I know its American and all that but WOW

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And they used to do this vertical rise before turning away and we'd see the sun light up the whole under carriage of the plane.

I was at Coningsby and they very kindly provide a tarmacked viewing area at the end of the runway and there was a chap there with a sanner radio and he said "watch that one, he has just asked permission for a Performance Departure" and that was what that was -a very shot run and then yanked straight up and then over at the top very high 
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I did wonder why they needed to go up the way that they did, obviously part showboating but also a show of force.