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F-22 at Farnborough

Great Find!

Flight Global certainly has Farnborough covered.
That Vulcan got off pretty smartly...nice clip of the Bloodhound too!
 
The F-22 is a supersonic fighter, so it uses engines with afterburners and that means lots of heat.

As for security, I remember the first time I saw the F-117A up close. It was roped off so you could not actually get close to it, a flat bed trailer was parked near it so spectators could get a better view, and several MP's were posted around the rope line. I don't know if the magazines were loaded, but they were all armed with M-16's.
 
The last airshow here (two years ago) we could walk around an F-22. It was roped off, but the area was small. The cockpit was closed of course.

Filming them is easy here, because the north/south runway they often use has a pattern right over civilian housing. You can see the pilots faces on short final. ATC has a special name for the procedure. It is a warning to GA aircraft to make a tight pattern if they want to remain alive. With that runway under repair at the moment, I have not ended up seeing this yet.
 
I'm probably going to tick some people off with my upcoming statement, so be warned.

The F-22 is NOT a super-sonic fighter jet. It is a super-sonic airshow demonstrator only. The F-22 has done NOTHING but appear at one airshow after another, much like an Extra 300 or Pitts Special...just a lot more expensive. The F-22 will not be a fighter jet until it is actually used in combat....until it actually FIGHTS. If the Air Force is only going to use the F-22 to do snazzy demonstration flights at air shows, why not just scrap the project, buy some nice affordable air show/acrobatic planes and be done with it. If the F-22 is a fighter jet, then pack it up, send it to Afghanistan and let it shoot some live rounds at some live targets. What's the point of spending BILLIONS of tax payer dollars to build the most advanced military aircraft EVER just to wow people at air shows?

Some people will say....The F-22 is an air superiority fighter and was not designed for ground attack roles that are needed in Afghanistan. Hello! The F-16 was an air superiority jet that has proven itself quite skilled at ground attack missions. The F-4 Phantom was an air superiority jet that proved itself very adept at ground attack. The F-15 was an air superiority jet that has proven itself to be very good for ground attack missions. I say strap some bunker busters onto the F-22 and let it earn its keep, otherwise scrap the project, spend the billions of dollars on education, improving the infrastructure in this country, buy a couple dozen acrobatic planes and go wow the crowds in them.

OBIO
 
stansdds said:
The F-22 is a supersonic fighter, so it uses engines with afterburners and that means lots of heat.
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...which is why its party trick is to Supercruise -supersonic without the burners.

Obio, you don't use a sledgehammer to swat a midge.
The F-22 costs $50,000 an hour...to kill the kind of low-value target in the present war theatres, all you need is a Predator.
When the Russians and Chinese have their 5th-gen fighters developed, you will be glad there is an F-22 already in place.
Come to think of it, they probably are being a bit tardy about the whole thing precisely because the Raptor is such an overkill machine.
So it's killed the Opposition before they even got off the ground!
 
I just came back from Farnborough, and the runway is about 100 yards away from the spectators, closer than the required distance of the display line!
The F-22 only flew on Monday & Tuesday, purely for the trade.
The general public are only allowed in on this weekend.
The A380 was a bit of a hazard for spectators, as the engines through up a lot of loose grass, dust and debris, right into the onlookers faces! And you could feel the heat.
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The best display was the Vulcan!
One of the engineers said to me:"She's just like a lightbulb! You don't know whether she is going to work, until you switch her on..."
Otherwise all the flying display "fast jets" are parked well away from the crowds!
 
OBIO said:
I'm probably going to tick some people off with my upcoming statement, so be warned.

The F-22 is NOT a super-sonic fighter jet. It is a super-sonic airshow demonstrator only. The F-22 has done NOTHING but appear at one airshow after another, much like an Extra 300 or Pitts Special...just a lot more expensive. The F-22 will not be a fighter jet until it is actually used in combat....until it actually FIGHTS. If the Air Force is only going to use the F-22 to do snazzy demonstration flights at air shows, why not just scrap the project, buy some nice affordable air show/acrobatic planes and be done with it. If the F-22 is a fighter jet, then pack it up, send it to Afghanistan and let it shoot some live rounds at some live targets. What's the point of spending BILLIONS of tax payer dollars to build the most advanced military aircraft EVER just to wow people at air shows?

Some people will say....The F-22 is an air superiority fighter and was not designed for ground attack roles that are needed in Afghanistan. Hello! The F-16 was an air superiority jet that has proven itself quite skilled at ground attack missions. The F-4 Phantom was an air superiority jet that proved itself very adept at ground attack. The F-15 was an air superiority jet that has proven itself to be very good for ground attack missions. I say strap some bunker busters onto the F-22 and let it earn its keep, otherwise scrap the project, spend the billions of dollars on education, improving the infrastructure in this country, buy a couple dozen acrobatic planes and go wow the crowds in them.

OBIO
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Yes, then we can just buy the Sukhoi T-50 instead. Naaaa, lets just equip the Air Force with paper airplanes. Kidding aside, the F-22 is deployed and has been flying ADF missions quite regularly. As time goes by, it will see more forward deployment. The same short sighted arguments were made about the F-4 in it's inception, the same with the F-15, and F-16. All of those planes were successful in due time but all were slowly rotated into front line service.
The F-22 will be no different. It will overcome all it's teething pains as all previous planes have and do a great job when called upon. It already has in intercepting Russian Recon & Bomber aircraft probing our airspace. I predict that in due time, the need and demand for more F-22's will reopen the production line and the second tier production plane numbers will be built. It will happen, mark my words! Sooner than later, the previous generation of Fighters which are now well over 30 years old will need to be replaced and by far more capable planes.

