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Originally Posted by john70t
The 'sport' of accelerating in a straight line quickly?
Navy pilots do it better.
And that's before their first cup of coffee.
Then they do so much more...
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Major Roger J. Smith,
U.S. Air Force From brake release at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, at 913 feet (278 meters) above Sea Level, the F-15 reached 30,000 meters (98,425 feet) in 3 minutes, 27.799 seconds.
No catapult to launch him, just thrust!