From Wright flyer to Concorde in less than a human lifetime- a child witnessing the first powered flight could have flown at twice the speed of sound as an elder. Just puts the tremendous technology advances of the twentieth century in perspective.
@@leadsolo2751 - absolutely! I told my 16 year old daughter that there was no Internet when I was her age- the look of confusion on her face was hilarious! Even I couldn't imagine living without it now. Wish I still had my old ZX Spectrum though- would be worth a fortune now!
@@epickett63 - that is true! Makes it even more odd that it's taken us 50 years to get around to going back to the moon. The people involved in the Apollo missions probably imagined that there would be people living on the moon by now!
Not only is Concorde faster, but it can also sustain that speed for hours. The F-16 can probably last about 15 minutes at Mach 2 before running out of fuel.
@@aliceakosota797both, but not exactly better engineered, just designed with supersonic cruise in mind. The F-16 could've been designed to cruise at supersonic speeds too, but it's engine optimization was designed around transonic speeds to suit it's mission profile better, basically from a tactical perspective, faster doesn't always equal better.
I bet if any of you saw any of those aircraft flying right by you while being that close to the ground in real life, you would probably be both amazed and terrified at the same time.
As a tourist, midweek, in the 90s, at Loch Ness, we were standing next to the edge of the lake. An RAF came flying over the mountain ridge. It surprise the living shit out of us. Even pulled up some water up due to the vorticity (what a swirl!). It went around the bridge and came back over us. It was the coolest thing we had experienced on our trip so far! ....At least midweek
I was out in the desert north of LA (not far from EAFB) and had a B-1 come out of nowhere, right on the deck, just ahead of me. It was beautiful and terrifying!! Girl friend was actually fast enough to snap a pic! (She had her camera out, taking pics of a dry lake bed)
Was at an airshow in the 80's at Maguire AFB N.J. The announcer intentionally didn't tell us what was coming next. All of a sudden an F-16 flew by us at similar low level, with afterburner.. I never heard it coming until it was going. It had the shock of having a lightning bolt just miss you.... Which was the point of the announcer saying nothing. He said it was an example of how you can be attacked by one and never hear it coming!
Imagine if you could watch the faces of the Wright brothers if they could be raised from the dead to watch this video. I think they would be so shocked it would be hard for them to believe. Great video I really enjoyed it.
Orville Wright passed away in 1948. That’s long enough to have seen all WWII aircraft, the first jet powered aircraft, very early helicopters, and commercial passenger aviation. He just missed the first jet powered airliner, which flew in 1949.
dont forget that altitude and air density setting differences can change the relative ground speed. so 300 knots at ground level could 500 mph at 30,000 feet. i love seeing and hearing Msfs at creating the Doppler effect really well
Also most aircraft can only do about Mach1.1 at ground level as the leading edges get too hot above that speed. The Russian jets built with titanium can go faster.
i love how 1% of the comments came from the home page and 99% clicked the link on me at the zoo (the first ever video) edit: dont want to be one of these annoying people but 849 likes? thats actually insane. I didnt expect to get so many likes LOL
TBM pilot here. A TBM will do 330 kts at 28,000 feet altitude in perfect atmospheric conditions, but due to the drag of thick air density at the surface you’re only going to get about 220-230 kts. If this is made on a flight simulator and air density and temperature wasn’t edited to simulate flight at high altitude, I doubt the visualization of the speeds in this video are accurate. If a TBM came screaming by at 330 kts, it would look faster than what the video is depicting.
for everyone wondering "why in the world it was linked at first video on youtube". Jawed channel is been hacked severly times in the past (for obvious reason) which cause to changing descripton many many times and prob some of the hackers decided to make a little fun and write it. That's my opinion . Oh and sorry for my english.
My brother Phil was a hot air balloon pilot back in the late 60s. He always loaded up a case or two of beer before setting out, insisting the added weight helped with ballast and such. Phil was pretty drunk one day while flying. He crashed the balloon and they took away his license. Phil became homeless and continued to drink. I remember mom was pretty sad.
Antonov An 225!! 💔💔 Man, I hope we get to see that beautiful bird fly again one day. Also, it was super cool to see that airbus swooping in for its pass! So glad jawed featured this video! Awesome work!
I've always wondered what it would be like to witness a jet at supersonic speeds from ground level. This video is as close as its gets and was really impressive towards the end, so much raw power.
I was on a Spruance Class Destroyer and they'd use the F14's to test the CIWS. The F14 would come by close enough to see the pilot in the cockpit as we stood watching on the 01 level, and the noise was absolutely deafening. There's no way to describe it. The planes would disappear over the horizon and turn around for another run. You couldn't see them but you could watch the CIWS and the barrell would suddenly swing to a different position and if you looked where the barrel was pointing you'd see 2 tiny dots on the horizon but it only took literally seconds before they were passing the ship again and that thundering noise that just went through you and rattled your insides. God, I loved those days.
For the supersonic fly-bys, I dont think you would hear anything at all until the shock wave passed. It'd be quiet up until then (no audible jet turbine noise or anything).
Back in 2003, there was a group of college students building an exact replica of the 1903 flyer to fly at the centennial of the first flight. Some how Scott Crossfield was invited to lend some of his expertise to the project. He of course was the first man to break the Mach 2.0 barrier and also flew the X-15. During resting, they pulled the flyer behind a Ford expedition on a grassy field to get a sense of if it would fly and how to control it. They were all having difficulty. Crossfied, who was around 82 at that time, was invited to give it a try. He BY FAR was the one to execute the most stable flight being towed. When he landed and "debrief" he said in all of his years flying experimental aircraft, this was by far the most unstable he had ever flown.
I’ve no idea how RU-vid algorithms work but I’m bloody pleased they do as this was just excellent! I probably never would have found it without them. 🙌
I appreciate the fact that what I'm seeing is not real... but it looks real enough that I can watch it and still be assured that the physics of these fly-bys are generally accurate and I can watch it as if it is indeed real.
For people wondering why this video is linked in Jawed's description, Jawed is a big fan of aviation, he has uploaded a lot of airplane videos and has also commented on several videos related to aviation, so there's a high chance that his channel was not hacked but that he changed it himself.
@@benhalvorson3581 ok i just refreshed youtube and this looks like a good suggestion ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mSMYRQQNXyw.html very few views and it's about planes
When I was at my first duty station, George AFB, Calif. we would have war game exercises. And we would have guest aircraft come “attack” us. Was fun as hell. The thing I remembered most about the F-16. It sounded exactly like a TIE fighter from Star Wars when it flew over our heads, at .99 mach, at about 50 feet off the deck. 🤩
Oh gosh I totally relate to this. I had a friend called Saladino that used to take beers out when he did somersaults off of large hills. One time he did this whilst wearing a beanie hat and collapsed on a tortoise. It was the saddest thing.
