Before you comment, this video published on April 1.

@tazz58penticalzone43

2 жыл бұрын

Funnt yhe photos are from the movie Firefox with Clint Eastwood in the 80's

@bluefandango

2 жыл бұрын

@@tazz58penticalzone43 you don't say...

@thomaspohl5845

2 жыл бұрын

You got me! I was just about to leave a negative comment. Then again, it came across my feed for the first time just now. Good one!

@Kpar512

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Clint's movie on the subject was NOT one of his best...

@Make-Asylums-Great-Again

2 жыл бұрын

@@tazz58penticalzone43 u might b rtrded

They should make a movie about that jet!

@skepticalbadger

2 жыл бұрын

@Aqua Fyre Of course they're kidding. Why else would someone say this?

@robertdragoff6909

2 жыл бұрын

@@skepticalbadger I think you should check today’s date

@gregmac8268

2 жыл бұрын

Bahahahaha

@joaoonda

2 жыл бұрын

I would watch that movie! Maybe with a "state of the art" aerial dogfight! to make it even more awesome! :D

@johngreen-sk4yk

2 жыл бұрын

🤣👍

as a former soviet test pilot, i can confirm that all this is 200 % accurate.

@mykehyslop198

Жыл бұрын

A former Soviet test pilot that doesn't use capital letters in the right places.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s been 40 years since Firefox, the movie is still fun to watch.

@greggstrasser5791

2 жыл бұрын

“I’m persecuted because I’m a Jew.” Hollywood...

@williamdobbin7827

2 жыл бұрын

The books are better in my humble opinion.

@dnf-dead

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamdobbin7827 I totally agree 👍

@bdr32965

2 жыл бұрын

it's still one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies after Escape From Alcatraz and The Outlaw Josey Wales

@dnf-dead

2 жыл бұрын

@@bdr32965 I wish they had filmed Firefox Down

The Firefox had a fatal flaw: it could not perform a negative-G dive, so the Soviets went with full production of the MiG-28.

@jakeb6703

2 жыл бұрын

float carburetors strike again, mk1 spits look on in horror

@xadrikxaulxu

2 жыл бұрын

MIGs only come in Odd numbers.

@josesolty

2 жыл бұрын

@@xadrikxaulxu it's a joke. They were talking about the fictional fighter in top gun film

@Del_S

2 жыл бұрын

A huge mistake, it turned out, as they not only were shown to be vastly inferior to the F-14, but easily mistaken for the F-5 fighter leading to a number of friendly fire incidents.

@helbent4

2 жыл бұрын

@@xadrikxaulxu Never change, slugger!

Great video, but I do have to correct one detail - the Firefox did not defect. Rather, it was stolen by an American pilot named Mitchell Gant with the backing of the CIA. Very little is known of Gant himself, or of his background, but curiously the few photographs of him that exist bear a remarkable resemblance to Clint Eastwood!

@obesetuna3164

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the very same lol.

@mattheweagles5123

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a highly classified Pentagon briefing about this in the early 1980's. Or was it Blockbuster and not the Pentagon?

@johngreen-sk4yk

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a defection, it was a special relocation operation !😉👍

@arohk1579

2 жыл бұрын

I heard he went back to being a cop and then joined the Secret Service. I recall seeing a few documentaries of when he was a police detective.

@UniversalChallenge4454

2 жыл бұрын

no it did defect as the scientists tested the interface on themselves and the plane formed a personality and close Clint Eastwood as it pilot

You have to admit, the story could make for a good movie. Maybe with Clint Eastwood as the lead?

@bigblue6917

2 жыл бұрын

It would make a good movie but it may be too far fetched even for Hollywood.

@RandomTrinidadian

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigblue6917 yea, u have a point.

@mirthenary

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking more like Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer

@Farweasel

2 жыл бұрын

IF Clint Eastwood's the *lead* any chance they could get Jada Smith for the dog?

