I was obsessed with fighter jets in my adolescence. My favorite plane was the F-15 Eagle; its thrust:weight ratio was greater than 1 -- meaning it could take off, point its nose straight up to vertical, and keep accelerating past mach 1. Amazing.

The F-15C (and the F-16), yes.

The F-15E was a different story, which I remember from flamewars at flightsim forums over how slow of a climber it was :)