why you didn't just go for 3.2M 85,000ft but then they wouldn't even bother shooting.

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  3 года назад +25

      Exactly

    • @andrisbig7710
      @andrisbig7710 3 года назад +7

      @@GrowlingSidewinder Utter nonsense. They would shoot and they would hit. FYI s300 missile can go above 7.5 mach. For that missile SR 71 is almost like target that is not even moving....

    • @W1ckedRcL
      @W1ckedRcL 3 года назад +31

      @@andrisbig7710 you're not just wrong, I wish I had a cape for you because you're super wrong. The only thing you are correct about is the top speed of the S300.

    • @AriCat777
      @AriCat777 3 года назад +20

      I heard a story from an SR-71 pilot years ago over Libya causing an under shoot by increasing speed to an undisclosed speed in a ballistic arc, I think the missile was mach 5 capable but at that speed and altitude couldn't turn hard enough to compensate. Correction edit, USAF Major Brian Shul reported going mach 3.5 in the incident.

    • @Slipknotfanatic89
      @Slipknotfanatic89 3 года назад +26

      @@andrisbig7710 Yeah, bullshit dude. The S300 had a head start climbing, a faster climb rate, and still couldn’t catch the SR71 when it flew straight vertical, decelerating the entire way. If the SR71 was flying four times as high, twice as fast, and horizontal, it would be a waste of a missile to even try to hit it.

  • @SuperiorAutocraft
    @SuperiorAutocraft 3 года назад +40

    Entire Russian air defense network opens up. Blackbird DGAF. This pleases me.

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад +3

      @@Magmanic lol... S400 entered Service in 2007. Long after the Blackbird was retired....

    • @alexjakobsson1171
      @alexjakobsson1171 3 года назад +5

      mig 25 was more than enough to shut down airspace above soviet

    • @neexgames
      @neexgames 2 года назад

      It is Mig25/Mig31 work, not S300. And i am sure, those jets will do their job

  • @dstavs
    @dstavs 3 года назад +87

    There’s really nothing cooler than the SR-71. Only thing missing was the puddle of JP-7 on the tarmac!

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 3 года назад +6

      Or the tanking IMMEDIATELY after take off. Without Q model KC-135s the Blackbird could NOT operate.

    • @dstavs
      @dstavs 3 года назад +2

      @@debbiestimac5175 I was thinking the same thing. But I imagine watching it refuel during the video would kill the dramatic aesthetic.

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 3 года назад +3

      @@dstavs It would have built drama for me, tanking with that airframe must be one hell of a thing to accomplish. Thanks for the comment and have a fantastic week!

    • @Make-Asylums-Great-Again
      @Make-Asylums-Great-Again 2 года назад

      MIL-T 38219

  • @Gargoloso
    @Gargoloso 3 года назад +52

    Conclusion: the blackbird can escape S-300 but S-300 will make the Blackbird abort the mission...under these conditions. Would be great to see a little more realistic scenario in which the Blackbird was initially flying at high altitude...could the mission be completed?

    • @ghandiman
      @ghandiman 3 года назад +7

      Easily

    • @Cautionary_Tale_Harris
      @Cautionary_Tale_Harris 3 года назад +21

      What if the mission was to bankrupt a nation by forcing them to waste dozens of rockets at a time??? 🤑

    • @dryphtyr
      @dryphtyr 3 года назад +11

      @@Cautionary_Tale_Harris Didn't we kinda do that to the Soviets already? 😜

    • @FranciscoPartidas
      @FranciscoPartidas 3 года назад +1

      Good Point.

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад +5

      @@Markbell73 The S300 went into Russian Service in 1978. The Blackbirds were still flying over Russia in the 1990s. The Russians Launched over 2,500 SAMs against the SR-71 during its over flights of Russia. 2,500! Many were S300s. At Mach 3, when a Launch was detected, the Blackbird would just begin Accelerating away from the S300s and outrun, or out climb them.

  • @pointblank722
    @pointblank722 3 года назад +6

    S-400 should be modeled in DCS...

  • @TheOfficial007
    @TheOfficial007 3 года назад +10

    What would be funny to see. A-12 vs MiG-25 Foxbat

    • @VonGoth
      @VonGoth 3 года назад

      As I understand it the A12 was Faster. It was suppose to be an Interceptor in Concept. But then the SR71 was chosen as a Reconnaissance Platform. So they went with that.

    • @TheOfficial007
      @TheOfficial007 3 года назад

      @@VonGoth i know they produced some a 12s but converted them later on.

  • @kmg4374
    @kmg4374 3 года назад +13

    Nice soundtrack choice btw. Artful way to resolve the central conflict, battle of wills in these videos, GS.

  • @jackmunday7602
    @jackmunday7602 3 года назад +22

    The tranquil music playing as the SR-71 crests on the edge of space fits the moment so perfectly. Looking down at our fragile little home even in a game is so incredibly moving and beautiful.

