And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not even flying, going vertical on basically engine thrust at that angle of attack.
ReplyDeleteI've seen an F15C break the sound barrier going straight up.
ReplyDeleteThe plane weighed less the the total engine thrust.
29,000 lb plane.
31,000 Engine thrust
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/16-january-1975/
DeleteBrake release to 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) in 27.571 seconds
1.4:1 Thrust/Weight ratio