I didn’t claim it went down due to the weather.. more to the point, a sloppy rundown of the aircraft.
You have to do long hours of engine test run prior to any high speed test run and finaly first flight.

You are right:) Hope we get some good news from an reliable source soon…

…this weekend or start of next week

In my opinion nobody shouldn’t wait for weekend, seems like nothing clear as always! Groomi where are you…;)

Third aircraft is probably to get ready early next year. The forth prototype can be the production ready version if everything goes ok..:) and the fifth one should be fully operational 😀

Russian-Indian joint development of 5G fighter jet to cost $ 6 billion – HAL

The Russian-Indian joint development of a fifth generation fighter jet will cost some $ 6 billion, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) Financial director D. (HAL) Financial director D. Shivamurti said

Russia and India signed in December last year a contract to jointly develop a design for a new 5G multirole fighter. Russia’s Sukhoi holding and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited agreed in early 2010 to jointly develop a fifth-generation fighter jet based on the T-50 design.

“A detailed design phase, including the cost of the project, is likely to cost more than $6 billion,” Shivamurti said.”The work between us and them [India and Russia] will be distributed in a 35/65 proportion.”
Russia has been developing its own fifth-generation fighter since the 1990s. The current prototype, known as the T-50, was designed by the Sukhoi design bureau and built at a plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Far East.

Russian officials have already hailed the fighter as “a unique warplane” that combines the capabilities of an air superiority fighter and attack aircraft.

Russia is planning to use the jointly-developed 5G fighter as an export version of T-50, while India is expecting the new fighter aircraft to enter service with its air force by 2020.

BANGALORE (India), February 10 (RIA Novosti)

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110210/162533115.html

Upgraded MiG-29UPG for India performs its maiden flight

The maiden test flight of the upgraded for India MiG-29UPG took place at Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow on February 4, 2010. RAC “MiG” has successfully performed upgrade of MiG-29 fighter to MiG-29UPG version for the Indian Air Force. The duration of the flight was about 1 hour and has passed without incident. The flight was performed by Chief of Flight Service, senior test pilot of RAC “MiG”, Michael Beljaev, a MiG statement said.

India had signed a $960 million contract with Russia in 2008 to upgrade five squadrons of MiG-29 fighters which are nearly 20 years old. The upgrade involves increasing the service life of approximately 69 MiG-29s, from the present 25 years (2,500 flight hours) to 40 years (3,500 hours). The upgrades are also expected to turn these air-superiority fighters into competent all-weather multi-role jets with beyond-visual-range combat capabilities.

While the first six MiG-29s will be upgraded in Russia, the rest will be retrofitted by HAL in Nasik, India. The upgrade programme includes replacing existing radars with the advanced multi-functional Zhuk-ME radar and a new weapon control system. The twin-engined MiG-29s will carry sophisticated air-to-air missiles, high-accuracy air-to-ground missiles and ‘smart aerial’ bombs. The Russian RAC MiG company will also plough back 30 per cent of the contract value into India by setting up consignment depots and service centres, along with simulator centres with training aids.

http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?id=5418

There was no flight T 50-2. Probably will fly somewhere for six months

Is it your guess?

AW149. Turkey is interested in it. Maybe Meteor, other missiles, ships – all sorts of possibilities.

On 22 June 2008, the agreement between TUSAS Aerospace Industries and AgustaWestland formally entered into force. It has now been confirmed that the T-129 will be a 100% Turkish built platform. Under the agreement, TAI will develop an indigenous mission computer, avionics, weapons systems, self-protection suites and the helmet-mounting cuing systems. TUSAS Engine Industries Inc (TEI) will manufacture the LHTEC CTS800-4N engines under licence. Under the agreement, Turkey has full marketing and intellectual property rights for the T-129 platform. There are also no restrictions imposed on Turkey for the export or transfer of the platform to third countries (excluding Italy and the United Kingdom).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAI/AgustaWestland_T-129