@sisenor4091

2 жыл бұрын

Clint is too old. Maybe his son.

The Firefox was real! As design engineer in MiG design Bureau Badger works, I can confirm that while there was steel, the airframe used high-grade marine plywood as major component in airframe. Much radar absorbing but also much national debt to Finland.

@rsrt6910

2 жыл бұрын

I can't vouch for the airframe, but I CAN tell you that the man-machine thought interface consisted of the mother-in-law in the back seat.

@Greg-yu4ij

Жыл бұрын

Can you confirm that the man machine thought interface only works if you “think in Russian “?

@felixalvinreyes9846

9 ай бұрын

There was a real MIG 31 ITS THE FOXHOUND THE DESIGN IS AN ENLARGED MIG 25.

Just a reminder to not cheap out on snow tyres for your state-of-the-art stealth fighter. You never know when you're going to hit ice.

Clint Eastwood. Best Russian pilot ever.

It took 3 minutes for me to go through the process of "oh... the film is based on some factual elements..." before we got to the point where I remembered the date and Ed's ever increasing more and more sci fi statements and capabilities... Great one Ed! I really enjoyed the film as a kid. Will have to find somewhere to watch it again me thinks 😄

@TheAnxiousAardvark

2 жыл бұрын

I was going, but, but, but....Oh!

@seriousmaran9414

2 жыл бұрын

I recognised the prop plane as soon as it appeared. Although it does look like something Dirty Harry might fly.

@neilwilson5785

2 жыл бұрын

But.. it had six missiles. So it is probably real. With twin 30mm cannon.

@tigerpjm

2 жыл бұрын

Great Ed. Now we can look forward to a whole generation of internet pillocks insisting that this is all indisputable fact and that anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about...

@dnf-dead

2 жыл бұрын

Read the books

As a kid when I saw this movie I fell in love with Russian engineering while being an American in the Midwest, with a dad that worked in black military programs for a large aircraft manufacturer. This drove my career aspirations well into my mid 30s. Thanks for bringing this memory back to me. I really wish this was a real Aircraft lol

@neilwilson5785

2 жыл бұрын

Mach 6 tho. We are all in this.

@whocares6965

Жыл бұрын

Black military programs?! That’s racist! 😂😂

I hear the first prototype sunk in a frozen lake after a forced landing and was later recovered and taken to the west.

@brucebaxter6923

2 жыл бұрын

Source, original historical documents, Firefox and Firefox down

@shaider1982

2 жыл бұрын

It was then that Gant allowed himself to smile.

@bigblue6917

2 жыл бұрын

@JZ's Best Friend It's classified.

@bigblue6917

2 жыл бұрын

@JZ's Best Friend Why do you think they had all those nuclear submarines up there. Of course they were 'on an exercise.' And all that thing with the Russians planting there flag at the North Pole. They were also after the Firefox. (I think I'll stop now as even as I'm starting to believe what I've written🤪)

The Russians already realized in the early phase of testing that "Firefox" would not stand a chance against International Rescue's "Thunderbird 1".

@jkegs4913

2 жыл бұрын

Now you got me thinking about Lady Penelope...

@billfoster6479

2 жыл бұрын

Or captain scarlet and the angel interceptors. Or even better yet the skydiver from SHADOW.

@interman7715

2 жыл бұрын

Thunderbird 1 was so advanced it's a wonder Elon Musk never tried to copy it .

@anthonysantiago1999

2 жыл бұрын

Thunderbirds ARE GO!!!

@wolf222555

Жыл бұрын

I always preferred thunderbird 2 with the replacable pods!😁😁😁

the PERFECT April fool's joke. i give the movie a 5 out of 10 and this video a 7. rent the movie if you can find it on your favorite streaming service.

@dallesamllhals9161

2 жыл бұрын

HAH! I had this Docu' on VHS!

