Eons ago (Probably pre-2000) at an air show @ the Beaufort,S.C. NAS.

After the "Blue Angels" had completed their routine...

A USMC fighter,painted in Camo, spooled up on the Runway,Achieved Flight,
and then turned 90 degrees (Upward)relative to the ground and moved Vertically until it was out of sight.

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Ever see a C-130 do the JATO pack T/O?

I've seen a F-15 do a minimum speed take off, rotate to vertical and climb out to 40K without breaking a sweat.

Remember the Paris Airshow?

Yes unfortunately. The poor pilot tried to spool the engines up for climbing out during a low fly by.

Instead the computer determined the plane was in a landing mode and the computors refused to implement the command. At least that was my general understanding at the time. I imagine some software got re written.

My issue is if that plane had not gone to the airshow. One wonders if the same plane on a landing approach had decided to go around while full of passengers. It takes just enough time to realize the engines are not spooling up on command to get into really serious problems then.

I have even heard of some pilots at one time not really recommending this plane compared to boeing products. I suspect like them there possibly could be other issues not uncovered in their systems. I do not know if the cause of the sudden random uncalled for right banks have been totally solved yet.

Although I do not keep up with aviation. I am also lacking in how the Boeings Dreamliner solved the battery issue with it. There is absolutely no way you can really have a totally safe lithium polymer type of battery.