I am curious, who took that picture tbzz (of the Orion/Flanker crash)?
The Ruskie’s wingman?
Just as real, but not as close as a Flanker-D came to a Norwegian P-3B once. Manouvering, the flanker came to close to one of the engines and the propeller of engine #3 struck the elevator/elevon of the flanker. This was in 1987…
The P-3 flew directly for the closest airfield and the flanker flew somewhere back to where it came from. The pilot’s fate is unknown. I sure hope he was grounded…. 😡
Small corrections/additional info:
The plane was not a Flanker-D, but a standard Flanker-B. The Flanker flew back to Klip Yavr where it came from (941st FAR). The pilots fate its not at all unknown; he was threw out of the Communist Party 3 days later, just to be taken back in one day later. Additionaly, he received the Order of the Red Star for his actions.
Acording to Yefim Gordon, the plane was renamed from ’36 Red’ to ’38 Red’.
Furthermore, Gordon states that the incident was an all Norwegian fault, claiming that the Orion took dangoures manovers around the Flanker-B…
Some sources even claims that the ’38 Red’ still carries a black profile of a Orion under its cockpit to show its “kills”.
Some pictures taken from inside the Orion:
Forresten, Seilfy. Hvor kommer du fra?
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