I'm proud we did build this plane and I bet money if we ever need to use it in combat, it will dominate the air unlike any combat aircraft in history. The F-15 sure as hell did! Never been shot down in "Actual" combat by an enemy Fighter! :salute::unitedstates:
 
While going off topic, I don't just see why the USAF can't just acquire new build F-15 jets (not instead of Raptors, but supplement) - they're still in production and it still is one of the greatest combat aircraft of all time - I understand there's going to be the golden Eagles - the F-15s that are newer and will be modified to modern standards.

You'd get more bang for your buck.

While we can't ever know whats around the corner, I would hazard a guess and say that the large scale air to air dogfights are a thing of the past. Take Gulf War 1 - fleeting jets being shot down as opposed to them sticking around and fighting.

I can't see any war anytime soon that will neccessitate the Raptors unique capabilities.

Anyway, back on topic this thread is about how you're allowed to film something that has supposedly secret capabilities with an IR camera.

As to it just being an airshow performer - you could've said that about the B-1B and B-2 a while back!!
 
While everyone is entitled to his or her's own opinion, lets just hope that the Raptor is enough of a deterent to prevent someone with a 5th generation aircraft from wanting to go head to head with it and find out it is lacking or maybe the pilot of the F-22 has an overrated opinion of him/her self.
A while ago, some F-22 jockies jumped some Tiffie FGR.4s at Nellis and got the surprise of their lives when the Tiffies turned the tables and took them down. That did not happen the next time around, but it was not easy outcome for the Raptor either. The next guy out there may not have a Raptor, but may have more natural skills and be a better pilot. That can and has made difference and in the past as they say "history tends to repeat itself." DACT can will make a difference in honing a pilot's skills and abilities.
 
if i recall theres a few Raptors in S.Korea at the moment on Exercise with the South Korean Forces and alongside the USN. USS George Washington was moored in Busan yesterday morning ready for the exercises...
 
Ive always loved the shape of the F-22. What a beautiful bird. I love how it can fly slow and yet have the ability to cruise (cruise) at sonic+.

Thanks for the heads up.
 
I was happy with how close we got to the F-22 at Oshkosh a few years ago. I also remember the F-117 being escorted and roped off with armed security back in the early 90's at the air show up at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan (fantastic air show by the way).
 
Given the opportunity, the F-22 will prove its worth. It has already demonstrated its ability as to what it can do aerodynamically. With the ability to "supercruise" (fly above mach in level flight without afterburner) as well as thrust vectoring capability... in the hands of a capable pilot the F-22 would be nothing short of "wicked death" to any adversary aircraft, I don't care what type or from where ever. As stated earlier in this thread, it has to be given the chance. That chance must be an honest one, without bias or any kind of "slant". (Unlike the one given to BAe's TSR-2). That being the case... the naysayers will find their foot in their mouths. Just like the case with (as stated before) several other jet fighters in our history, including the F-15 Eagle and the F-14 Tomcat.

BB686:USA-flag:
 
IR signature during airshow.

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A nice article whether the Eagle is necessary, or not. http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/The-Last-Gunslinger.html
 
A lot of experts in this thread.

I guess I'll just have to tell all those fighter pilots in the USAF who love the F-22 that they are just full of it and should bow to the military expertise of select Sim-Outhouse members who's opinions are obviously better informed from massive quantities of first-hand experience with the jet.

Cheers,

Ken
 
Blackbird686 said:
Given the opportunity, the F-22 will prove its worth. It has already demonstrated its ability as to what it can do aerodynamically. With the ability to "supercruise" (fly above mach in level flight without afterburner) as well as thrust vectoring capability... in the hands of a capable pilot the F-22 would be nothing short of "wicked death" to any adversary aircraft, I don't care what type or from where ever. As stated earlier in this thread, it has to be given the chance. That chance must be an honest one, without bias or any kind of "slant". (Unlike the one given to BAe's TSR-2). That being the case... the naysayers will find their foot in their mouths. Just like the case with (as stated before) several other jet fighters in our history, including the F-15 Eagle and the F-14 Tomcat.

BB686:USA-flag:
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It already has been given hundreds of chances against front line fighters of various types and whipped them every time.

You don't have to actually fire the missile or the gun. If you are in position for a kill, it is a kill.

But, again, my novice view of this cannot compete with the experts assembled here who think the F-22 is nothing.

Ken
 
Ken Stallings said:
A lot of experts in this thread.

I guess I'll just have to tell all those fighter pilots in the USAF who love the F-22 that they are just full of it and should bow to the military expertise of select Sim-Outhouse members who's opinions are obviously better informed from massive quantities of first-hand experience with the jet.

Cheers,

Ken
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Well heck yeah, of course they love it, it's a frickin' HIGH PERFORMANCE FIGHTER! Besides, half of their buddies got screwed and sent to Predators.

The only reason Eric M. didn't get all bent out of shape about being conscripted to Predators, was because he torqued his back in F-15's and got grounded. He felt like Predators allowed him to stay "in the game".





OBIO said:
Some people will say....The F-22 is an air superiority fighter and was not designed for ground attack roles that are needed in Afghanistan. Hello! The F-16 was an air superiority jet that has proven itself quite skilled at ground attack missions. The F-4 Phantom was an air superiority jet that proved itself very adept at ground attack. The F-15 was an air superiority jet that has proven itself to be very good for ground attack missions. I say strap some bunker busters onto the F-22 and let it earn its keep, otherwise scrap the project, spend the billions of dollars on education, improving the infrastructure in this country, buy a couple dozen acrobatic planes and go wow the crowds in them.

OBIO
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You forgot to mention the F-14.
 
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