Filmed at the recent RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) at RAF Fairford, UK, the following video shows a Polish Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum jet beginning its display with an amazing takeoff followed by a vertical climb.
Although other fast jets are able to perform the same maneuver, the video has gone viral because it clearly shows the sudden pull and subsequent fast, rocket-like ascension of the Polish Fulcrum.
By the way, the term “going ballistic” is used for the Mig-29’s vertical climb in full afterburner even though the term refers to the ballistic path (similar to the trajectory of a thrown or launched projectile) a jet put into a nearly-vertical climb would follow under the force of gravity, without propulsion.
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