Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the Mig 1.44 prototype had ever gone into production (Mach 2.3 and a range of 4000km with droptanks), the F-22 would look like it's standing still. But the Russkis have set its development aside and are now working hard on their new frontline fighter the Sukhoi T-50 - in almost all respects a Russian F-22 or a JSF with all the best bits of the MIG and the Sukhoi Berkut developments. And I bet it doesn't cost half as as much either. Spares available in any good tractor workshop :-) Here are the specs http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2280&catid=255 Super Zorki :-) Douglas Per Ardua Ad Mortem BTW, German pilots were VERY surprised at the performance of the MIg-29 aircraft they inherited from the GDR Airforce, a bit rough around the edges, but highly competitive in comparison with their aging Phantoms and their Tornados G Hopkinson wrote: > Peter, lots of folks interested and making comment, which is fair enough > in this forum. Folks with some insight in the field are > especially impressed. Nevertheless, air dominance is the goal. First look > first shot first kill. This is the 1.4 50 asph of > fighters. It costs a LOT. It is the best. The Velvia of air superiority. > > Cheers > Hoppy > Per Ardua Ad Astra > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] F-22 Raptor Video/ Wild Russian flyer > > shame about the banality of the comments though. > > I saw one of these - or something very similar - at Farnborough a few years > back. The flying was stunning, even by the standards of the day which were > very > high. The crowds were absolutely amazed - these were pros. > > Peter Dzwig > > Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> If you want to see something that looks impossible in the air, take a >> look at this Sukhoi Berkut >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0t_mPv6I4 >> >> I keep expecting it to fly backwards - vectored thrust is really >> something. >> Douglas >> >> Vick Ko wrote: >> >>> Even more impressive is the JSF fighter. >>> >>> Go onto www.youtube.com, and look for videos as it takes off and lands >>> vertically, and how the engine works. I watched a Nova TV show on its >>> competition between Lockheed and Boeing, and sat there in awe and >>> wished I were American, so that I could work on the project. >>> >>> ....Vick >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >