The truth is…I shot it down!!! With my slingshot. No SA-3…no MiG-29…it was meeeee. Can we please move over… ?
So…let me draw the conclusion to this:
MiG-29 a very good plane…good potential…my own favourite
Combat record? Poor…almost non-existent…I say this with great pain in my heart, but the truth is the truth…I accept it.
Why this poor combat record?
Untrained pilots, overwhelming odds and old avionics.
And I, in just few sentences, solved the entire issue.
Less than 1500 have been produced, the Cobra manouver is in my knowledge only doable with the -OVT version.
I must disagree. A…mm…small Cobra can be done with a serial model. Take a look at the Hungarians.
But the MiG-29M is the first model that can do the Pugachev`s Cobra….and it did it long before OVT was on the drawing boards. It is the first model with FBW.
The MiG-29 doesnt surpass the F-15, F-16 and F-18 in turn rates and acceleration.
However, it might outturn an F-15 at slow speed and outaccelerate (is that a word?) an F-18.
Oh…it does have better turn rates than F/A-18 and very close to F-16.
It could be….but there are three things that don`t really add up.
1 – the antenna on the tail. It`s consistent with the new upgrades from Kazan and Ula-Ade or newer models
2 – the DISS-15 like bulge under the tail…or whatever it is, it`s further way back than normal…again consistent with newer models
3 – there`s the door. Of course..this can be retrofited from sliding to rolling
And there`s the square windows…again consistent with newer models. I haven`t seen an older model with square windows….wheather it was for VIP or military.
There`s also at least one in some African country. They`re white with two black or blue stripes on the fuselaje. With the same type of door. I think it`s Ethiopian police helicopter.
I think this stunt is more a show, and as such, proves how desperate Russia needs money for its airforce. Would be interesting to know how much they are paid for…
As for precise flying, to touch down in the middle of a runway means you have to be within plus/minus 5 meters. This – if the hole is 57m wide and a Flanker has a span of some 15 m – would still leave at least 16 m on your side.
What would cause me more sorrow are the local winds, gusts and turbulences!
LOL, yeah…I think you are right. With the money earned from this stunt they`ll have enough money to pay Russian AF! Maybe after paying for everything Russian AF needs….they`ll have enough left to buy some new aircraft.
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