I heard there’s a guy somewhere in California who has some more info on this, just be careful around his Gran Torino, he’s kinda precious about it

@venners4288

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@petesheppard1709

2 жыл бұрын

And STAY OFF HIS LAWN!

@731973000

2 жыл бұрын

Is it the same guy who taught a young lady how-to be a professional female boxer?

Extensive use of stalinium also caused all incoming canon rounds to bounce off. War Thunder will be releasing this as a higher tier special soon :-)

Happy April 1st Ed & too all :-D! Great stuff here..

@venners4288

2 жыл бұрын

Come on mate. We're all playing the role. And we all know what the date is. You don't need to be that one guy who goes "Miss Miss Miss, I know the answer!!!"

@NesconProductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@venners4288 I wasn't first to mention so..

That time of year again lol

Such a glorious shape, I often wonder if anyone has ever put that in a proper wind tunnel.

You had me up until the point when you put the movie plane on the screen. I looked at the date and sure enough. You got me! Nicely done.

Thank you for delivering this in perfect deadpan fashion. It made the thing all the more fun even though I knew what it was

Some of the design elements of the Firefox were remarkably prescient, just as the faceted nose and internal weapons bay, when real stealth aircraft wouldn't be revealed until eight years later.

I actually built one of these in Lego's shortly after the first time I had watched the movie with my dad. I even had operational weapons bays on both sides of the aircraft. An outstanding April fools day story Ed.

@Deebz270

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh... Lego.... Yep, I made a 'FireFox' in Lego too.... And it too, had internal weapons bays. But I made everything with Lego... Fireball XLV.... All the Thunderbirds inc FAB1... Capt Scarlet... UFO.... Zero X-1... USS Enterprise NCC-1701.... Commanche & Hind attack helos.... Seaking... Fokker Dr1 'Triplane' (Baron Von Richthofen]... Sup Spitfire... Avro Lanc... Saturn V and Apollo 11 payload... oh and later... Красный Октябрь ....

The MiG 28 would have been the lower cost option as well.

@blessedtraveler537

2 жыл бұрын

Ed should do a video on this mysterious aircraft. It's said to look like an F-5.

@stinkyfungus

Жыл бұрын

​@@blessedtraveler537 There is one parked at an air museum in Cliffton Park New York. Right next to a retired F14. I have a photo of it. Should be able to get the curator there to tell you all kinds of state sekrits. (Actually, the black F5 at that meuseum it WAS one of the F5s used in the movie, and the navy actually liked the Black paint job and red star so they left the "mig 28s" in the Hollywood livery after filming was over, and they remained that color in service till they retired the F5 from the fighter weapons school.)

Apparently the projected Mach 5+ speeds were somewhat “justified” by retired Soviet naval crews who were there during the trials. Flying just barely a hundred feet above the sea, the MiG-31 reportedly left some water jets akin to a jetski behind its wake, a sign of hypersonic flight if true. Once again, thank you for this excellent analysis of a Cold War relic! Shame the Soviets gave up with the radical experiment though, I’m envious that some lucky bastard got to try the unique thought-controlled weapon systems.

@jamestoby1149

2 жыл бұрын

If it could hit mach five at sea-level, then God knows what it could do at altitude. In light of that, the claim seems a bit suspicious

@bigblue6917

2 жыл бұрын

I did come across a reference to the incident where the Firefox accidentally flew low over a Soviet helicopter cruiser bringing down a Kamov Ka-27 which had just taken off. Apparently the helicopter hit the deck of the cruiser where it exploded. The list of casualties was never released but it is though to have included the helicopter crew and several of the sailors who were on deck at the time. This may be the Soviet naval crews you mention.

@ericvantassell6809

2 жыл бұрын

Thought control seems like a good idea until the pilot thinks, to himself in Russian, "I've got to take a dump"

@markhepworth7822

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamestoby1149 You mean you’re suspicious of Russian claims..? 😂

@Justanotherconsumer

2 жыл бұрын

Jetski? Is that like a brewski?

