Super Ship vs Air Force Thunderbirds
There’s smoke in the sky over Duluth! The 1,004ft long super laker Mesabi Miner arriving to load iron ore pellets as the Thunderbirds tore up the skies for the first day of the Duluth Airshow. Two massively different but equally impressive (and loud) technological accomplishments in the same place competing for attention!
Both are crewed by the best in their fields, the Thunderbird team is capable of flying inches from each other at speeds of over 700 miles per hour, and performing incredible acrobatic maneuvers time and time again without fail, all while facing intense G forces and pressure, not to mention the other 5 planes around you doing the exact same thing. They’re the best pilots in the US Air Force and they’re not afraid to show that! Their F-16 fighter planes are equally impressive, featuring the equivalent of nearly 30,000 horsepower engines that can push them nearly 1,350 miles per hour if needed, or Mach 2. It is also incredibly agile and can turn faster and fly farther than any other fighter jet out there.
Mesabi Miner, while definitely slower with a top speed of about 16 miles per hour, is no less impressive. Her crew can sail the ship, larger than almost any US skyscraper outside of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, into tight docks, down rivers and through locks that measure just inches wider than the vessel itself without any outside assistance. Most vessels require pilots to safely guide the ships into port. The Miner’s crew ARE the pilots. Capable of carrying 63,000 tons, or roughly as much cargo as 2,800 fully loaded semi trucks or 650 train cars every time it sails, the ship is a backbone of the US steel industry. Her horn can be heard from over ten miles away, similar to the engines on the fighters. She is equipped with side thrusters that allow her to maneuver on a dime and steer while sailing backwards for long distances, a common feature on lakers that are not typically seen on ocean going freighters. She is named in honor of the workers and miners of the Mesabi Iron Range in Northern Minnesota, where most of her cargo comes from.
Seeing one of them independently is a memorable experience. Having both in the same place was definitely an unforgettable sight!
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The Thunderbirds and the Mesabi Miner.....couldn't get any better than that!!!!
@jonathanellsworth21
Ай бұрын
Nope! That was awesome, the two together! Meeting of different worlds
My two favorite things...jets & ships, you made my day!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@jonathanellsworth21
Ай бұрын
Glad to help! 😁
Dang! That’s a BIG boat!
Jets and a big ship in one presentation. Great job on both.
@jonathanellsworth21
28 күн бұрын
Thanks! Was really hoping it would work out and somehow it did lol
Those pedestrians were just lolligaging. Lol. Great footage of all forms of getting about.lol. Great video.
Great video!! Thanks so much!!
@jonathanellsworth21
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!! Thank you!
Wow what a finish.😮
@jonathanellsworth21
19 күн бұрын
Thunderbirds are cool!
How those ships don’t break into pieces in rough waters is beyond me. I would like to see its design drawings.
@jonathanellsworth21
Ай бұрын
They’re built by the best!
Great video!
@jonathanellsworth21
Ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@chrisstott2775
28 күн бұрын
So they didn't try flying under the raised bridge span.
@jonathanellsworth21
28 күн бұрын
@@chrisstott2775 lol that would be something! I highly doubt it’ll ever happen though lol. Usually they do a close flyby with the bridge the day after the shows end as they depart, but it was foggy that day, so if they did it, nobody saw :(
@chrisstott2775
27 күн бұрын
Well, Red Bull did it at the Tower Bridge recently decades after a Buccaneer jet did the same...
I'm sure the comment will go something like this: Nothing better, can't beat that, etc. I beg to differ, while this is a great video, I must say, FLY NAVY!
@jonathanellsworth21
Ай бұрын
Lol 😂 that would be more in keeping with the nautical theme 🤔 Blue Angles will headline next year’s Airshow! Hopefully a ship arrives like this during one of their performances! There were a couple Super Hornets in the show for the Navy this year as the first act so they weren’t totally absent lol
Nice vid. new friend here. - SweetDidoy -
Amazing those jets were noiser than that 1000 foot ship.
@jonathanellsworth21
28 күн бұрын
Oh yeah, Duluth has a fighter squadron based in the city. You can tell when they take off no matter where you are in town. Even way out at the Superior Entry which is probably 15 miles from the airport. F-16s are insanely powerful jets!
COOL 😎
cool