Would you volunteer for this?

[orangecrush]

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	Oh HELL NO
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	After a bottle of schnapps
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	Rocketman burning up my fuse up here alone
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	Safer than SpaceX
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	0 to Mach 2 in 60 seconds more fun than Disneyland
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	Been there done that
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	In the decade this was filmed I would have
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	YEE HAW
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[Irish_Dem]

1. Test pilots are known to be a little bit crazy.

But in a way that makes them very popular.

[orangecrush]

2. The get the coolest toys

And a short life expectancy.

[Irish_Dem]

3. I knew test pilots who got sent to Viet Nam.

Their life expectancy was not so great there either.

[captain queeg]

4. Back then rocket assisted take offs were not uncommon

Speeds aren’t as important these days anyway

[orangecrush]

11. I've seen the little ones

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On the wings of big planes like the C-123.

Never anything like this, the big one still used runway.

[chouchou]

5. Sure, if I had a million fire-safe foam balloons tied to my ass and every other parts of my body.

and never have to do it again. And a check as the same amount of the United States debt. and a large chocolate shake.

[orangecrush]

10. A date with Nico

Of the Velvet Underground after landing.

[ForgedCrank]

6. 20 years ago,

hell yea. Now? I'd probably pee in my pants sitting there waiting to hit the red button.

Additional trivia: The ADTC was experimenting with the 104 back in the 60's and modified several of these, fitted them with reaction control thrusters and a tail integrated LF rocket engine. In an unrestricted climb from a standing start, they got it up to 119,000ft.
Then, refusing to accept not being the record holder, Chuck Yeager made a run at beating the 119K record. That was the flight that damn near killed him. He lost control of it above 100K and failed to recover from the notorious spin that these were famous for, ultimately bailing out at the last minute.
I'm pretty sure that record still stands for a rolling start unrestricted climb.

[orangecrush]

9. Thanks

Interesting information!

That plane had a real "Buck Rogers" vibe to it.

[Brother Buzz]

7. An aircraft carrier catapult launch is the genuine E ticket ride

That being said, I'll pass on both.

[orangecrush]

8. ...

[Sneederbunk]

12. Was that a Boeing part that fell?

[orangecrush]

14. Most likey

[ProfessorGAC]

13. No

I don't know how to fly a plane. If I were a pilot, maybe.
Does look awfully dangerous. That rocket motor is a bomb!

[orangecrush]

15. The whole idea

Was very rapid deployment.

Not that far from Russia.