Check the date

@beaclaster

2 жыл бұрын

i hate you

@BoycottChinaa

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahh - I was thinking, what the hell, that 1980s gi joe Cobra Command Night Raven toy was based on a super secret Soviet jet? Great movie, but like most people, I only remember Eastwood hiding in shadows and the last 30 minutes or so.. cheers!

For a movie plane the Firefox actually looks really good!

@AndrewTubbiolo

2 жыл бұрын

Blur the outlines and it becomes the T-11 version of the Su-27. Someone leaked early KH-11 photos to the model team. They must have. It's just too damn close to be coincidental.

@donaldclay9535

2 жыл бұрын

SR-71 Blackbird America's Firefox.

My friend Clint Eastwood verified this video to me.

I think it's pretty obvious the airframe, whether stolen or flown by a defector, influenced the design of the F/A 37 Talon. Whilst the mind reading system would probably have been binned due to complexity and inability to service it, you can see influences in how the development of the EDI system came along. Whilst not a direct 'rip', I would be surprised if the purloined Soviet mind reading system wasn't involved in the project somehow!

@Del_S

2 жыл бұрын

A shame the Talon proved so flawed really. Still, it meant the F-302 had no competition and frankly, I'm not so sure the Talon would have fared as well against the Goa'uld.

I seem to remember watching a documentary film about this very aircraft. I enjoyed it so much I bought a copy of it and keep it alongside other such noteworthy aviation documentaries as "Top Gun" and "Hot Shots" I understand a briefing document called "Firefox Down" was released by the esteemed noted historian Craig Thomas about a rumoured later adventures of this legendary plane

A worthy April video! Further reading can be found in `Firefox` and `Firefox Down`,by Craig Thomas. Nice one Ed!

There are several stories about what happened with the two MiG-31s. One of them is that there was a hanger fire which destroyed one or both of them. Another is that one of them was destroyed in a mock dogfight when a missile was accidentally deployed through the mind reading device, which is why it was never used again, and the second one is said to have lost control and crashed because it was too close to first one when it exploded. Something not often reported was the death of a Soviet airforce general soon after this event. It has been said that he was in someway involved in the loss of both aircraft. The second one is, of course, at Area 51. Where else would you put it. I say is. There is a rumour that it was actually lost over the North Pole because an alien from Area 51 was bored one day took it for a ride. Apparently it could not read his mind and fired the ejection seat. But that would be silly.

@davidaustin7296

2 жыл бұрын

I heard it was lost in a dogfight against a supersonic prototype attack helicopter run by a secret US government agency called the firm

@ajvanmarle

2 жыл бұрын

A number of high-level engineers also disappeared around that time. Some think they died in the hangar fire. That might have contributed to the decision not to continue the project.

@mombaassa

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. It fired the ejector seat over the north pole. The plane wreckage was recovered though, by a fat old guy. He now uses it to deliver presents around the world, in December.

@schrodingersgat4344

2 жыл бұрын

Winner

@bigblue6917

2 жыл бұрын

@@mombaassa I have a feeling this is a story put about the US to hide the fact that they have it at Area 52 (Area 51 is in fact a cover story for Area 52.) We all know that the only way that guy you mentioned can get all those deliveries done in one day is by time travel. And what he flies is kept at the secret Area 25 at the North Pole. Am I the only one getting a headache from keeping track of all these secret bases.

Your videos are so naturally flowing, that I´ve let myself dream about a world where this was a reality. I even remember the TV document about it...

My favorite part of the movie is when Clint Eastwood lands in the artic to be refueled by a submarine, while he's talking to the sub commander the plane is being towed behind in the background, you can see the front canard bouncing up and down because it was a cardboard movie prop. Great way to start APRIL.

@donaldclay9535

2 жыл бұрын

I Wish They Would Do a New FX / CGI of Firefox Liked They Did Star Trek.