  • @monkey7233
    @monkey7233 3 года назад +5

    "So dad, how far did you fly today?" - "30 km, my son." - "That's not that far, isn't it?" - "In altitude son."

  • @SquillagusNiggle
    @SquillagusNiggle 3 года назад +5

    I actually got to touch the skin of the last SR-71 to fly back to the United States for decommissioning, while hearing war stories from the pilot. Unbelievable piece of engineering. For those wondering, the skin feels like rock-hard papier-mache, it's warm to the touch because it resists all heat from your hand. It feels like you could scratch the black coating off with your fingernail and reveal hospital bandages underneath, it's really strange but wonderful.

  • @kiwihame
    @kiwihame 3 года назад +8

    That was a brilliant video GS. Interesting, exciting and then serene in equal measure. Superb editing. Love your work man. Well done.

  • @cm7862
    @cm7862 3 года назад +9

    GS, nice video. It would be interesting if you could simulate an actual SR-71 mission profile, e.g. Mach 3.2 at 75000 - 80000 feet and see if SAMs could intercept. Years ago I did this in X-Plane and found that just turning slightly was enough to defeat the SAMs, which were ballistic at that height.

    • @nagantm441
      @nagantm441 3 года назад +3

      If the sams are accurately modeled....then yes they can. The 60s s-200 is sufficient.

    • @davispeterson1876
      @davispeterson1876 3 года назад

      @@nagantm441 I mean, if the Blackbird takes no defensive action whatsoever, then yeah

    • @nagantm441
      @nagantm441 3 года назад

      @@davispeterson1876 there is limited defensive action it could take as it's ability to maneuver was well within the envelope of the s-200, and countermeasures to it's radar wouldn't have really existed in the 60s as the US or allies had never dealt with it.

    • @davispeterson1876
      @davispeterson1876 3 года назад

      @@nagantm441 except the version of the S-200 that they had in the 60s was WAY slower and shorter range than the later models. We're talking 2/3 the speed and 1/2 the range

    • @nagantm441
      @nagantm441 3 года назад +1

      @@davispeterson1876 still more than sufficient for the sr-71.

  • @mmtot
    @mmtot 3 года назад +20

    Cool video dude. I doubt the SR-71 could exceed much more than Mach 2 at 20 000ft.

    • @PenkillerDIY
      @PenkillerDIY 3 года назад +9

      It does it's thing 72-85k ft.
      At 20k ft it's just impossible, it'll fall apart.
      Also Mach 3.2 at 6.000 m means about 3.800 km/h which is utterly ridiculous.

    • @williamkillingsworth2619
      @williamkillingsworth2619 3 года назад +14

      True, it was also limited like 2G in maneuvering. And the inlets are where the thrust comes from. I don't know if people understand what a balance it was to get that bird moving that fast. Very strict climb schedule... definitely not pulling vertical. You can find the SR-71 flight Manuel on line and read about it.

  • @mike-thebike5757
    @mike-thebike5757 3 года назад +2

    On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory.
    from an old (S-75 Dvina)- Flight altitude 25,000 m (82,000 ft)Surface-to-air missile
    Even this old qomplex can detect it and a S-300 30 km (98,000 ft) is Anti - stealth: Protivnik-GE, Gamma-DE UHF radar 0.1 m2 for 240 km[45] is not able to detect the SR-71 hahahah com on
    U2-70,000ft (21km)
    SR-71-85,000 feet, 25,900 meters

  • @jameswalker3973
    @jameswalker3973 3 года назад +2

    First I ever saw of an SR-71 climbing straight up, is this possible?

  • @formallyknownasj.a.2074
    @formallyknownasj.a.2074 3 года назад +15

    GS… dope video. I’m curious what it would look like had the SR-71 been flying at a flat trajectory of say 60k ft at max speed. Could they catch ?

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  3 года назад +9

      Yes the s300 should be able to intercept at that altitude theoretically

    • @raykrv6a
      @raykrv6a 3 года назад +3

      @@davidsmith8997 60,000 at mach 3.1 cruising. Even the 300 would have a hard time catching up.

    • @formallyknownasj.a.2074
      @formallyknownasj.a.2074 3 года назад +3

      I originally put 80k, but thought it maybe more interesting to see what it would look like at 60k

    • @raykrv6a
      @raykrv6a 3 года назад +1

      @@formallyknownasj.a.2074 I watched a few interviews of SR71 pilots and they would just open the throttles and climb in excess of 80k and mach 3.3. No SR71 goes into bandit territory at 20k. No need to with the camera equipment they had.

    • @formallyknownasj.a.2074
      @formallyknownasj.a.2074 3 года назад +2

      Off topic… I Luckily did get to see the SR-71 fly for one of its final times in the early 90’s at an airshow at Norton Airbase. What an incredible airplane and marvel of engineering.