Wasn’t the MiG-23 first shown to the public in the same 1967 airshow?

Very nice she looks too Baz. Incidently I think I am correct when I state only One Irish pilot flew with us in the Battle of Britain.
Jim.
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There were more than that. Somewhere between 8-10?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-British_personnel_in_the_RAF_during_the_Battle_of_Britain
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20000910/ai_n14509880/

The still-unnamed aircraft carrier was an empty shell. Ukraine disarmed it and removed its engines before selling it to China.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/10/c_131039286.htm

What exactly is the propulsion system on China’s aircraft carrier? Is it gas turbine, oil-fired steam, diesel?:confused:

Soloviev D-30 is out of production though, is it not?

I can think of a t least 2 other cases where Chinooks were shot down by RPGs in afghanistan.
The RPG must be the single most effective anti-helicopter out there?:confused:

reminds me of the Mi-26 that got shot down in Chechnya in the 1990s with great loss of life (almost a hundred, I think).

Is that the tail end of a Tu-134A? in which case that is probably not just an anti-spin parachute, maybe it’s the actual braking parachute which the Tu-134 was supposed to have entered service with. But I don’t think any in-service Tu-134 ever had a parachute though.

It’s a real art to go for a total different engine.
there is already the question of the size (obviously) where the russian engine seems to have a much bigger diameter.
Then, there is the distribution of weight which can affect the flight of the plane.
and of course, the question of the behavior of the new couple engine/plane in the original flight envelope.

The variable inlet system on the M2000 would also have to be redesigned. Very expensive.

Found this on mp.net…