When it's been well thought, engineered and designed, a fighter never gets old. The Eagle from McDonnell Douglas is one of a kind. A fantastic machine.
Still the most sexiest jet fighter ever made. And the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle itself is a prime example in proving that its designs are superior to the MiG’s and Su’s as their proportions are just off. The F-15 is the closest thing to perfection. Scratch that, it is perfection. So damn perfect.
In 1977 I started working at McDonnell Douglas, St Louis Missouri, as a milling machine operator (machinist). My father was also working there. My first part was for the F15 which was just starting to fire up in a big way.. We were also finishing up on the F4. 43 years later I retired still building F15s. Gods airplane. My son is working there now.
Very rare situation. An USAF F-15E in totally clean configuration. No CFTs, no pylons, no pods, no nothing, just the pure airframe and the two 29000 lbs thrust F100PW229!
@@sammanix5585 :) Really? With a 1991 manufacturing year? Noooo. It is a trully-really F-15E. Just check the serial number and the paint scheme. And the title of the video at least. In Lakenheath, there was never a single F-15B at all. This base has only F-15C/D and E. This is an E model.
Imagine the rush working underneath one with the engine panels down and one engine in AB while chained to a tarmac. Tweaking the EEC and your chest is caving in and you can’t hear anything. Did it many times while in the AF working on Eagles..
@@nmnmnm35 The EEC (Engine Electronic Control) is the computer that controls the engine. When some components are changed the engine requires trimming and adjustments to the EEC are made to get the best performance. What he is talking about was on the F100-PW-100 engines and they are no longer in use. The E models have either -220 or -229 and the engine is self- trimming.
Yep i agree, and not to mention I believe i hear that the kill ratio is 100%. I don't believe that it has ever lost a dogfight i could be wrong but i think i heard that somewhere. I have a question too, since it has two engines with approximately 30k lb thrust each, does that mean that this thing has 60k lb thrust lol? I can't seem to ever find a straight answer or it just might be such a given.
@@bullridermusic2054 This aircraft has two engines with nearly 30,000 lb thrust per engine with afterburner, so yes it is 60k lbs of thrust. Given the clean configuration that'd likely give this plane a 1.5-1.75+ thrust/weight ratio. It can climb at 60,000 feet per minute.
@@bullridermusic2054 As far as I know, F-15's kill ratio isn't perfect 100%, but pretty damn close to it anyway and it still is the most successful fighter jet to date.
@@mat5267 I talked to a Marine F-4 captain back in the early '70s he said, IF he strapped all the fuel his Phantom could carry. from the time he started his roll from there at Rickenbacker AF Base (Columbus) he could be over Washington DC in 3 and a half mins. with no fuel onboard.
2,3,4,5,6 times watching the Baz warming, checking then going into full 'burner...make that 7,8 times...never gets old...what a fantastic flying machine...wow!
So unbelievably rare to see the Eagle in a clean configuration, not even CFT’s. This is the picture I carry in my minds eye from it’s first flight in 1972. It had orange trim painted on all surfaces and looked so hot.
Bay Area Traveler sorry, this is not an F-15 E. It’s possibly a F-15 C. The F-15E Strike Eagles can be generally distinguished from other U.S. Eagle variants by darker aircraft camouflage, conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) mounted along the engine intake ramps
LA I don’t understand how it can be a C variant. I thought C is a single seater. My google searches point to this being a E variant but of course online resources are not always accurate.
Bay Area Traveler Good point. On certain C’s they have attachments for conformal fuel tanks and a dual cockpit. In other words the earliest version of an F-15 E on a “C’s” fuselage. I’ll do some more research and get back to you.
sam manix Here’s your answer: That aircraft is an F-15D. The single-seat F-15C and two-seat F-15D models entered the Air Force inventory in 1979 and were first delivered to Kadena Air Base, Japan. These models were equipped with production Eagle package improvements, including 2,000 pounds of additional internal fuel, provisions for carrying exterior conformal fuel tanks and increased maximum takeoff weight of 68,000 pounds.
I had the unique opportunity to watch two F-15s spar in the practice area South of Tyndall AFB. We were at FL 230 and I would guess they were operating between 15, 000 and 30,000 feet. They could cover that airspace in the blink of an eye. Up, down, didn't seem to matter. The power and maneuverability is amazing.
Seriously! I have an aviation woody ! That is pure art and beauty….the Eagle is a iconic airplane in the US AirPower Arsenal. I have flown with many former fighter pilots in the airlines and by far the F-15 is the most highly praised airframe.
That's why its the EAGLE 15 taking on the skies still around making new air turns & throttle response so impressively with it's new technology fly by air updates along with radar
On October 13 1997 I took my 2 Sons to Edwards AFB to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier (occurring the following day). We were able to park the motorhome in front of the visitor center, giving us an unobstructed view of the exhibitor planes and low passes planned for the day. On the morning of the 14th at 6:30am (the exact time when Yeager broke the sound barrier) we were on top of the motorhome sipping hot chocolate. Yeager was in the front seat and Bob Hoover (who flew the chase plane during the sound barrier attempt) was in the back seat of an F15E for the commemoration flight. My youngest Son was very susceptible to loud noises and wanted to be able to cover his ears when the boom hit. The announcer said they would be doing a precise count-down. At the appointed time, the count-down was initiated ... 10-9-8-7- BOOM. I cursed those two buttheads for several minutes. Because they were at 10,000 feet going 760mph it's unlikely they heard me and the day progressed without further incident.
What an amazing machine. I still have a sense of wonder when watching them.. the guys who get to fly those and others like them are the luckiest guys in the world.
After living on an Air Force base that had 15's on alert, I wish you all that haven't experienced this knew actually how LOUD that is. We lived about half a mile from the end of an active runway where they'd blast to an unrestricted climb like that. Pictures falling off of the walls in the house, car alarms going off everywhere.....Good grief. They'd even do it in the middle of the night (rarely bit it happened).
In the 1980's while at Scott AFB, Ill the plant that built them was near by in St. Louis. The new jets would come over for check out touch & goes. I WATCHED ONE NEAR STALL PULL UP, RETRACK THE GEAR, THEN FULL POWER CLIMB!!! Both F-15 & F-16 use the same engine, the 15 has two of them!!!
The 6th Generation Fighter should copy as much as possible the F-15’s core design and features. Powerful, sleek, dependable, deadly, it was the best fighter of its generation and is still a formidable weapon even today with upgrades.
The F15-16 still rule AA. Dime and dozen so overwhelm with numbers if needed. The Navy's F18 seems to keep them and the Marines sharp.Of course the Buff and B-1B will flatten any objectors. And just because it's so dam cool keep the A-10 and it's gun alone boost our moral and shreds Toyota trucks like nothing else. The Billion dollar stealths... Just tell the enemy we got em and let them figure it out.
Yes, they were. That's really the only time you'll ever see a Strike Eagle in that config. The individual engine runs they did were part of that aircraft's FCF profile.
Stationed at England AFB Rantoul Louisiana 81 we were conducting a drill that included base overwatch by 2 F15 Eagles, there was a enormous cumulonimbus with a well defined trough at the very top of the feature at least 6-7 miles high. I was at duty station with the sheer luck to be standing at the flight line side of our building when I heard what sounds like a crazy locomotive/Tornado sound when the plane in question went vertical over the middle of the runway and straight up the face of the cloud and then less than 20 seconds after the 1st had went vertical same big noise and right as 1st was half way up the cloud number 2 was going vertical at the same point of the runway