I distinctly remember a Clint Eastwood movie from about 1982 called "Firefox". It's about a veteran American pilot who's recruited by a clandestine government agency to steal the plane. So prop plane pictures, and validation for the urban legend.

I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six missiles or only five'?

@ronjon7942

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one

The Clint Eastwood among planes ;)

Was fascinated with the wing shape of the Firefox and amazed when it was later realized as the twisted wing washout in the F-22.

Pavel Upenskoy: Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it? Mitchell Gant: Yeah, I can fly it. I'm the best there is.

Certainly the best plane ever from it's designer, Comrade Humpavich Applebyski.

@alan-sk7ky

2 жыл бұрын

and the Engine designer Warrenski Clarkeovic

@markreardon6663

2 жыл бұрын

Always suspected he was a Russian agent

@sugarnads

2 жыл бұрын

He must have gone to cambridge??

@xxxggthyf

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugarnads Hmmmmm... You don't fool me... The microfilm is hidden in the dot under the second question mark. I'll give you my reply in person at the usual location. Code phrase "The duck needs new gumboots".

@alan-sk7ky

2 жыл бұрын

@@xxxggthyf and the reply is 'My hovercraft is full of eels'

Well Played, Ed! I Was About Seven Minutes In & Then I Realized It Was Your April Fools Special! Hope You Had A Good One! 8-)

A story told with his tongue in his cheek and Clint in he's eye...

When I Retire This is Going to be the First Model I'm Going to Get and Start My Model Collection Again.

I believe _all_ of this, and I'm no fool.

The internet went nuts for a while with this case. One guy calling himself "Mitchell Gant" said he was the pilot who actually stole the aircraft. Also there were rumors that it had a high-powered laser and not a 23mm cannon as weapon. Anyway, it seems the Mig Design Bureau concentrated later on the Mig-28 which was a cheaper alternative and it is believed that this design was based on the Northrop F5E Tiger II. There were rumors that the US Navy shot down four of those in the Indian Ocean. Interestingly the pilot who did that had the family name of Mitchell. Maybe we will know the truth when the archives of intelligence services will disclose this in 80 years from now.

@richardvernon317

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, the Mig-28 was nothing like the aircraft rumoured to have been shot down by the USN, the Mig 28D Finback was a different aircraft, that also was captured by NATO after a Soviet Pilot defected in one to Alaska. Rumour has it that the Finback after evaluation was used by a British Agent to do a covert insertion into the Soviet / China boarder area near Sinkaing. Some guy called Adam Hall wrote a book about it.

@ronin47-ThorstenFrank

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardvernon317 Yeah, I´ve heard about that incident. If I recall it right the name of that agent was Quiller or something like that. I´m not entirely sure though if both mentioned Mig-28´s aren´t the same aircraft. The descriptions do vary though.

What I find the most exciting about the Mig 31 Firefox is not just the speed, but the fact that it is so flexible. How many mach 6 planes have extensions like Adblock Plus or KZread Downloader. You can pirate videos while pirating the plane. Yes, Wonder Woman's plane is invisible (I don't think it actually exists, I think she flies like Superman, just kinda weird like), but the Firefox has Duck Duck Go - the Internet's Phased Array Radar.

From my understanding the plane was also capable of landing on an ice pack runway and refueled by a submarine.

Well done sir

Brilliant video Ed, released at exactly the right time! “Go ahead, make my day.”

Why are these "what ifs" so damn exciting? Can't get enough of them lately.

A friend of my uncle served with the US Airforce in the 1980s and swears he saw this aircraft at a secret test facility in New Mexico.

@loumencken9644

2 жыл бұрын

He probably did- when they showed "Firefox" on movie night.

This is the most EPIC military/troll job EVER for April Fools. Just found this channel and have enjoyed it immensely...up to this video. No (expletive deleted) bloody (major expletive deleted) way I'm seeing this, right? Flipped to comments and see the disclaimer. Well done, Mr. Nash, no way this flies by if I saw it 1 April, but you've left an unbelievably funny time bomb for all to enjoy.

