The vids are black. I cannot click on them

Is it just me?

Originally posted by x-phile
The vids are black. I cannot click on them

Is it just me?

For some reason its not working so I edited to just have the URL for now

AWESOME...

That was incredible, the videos were fantastic Fred!!!!

Semepr

Ugh I'm jealous! Raptor was supposed to do a demo at Miramar this year and I went but the demo got canceled I'm definitely going to March ARBs air show this year *crosses fingers* Raptor better be there


Awesome videos !!

W O W .....!

Those were great FredT...
I'm equally jealous (as said above).. I would've loved to have been there...

Thanks so much for sharing those for all of us...!

Johnny

Excellent!

My husband is/was a weapons loader and got to work with the F22 the past few weeks - we had a couple here for about a month.

However, they wouldnt let him take ANY pictures - due to whatever they were doing here

I actually could see it taking off from my house...but I never had my camera ready as it was zipping by.

Anyways, thanks for sharing!

Good pics, and movies. I still say the Flanker puts on a better show, but maybe that's just the Russian in me talking...

Originally posted by Scramjet76
Unbelievable Fred. Thanks for the videos. The F-22 is the first fighter to use that thrust vector control right? Looks like they took a page out of the flying saucer handbook..

First one to come into service with it, yes. It's not the first to have TVC, there were a couple experiments on the F-16 and F-15, I believe the F-16 variant was the F-16 VISTA and the F-15 ACTIVE (or something along the lines in that particular experimental series) had some TVC as well. It might even have been 360 on them, I can't remember which.

It's not the F 16 VISTA it was the F 16 MATV that had the TVC.

[edit on 21-11-2007 by urmomma158]

I saw the F-22 fly last month at the Holloman air show, it's an amazing piece of machinery!!!!!

WOW! I've seen the F-22 on TV shows, but never did it show how maneuverable these things were, plus the stealth...Wow again. I'ld hate to be the person who would have to go up against something like that. It does kind of make me wonder what other country like Japan and China might have in there Black projects.

..and to think this is the stuff they're telling us about.

[edit on 21-11-2007 by ebe51]

it was my understanding that the Harrier was the fist to use thrust vectoring. First operational unit was in 1969 i think. Predates the F-16 by a few years. The VISTA flew five times in 1992 if memory serves.

I do however understand that i'm comparing apples to oranges.

I look forward to the day we can watch the F-22 put through the extent of it's flight envolope. I love watching the test pilots here in Ft. Worth run the F-16. They always seem to twist it a little harder then the airforce pilots.

Great pics. Thanks for posting them.