Courtesy of the indefatigueable occasional reader Jason, plane pr0n with a Russian accent – they really do make some lovely machines, and whatever else you might say about the Su-27 Flanker, it is a sexy beast.
Oddities too, like the only jet engine sea planes ever constructed for commercial application.
Check ‘em all out, good for the soul, and so forth.
Don’t really care where it comes from – just love this stuff. Thanx Lex & Jason.
Woot – I know, I’m a simple girl…
Now that link provides entertainment! Some fine photos there….
They are nice looking aircraft.
Fascinating. Some of those are definitely not our gene pool.
The old saw…all that glitters is not gold, came to mind as I viewed these exotic birds…these are, after all, the same people who brought the world Chernobyl. Best
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There’s a saying in aviation: “If it’s ugly, it’s British; if it’s weird, it’s French; and if it’s ugly and weird, it’s Russian.”
Be sure to check out the other airshows linked on the author’s page. Lots of great stuff.
Which brings me to this: I’m not a fighter pilot type, but I do study the area a bit. I seem to remember hearing that the radical maneuvers that the MiG-29 and Su-27 (the cobra and backslide) are impressive to witness, but are of limited tactical value in ACM. Any truth to that?
Too bad they don’t have the money to make more of them…. well, not so bad actually. Good for us. And those Ruskies sure do know how to make a good ejection seats. That should tell you something.
And if we ever got into a dogfight with one of these guys, something went very wrong… in more ways then one.
Nice photos.
Some very nice looking birds.
Sexy, perhaps. For my taste, the wings appear too wide and the 2 tails (???) appear too tall. All in all an awkward design, methinks. Certainly no P-51 Mustang.
I wonder why no2 only has two wing racks, one and three show four. ?
I’m a little late to this party, but if you want to see the SU-30 perform some pretty spectacular maneuvers, click or paste the link below (Windows Media file):
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/CA_SU-30.wmv
Like another poster here, I’m not too sure of the tactical value of most of those maneuvers, but my background is that of a SAC tanker and airline pilot, so those with the requisite experience would be better judges of that.