Tall Tales with Taco Bell

Flying the speed of sound Mach 1.3 in an F-4 Phantom

Taco Bell Season 6 Episode 1

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The answer is always no unless you ask. Years ago, I asked if I could get in the backseat of an F-4 Phantom fighter jet with a guy who turned out to be a secret military astronaut named Col Richard "Dick" Lawyer. He was part of the MOL program which was Top Secret and only declassified in the 90's before he died.  this is how Mike Aldrich and myself got to hit 53K feet up in the atmosphere, doing Mach 1.3, so for all the flat earth people, I can say that I have seen the curvature of the earth and it's real. 

just fast forward through the intro music...you'll get to the good stuff. Enjoy

Semper Fi Taco