Tupolev Tu-22M3 'Backfire' front-line bomber, startup, afterburner and thunderous takeoff.

Towing, preparation for departure, start and departure front-line bomber Tu-22M3 "Backfire", afterburner and thunderous takeoff.

[christophhoessly]

Outstanding clip. The blue AB's are mind blowing and the crackling sounds more like a shuttle take off.

[Highland_Moo]

Greetings from Scotland! I love to see these beautiful aircraft - they’re incredible.

[TheGuesty]

Those Intakes are HUGE, Amazing Plane looks like it could fly straight into space

[hilmisyatria]

Ini benar2 gila! Anggun sekaligus menakutkan !

[adriancooper]

Absolute beast of an Aircraft.. Sounds amazing and looks incredible..

[anels]

Best video of the tu-22 currently on youtube! Amazing quality, awesome aircraft!

[stephenhill]

You gotta hand it to Russia. They have made some gorgeous birds. My god that thing is stunning.

[frankthomas]

Huge, noisy and effective!
Loved it...

[realomon]

love that radar controlled dual cannon in the rear.

[chrisst]

I love all the code names we gave the Soviet aircraft. Flogger, Backfire, Swingbat, Firefox, Rumplestiltskin...

[чихпых-сб]

Создан без суперкомпьютеров и искусственного интеллекта советскими инженерами, с огромным уважением к людям построившим этот самолет.

[garyproffitt]

Fantastic Tupolev Tu-22M3 and afterburner's.

[frank]

I worked on the engines on flightline B52G's and KC135's and sometimes with headsets to communicate with people in the planes which offered no protection against the noise and sometimes with ear plugs and a headset which offered a litlle protection. You have no idea how loud these planes are with one engine being run and sometimes all 4 on the 135 or all 8 on the 52 and sometimes more than one plane out on the line. The ground crew in this video had no headsets and maybe plugs. I guarantee you they have significant hearing loss as those engines on the Backfire are huge. Also, one guy gets pretty close to the intake which could be fatal. More than one guy has been sucked up into the engines if they got to close. All that said the Backfire is a really awesome plane.

[kevinsteele]

That thing is impressive. I think it’s a mix of f111 and L39 and f15 in it’s design

[alansimpson]

I saw one of these aircraft at the Farnborough air show many years ago. On take off you could probably hear it in central London.

[Kaasify]

I'm sorry, but this is insane. Amazing takeoff noise

[Workerbee-zynx]

Interesting bird. Looks gnarly and ready to do business.