There are millions from other other countries why they dont become Pioneers in missile propellent field?

I’m sure they do – who says they don’t??:rolleyes:

I would like to know if one can order it with a tail gun turret.

Why would you order one with a tail gun turret, what use would it be?:confused:

Anybody mentioned the Il-40?

Or the Tu-91?

Or even another “weird Soviet WWII vintage”.

(Ushakov’s flying submarine)

Steady on lad..wouldn’t put him in the legend category

Why not? Ray Harryhausen is considered a legend…

Incidently, did you know that the personnel carrier in ‘Aliens’ was based on an former airliner tow vehicle.

Mig-29 and Su-30 looking from the bottom: Great looking aircraft but always thought engines looked like pods hanging from the fuselage, particularly looking from the bottom. A lot of wasted space between those pods. I have seen images of MiG29s usually carrying an external fuel tank in that gap. Why not fill up that space and make it part of the fuselage? – it would be sleeker than one with a fuel tank hanging from it. Also can carry munitions instead of fuel internally – the 5th gen fighters are going that way.

I always thought that the space between the engine nacelles of the MiG-29, Su-27 (and also F-14) added to the aerodynamic qualities of the aircraft – increasing lift (without increasing drag) at lower speeds and higher angles of attack??:confused:

I asked a F117 pilot at a show if he flew it stood up, he went on to tell me no, with a full explanation:D didn’t have the heart to tell him I was taking the
p!ss:D

What ever about flying while standing up, how about flying while lying down on the job…:eek:

Something strange about the appearance of this aircraft.

XP-79

Yeah really? It is larger. . . yet doesn’t have the rough field useful capability of the Su-24.

Are you sure? how often did the Su-24 fly from a rough field?
How often did any Warsaw Pact type operate or train away from conventional surfaced runways? I think it’s a capability that’s well past its sell by date.

You seem to be so sure the Su-24 was either equally expensive or more expensive in PPP US dollars in 1980.

It is possible but without data you are just speculating and basicly giving information based upon personal preferences.

MiG-23MLD, you’re the one who is always referring to Soviet built aircraft as been ‘cheaper’ than western aircraft, without coming up with hard figures to back it up.

The Su-24 was designed, like any Soviet aircraft, for all-out war.

As if the F-111 and Tornado weren’t?:rolleyes:

Dear friend Ken, I have three questions to you, all of them from Russian AWACS book by Yefim Gordon: can you provide me such a list of the avionics aboard the A-50? What the civil registrations bored by Iraqi AWACS (Adnan,etc…) and, finally is there some Ka-31 in service with Russian Navy? If so what its unit?
Thanks in advance!

Still looking for info on the A-50?

Here’s a video clip of a brief view of the operators’ workstations inside the A-50.

http://zvezdanews.ru/nocomments/2008/01/31/sekretnoe-oruzhie-le

Enjoy.:)