You sir have made my day👍

@babboon5764

2 жыл бұрын

Great tale innit? Top Video Gun Ed.

"Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it?" The plan footage you used was cool. I really loved that movie when I was a kid. Very under rated movie in my book! I must watched it 1000 times LOL!

Loved this film as a kid, Still a beautiful looking aircraft.

@jerrypadilla4384

2 жыл бұрын

Isnt it just... If sinister, was given sleek lines, and a bit of attitude, to intimidate others....itd be this.

I always wanted them to make the sequel as that book was just as good….

I'd like to see a modern version of this movie. The modern take on hypersonic low level flight would be interesting.

Love the video brought back a lot of childhood memories about one of my favorite movies. We used to argue about who would win between Firefox and airwolf.

Thanks for reminding me what a terrific movie that was! It was based on a novel, and for once the movie stuck perfectly to the book, rather than embellish it unessecaraly. Oh, and happy April fool's day!

That's brilliant Ed, and I've no idea how you're going to top that next year. I know I'm a couple of days late but I've just showed it to my wife and... uh... she now thinks that the Firefox technology found its way to China to build that Chengdu J-20! Guess I'll have to introduce her to a couple of books in the library, or a movie with that guy that did a lot of westerns.

@filbruce1

2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap!!!!! You have a wife who knows what J-20 is?????? LUCKY GUY!!!!!!!!!!

@Captaincinquo

2 жыл бұрын

@@filbruce1 I introduced her to airshows about 6 years ago and she's been hooked on aircraft ever since, which was hilarious because when we went it was "oh I'm only going because you want me to come" and when we left it was "I wanna see that Grumman Avenger again!"

Outstanding! You should really do more speculative videos on fictional aircraft!

9:38 "Personally, I think it's a prop for a movie set" Clever. Seems you're covering your bases, there 😉😂

While Gant seemed to have escaped with the Firefox, the story written by Craig Thomas continued in the novel "Firefox Down". Then Gant makes one more appearance in a later novel. I recommend reading both. Craig Thomas has zero fluff in his books.

Part of the logic behind the brainwave interface was that it provided enhanced security against Western efforts to acquire soviet aircraft for study through theft or defection as it required the pilot to literally "think in Russian". This would greatly limit any ability to test the aircraft or for an opposing nation to use the Firefox against the Russians themselves. Presumably, as the technology aged, an export variant programed to accept thought commands in other languages would have been made available, or the feature dropped altogether.

Outstanding! I would love to see a conceptual artist or model-maker re-imagine the aircraft (same general layout) but using modern open source information that we have on stealth.

Thank you for this. With you on Firefox, and the Operations Room on the F14 Vs Mig29 fight in '86 my day is complete! 👍👍👍

One theory that has gained traction over the years is that the canards were designed to have variable geometry settings, moving into a swept back configuration during trans and supersonic speeds for increased aerodynamic stability, however they failed to retract from the straight winged configuration on numerous occasions during the prototypes testing flights, despite several redesigns of the hydraulic systems among other diagnostic and troubleshooting methods that were implemented to ratify the problem, without success. The non-swept canards were only meant for takeoffs, landings and subsonic maneuvering, and caused increased instability during supersonic cruising and maneuvering, especially at high speed, high altitude flights where the swept back configured canards were specifically designed to aid with the high temperature, thin air that the Firefox was built for.

Perfect! One of my favorite "could of beens"....lol. The only thing I see that makes it pure fantasy are the intake trunking top & bottom. No amount of technology U can dream up can produce that kind of performance w/ nacelles that short, never mind stealth inferences. Variable cycle, J-58 type "turbo-ram jet". They have to be near the leading edge of the wing to vaguely come close to either suggestion. GR8 vid & many thanx 👍. It did expose a lot more than I knew before. Irregardless, it's still a Beautiful bird. Be safe 🦊

Yup, you had to think Russian when flying this thing.

