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This was done in Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_khhzuFlE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_khhzuFlE

overcast 9y ago
"If you hire a guy named Tex Johnson to demo a plane, don't be surprised at what he does...." - rockthestrand Edit. We cool?
- lightbyte 9y ago
  Did you just copy and paste the top comment from the youtube video?
  - overcast 9y ago
    Nope! Second top comment!
hermitdev 9y ago
Boeing also did a near-vertical take off in the 787 during their initial tests (and a few times after at air shows) This video [1] from a past Paris air show, shows a 787 ready for a delivery to Vietnam Airlines doing a very aggressive & short (but not vertical take off). Pretty ballsy to do such a thing in such an expensive jet that's on its way to delivery to a client. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_8D8HCnS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_8D8HCnS4
- overcast 9y ago
  According to comments, it was nowhere near vertical, which is why they didn't show it from a side angle. Apparently indicator light goes off at 30 degrees, indicating imminent engine stall.
  - Sharlin 9y ago
    The video is filmed from a distance using a long telephoto lens, compressing the perspective. The 2011 movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy used the trick in a similar scene to a great dramatic effect [1]. [1] https://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/this-dramatic-shot-was-done-with-a-2000mm-lens/ https://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/this-dramatic-shot-was-done...
    - stordoff 9y ago
      Is that a scene that makes more sense in context? Out of context, I'm having somewhat of a hard time distinguishing it from a bad composition.
      - schoen 9y ago
        One of the characters is trying to get information out of the other by threatening him with being put on the plane, which, it's implied, would take him to an extremely disagreeable destination. (Unintentionally reduced spoilers due to having forgotten many details of the film.)
        tacticus 9y ago
        Such a good film and book. Oldman plays an impressive smiley
      - syncsynchalt 9y ago
        Yes. The staring man (Smiley, played by Gary Oldman) is looking for a spy in his organization. The man being stared at is worried that Smiley is going to kill him (by putting him on the plane). The audience feels the same anxiety by proxy, because it appears that the actors are about to be hit by the propellers. Look again at the actors. Smiley never stops studying the others' face, while the other looks scared, nervous, shifty, and guilty the entire time. Even without context you should be able to pick up that Smiley is cool as ice, and that the other man has something to hide.
    - kk_cz 9y ago
rhcom2 9y ago
Also how about a C-27J doing both a backflip and an aileron roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTn6JiU2J6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTn6JiU2J6U or a C-130 taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84 isn't modern flight awesome?
- mcguire 9y ago
  Like the video of the Los Angeles class submarine emergency surfacing, those make me wonder how much junk was flying around the cabin.
  - andrewflnr 9y ago
    Are you thinking of this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqalX5FJ2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqalX5FJ2c
    - mcguire 9y ago
      Yes. I have a cousin who was stationed on a ballistic missile sub; I keep meaning to ask him how much crockery they had left after that.
  - zentiggr 9y ago
    The sub is actually already rigged to keep most loose things under control even under normal running... with any advance warning (most emergency blows are planned ;-) everyone has the time to secure things in lockers etc. That said, standing on a vinyl tiled deck in the peak angle point of one is a trip!

"If you hire a guy named Tex Johnson to demo a plane, don't be surprised at what he does...." - rockthestrand Edit. We cool?

lightbyte 9y ago
Did you just copy and paste the top comment from the youtube video?
- overcast 9y ago
  Nope! Second top comment!

hermitdev 9y ago

Boeing also did a near-vertical take off in the 787 during their initial tests (and a few times after at air shows) This video [1] from a past Paris air show, shows a 787 ready for a delivery to Vietnam Airlines doing a very aggressive & short (but not vertical take off). Pretty ballsy to do such a thing in such an expensive jet that's on its way to delivery to a client. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_8D8HCnS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_8D8HCnS4

overcast 9y ago
According to comments, it was nowhere near vertical, which is why they didn't show it from a side angle. Apparently indicator light goes off at 30 degrees, indicating imminent engine stall.
- Sharlin 9y ago
  The video is filmed from a distance using a long telephoto lens, compressing the perspective. The 2011 movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy used the trick in a similar scene to a great dramatic effect [1]. [1] https://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/this-dramatic-shot-was-done-with-a-2000mm-lens/ https://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/this-dramatic-shot-was-done...
  - stordoff 9y ago
    Is that a scene that makes more sense in context? Out of context, I'm having somewhat of a hard time distinguishing it from a bad composition.
    - schoen 9y ago
      One of the characters is trying to get information out of the other by threatening him with being put on the plane, which, it's implied, would take him to an extremely disagreeable destination. (Unintentionally reduced spoilers due to having forgotten many details of the film.)
      - tacticus 9y ago
        Such a good film and book. Oldman plays an impressive smiley
    - syncsynchalt 9y ago
      Yes. The staring man (Smiley, played by Gary Oldman) is looking for a spy in his organization. The man being stared at is worried that Smiley is going to kill him (by putting him on the plane). The audience feels the same anxiety by proxy, because it appears that the actors are about to be hit by the propellers. Look again at the actors. Smiley never stops studying the others' face, while the other looks scared, nervous, shifty, and guilty the entire time. Even without context you should be able to pick up that Smiley is cool as ice, and that the other man has something to hide.
  - kk_cz 9y ago

rhcom2 9y ago

Also how about a C-27J doing both a backflip and an aileron roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTn6JiU2J6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTn6JiU2J6U or a C-130 taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84 isn't modern flight awesome?

mcguire 9y ago
Like the video of the Los Angeles class submarine emergency surfacing, those make me wonder how much junk was flying around the cabin.
- andrewflnr 9y ago
  Are you thinking of this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqalX5FJ2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqalX5FJ2c
  - mcguire 9y ago
    Yes. I have a cousin who was stationed on a ballistic missile sub; I keep meaning to ask him how much crockery they had left after that.
- zentiggr 9y ago
  The sub is actually already rigged to keep most loose things under control even under normal running... with any advance warning (most emergency blows are planned ;-) everyone has the time to secure things in lockers etc. That said, standing on a vinyl tiled deck in the peak angle point of one is a trip!