I see this comment "They sould make a movie of this jet!" Well there was a movie made of this jet. It was called (surprise, surprise) "Firefox", with Clint Eastwood. I think that is the point where all these stories originate.

If any movie should get a reboot, its this one! With todays effect tech available, it would be amazing IF done right.

No mention of any elderly American pilots stealing one in 1980,,,,lol

While doomscrolling/following news can be even somewhat depressing at times like this, it's so jolly nice 😁 of you to make us smile as it's April fool's Day - I might even dust the cupboard for the movie (I know I have/had it on a VHS.. Dirty Harry goes to Moscow;)

When you think: «Is Ed drunk?» and then you realize KZread has decided to make an April's Fool with almost a month of delay. 🤣

Little known fact: EM shielding of the cockpit combined with the techniques used for thermal management made it necessary for pilots to be six foot four.

@rsrt6910

2 жыл бұрын

As I understand it, the use of the thought guided fire control system changed the acoustics of cockpit such that the radio effectively couldn't be operated unless the pilots spoke in a gravelly and somewhat hoarse voice.

Just one thing. High bypass ratio engines are for optimizing _subsonic_ performance: the big fan inherently creates a lot of drag at high speeds, which is why you typically see them in airliners and cargo aircraft rather than in fighter jets. The reported performance of the "Firefox" would have required a radical new type of engine, probably some kind of ramjet, the experimental nature of which may well have caused the difficulties that led to the project's ultimate cancellation. Also, Happy April 1st!

@brucewelty7684

2 жыл бұрын

Weren't the fans featherable to allow ram jet function?

@Philistine47

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucewelty7684 Maybe? There's been a lot of work on just how turbines and ramjets might be combined, but _as far as I know_ nobody has built a jet engine that allows the turbine blades to be feathered. I'm not sure that it's even possible, given the forces compressor fans are subjected to in operation; and I'm also not sure how effective it would be. So... I don't _think_ that's it.

@brucewelty7684

2 жыл бұрын

@@Philistine47 YZou seem to not realize this is ALL a SciFi fantasy adventure?

@Philistine47

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucewelty7684 Actually, it wasn't. It was an _espionage_ thriller - and a lot of technical details like "how do the engines work" and "how is it invisible to radar" were simply never addressed, for the excellent reason that the whole point of the story was that the US and UK had to steal it because they couldn't figure out how it worked.

@rsrt6910

2 жыл бұрын

That's true for the developement of fuel efficient turbofans for the commercial aircraft industry where the high bypass is used as a means for effectively turning the fan section into a ducted fan. BUT it's also true for the JF-58 engines in the SR-71 as well where the high bypass is used to bypass the entire engine's fan and compressors and use the bypass area as a ramjet which increases the engines efficiency as the airframe approaches high transonic speeds. TL/DR: You're BOTH correct.

Ha, nice one Ed, loved the movie.

Clint Eastwood stole a Firefox in the movie. The film aircraft was connected to the pilot with a thought helmet and Clint had to think in Russian to fly the aircraft. Great film.

Real or not. It’s amazing how it resembles modern stealth planes when in a time the word “stealth” was not mentioned in the same sentence as airplane ….

Excellent video, especially in the current state of international relations. We need to know who has the upperhand in the technological stakes. What an amazing aircraft, I feel like we need a hero to defend against such a threat. A hero, in line with Dirty Harry, to put the bad guys in their place.

The cold war had some cool items that were made, like that government organization that developed that super sonic helicopter. It's not as fast as the Firefox but both were cool. I'm not sure I believe the LAPD had a supercopter as well, I am pretty sure that was just fabricated. They did make a few documentaries on both of them which were pretty cool to watch.

@Revup1

2 жыл бұрын

There was also that car with artificial intelligence that drive itself, was indestructible and used after burning turbo boost to jump 200m. It was developed by Knight Industries. The guy who drive it was a bit of a prat though!

@andycole9316

2 жыл бұрын

Wasnt there some bloke who bothered a cello who swiped a black project helicopter with "speed to rival the fastest jets" who operated it from a hollow mountain out in the desert as well? Apparently a CIA operative called Archangel oversaw the operation.

Some say that the construction was of a Vibranium-Adamantium alloy and that the Avengers were involved in the sabotage,..and that the onboard computer system could perform sexual favors to the pilot, but that feature was removed because flight times to the target were deemed too short for proper pleasuring...

The reveal of that jet in the movie ...with the synth music... its hair raising. Love it.

Way back, in the day, I used to have a press packet, about this film. (I worked for a local newspaper, around then) In it, they claimed the aircraft design team was curious, if the airframe they designed, would actually be airworthy. They were surprised at the results, as the results showed, close performance parameters of the F-14 fighters, then in service.

Didn't Clint Eastwood get fly this?

@mathewkelly9968

2 жыл бұрын

Common misconception , it actually was Major Mitchell Gant

@Siempre1978

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathewkelly9968 oh yes you are correct and after retirement Grant went on to star in "East Enders" the UK soap opera

I love this, Ed you did an exceptional job on this date. 😆🥰

lol you had me for the first couple of minutes. bravo sir!

It's an April 1st video. Well, done sir! Well done!

On yer mate,lol

Well done! I think I know what movie I want to watch this weekend! I'd forgotten all about it until partway through this when the light bulb came on and I started to chuckle!

The Firefox Aircraft was very futuristic and had its style and I prefer the Movie design's than the Original . Ok,for the special effects,they took background screens which was not realistic . But the Movie in its entirety has a great story .

Ed, Love your videos. They are the most interesting and entertaining aviation videos available. _but_ 1) Mach rhymes with "mock", not "mack". I shan't quibble about the "ch" being not quite the same as the english "k" or "ck". Don't take just my word for it. Ask any german speaker. 2) I can't believe you dismissed the idea of a mig-31 being in US custody. Joe Biden personally flew that plane out of Russia. "not a joke" Also +1 on your videos on the russia/ukraine conflict.

@skepticalbadger

2 жыл бұрын

1) He's not speaking German; 'mach' is effectively a loanword. 2) That's supposed to be classified.

@DeltaAssaultGaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@skepticalbadger it does sound like "mock" though.

@venners4288

2 жыл бұрын

As a native English speaker, I got immedately offended by that first sentence, re Mach not being pronounced like Mack, or Mark if you want to elongate your a, as we interchangably do in the english language. Then I realised what day it is, and you're having a laugh.

@venners4288

2 жыл бұрын

And, to be fair, the English speaking world won the war, but we don't mention that.

@ericvantassell6809

2 жыл бұрын

@@venners4288 "the war"? Don't be so ignurnt. Ernst Mach died in 1916. Beside who won the war doesn't change the language. zum beispiel "Putin" is not prounced "puttin" which would offend golfers the world over. Maybe pronouncing "mach" as "mock" is british thing like "aluminium", "colour", etc.. As George Bernard Shaw(doesn't rhyme with "shoe") said "two people separated by a common language" (:-)

first here edit: christ this is fucking crazy- what could've been!!!

@skepticalbadger

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you're going to want another edit there dude.

Hahaha!! Only “Harry Callahan” would be able to fly such a sophisticated aircraft

Actually, rumor has it that the Firefox crashed in a lake in neutral Finland after an attempted theft or defection.

1st again...woohhaa!

If this plane actually existed as described; with the quantum advances in materials and tech since the early 70's - why hasn't it been resurrected.

Excellent work again. It is fortunate that such a secret airplane had so many available pictures. Makes for a good video on this first of April. :)

I admire your magnificent and utter lack of shame for April the 1st!